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THE NEW 

TABLET OF MEMORY; 

* OR, 

RECORDER OF REMARKABLE EVENTS, 

COMPILED, AND ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED FROM THE 
EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



BY WILLIAM D. REIDER. 



Time in advance, behind him hides his wings, 
And seems to creep decrepid, with his age; 
Some years pass'd by — what then is seen ? — 
That his broad pinions are fleeter than the wind." 

* * * Time — mysterious chronicler! 
Knows not mutation ; — centuries 
Are to his being as a day, and days are centuries. 

H. K, White. 



PUBLISHED BY JOHN CLEMENTS, 

21 and 22, LITTLE PULTENEY STREET. 

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With feelings of sincere gratitude for the interest 
you have evinced in my welfare, by affording me the means of 
bringing this Work, the result of considerable labour and research, 
before the Public, I most respectfully dedicate it to you, as a 
slight token of the sentiments of respect and esteem that I, in 
common with all who may have the happiness to become known to 
you, must ever entertain. 

I beg leave to subscribe myself, 
Sir, 
Your greatly obliged Servant, 

W. D. R EIDER. 



PREFACE. 



The Compiler of this Work had no intention originally 
of laying it before the public, having been commenced 
with a view of filling up a portion of his leisure hours; 
but submitting it to his friends, a hint was given, that if 
printed in its present form, it might, most probably, be 
favourably received. 

The Compiler perfectly agrees with the observation made 
by an eminent writer- 1 -" That the Public have a right to re< 
" quire of him who addresses them through the Press, and 
" thereby calls upon them to sacrifice a portion of their time 
" and attention, to render some account of his pretensions.'' 
The Compiler, therefore, begs leave to reply to the justness 
of that remark. 

The New Tablet of Memory, or Recorder of Re- 



VI PREFACE. 

markable Events, is comparatively of modern date: the writers 
of former days seeming to have been ignorant of the mode of 
recording the various circumstances that have transpired at 
different periods of time by dates. Even Homer, one of 
our greatest writers, has nothing like a Calendar to be found 
among his many productions ; and centuries seem to have 
passed, ere the invention of noticing the many occurrences 
of times past, by dates, came into use ; and even when 
authorities such as — Julius Africanus, Eusebius of 
C^isaria, George Cyncelle, &c. &c. had adopted the 
plan, they were not always to be depended on ; for, by 
neglecting to pay particular attention to the precise time of 
every event, the most fabulous accounts were handed down 
in future Records, and hence is to be attributed the frequent 
contradictions which are to be found on referring to Chro- 
nological Records. 

The Compiler having devoted above thirty of the earlier 
years of his life to the recording of passing events, begs to 
submit his Work to an indulgent Public, in the hope that, 
from the novel mode he has adopted of giving briefly a 
few particulars relating to some of the most interesting 
events, it will not be found wholly uninteresting. The use 
of such a Work will not be denied ; and if, after the most 
unwearied exertions in the course of compilation, the writer 
shall have succeeded in producing a Work in the least 



PREFACE, Vll 

interesting to the general reader, and the admirer of useful 
information, his efforts have not been in vain ; — for 

" 'Tis not in mortals to command success ; 
But we'll do more — deserve it. " 

In the compilation of a Work like the present, some 
errors will unavoidably occur ; but the Compiler hopes they 
will be of little consequence in the consideration of the 
utility of — The Tablet of Memory. 



THE NEW 

TABLET OF MEMORY; 

OH, 



SECTION I.— General Events. 

Abbeys and monasteries pillaged, 1069 

Several Abbeys and Monasteries were pillaged of their plate and jewels, in the 
reign of William the Conqueror. One hundred were suppressed by Order 
of Council, 1414. Ten thousand Friars and Nuns turned out of the monas- 
teries in 1535. Monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII. to the value of 
£2,853,000. in 1540. Suppressed by the Emperor of Germany, 1785 ; and 
in France, 1790. 

ABBOTS, Execution of, 1539 

They were the Abbots of Glastonbury, Reading, and St. John's. The Abbot of 
Glastonbury had such power, that not even a bishop, or aprince, was allowed 
to enter into the Abbey without leave of its owner, to whom this power was 
granted by Canute the Pane. There were 61 Abbots of this place, who sat 
among 1 the Barons in Parliament, and governed it successively for nearly 
6)0 years. Richard Withing, the last, was, for refusing to surrender his 
Abbey to Henry VIII. and acknowledge his supremacy, condemned at 
Wells, and carried with two of his monks, on a hurdle to the Tor, or, St. 
Michael's tower, a high hill in the neighbourhood, where he was hanged in 
his robes. His head was stuck up over the gate of his abbey : and his body 
quartered, was exposed in like manner at Bath, Wells, Bridgewater, and 
Ilchester, 

ACHILLES, (The Statue of,) placed in Hyde Park, 1822 

This statue, cast from the cannon taken on the victories of Salamanca, Vittoria, 
Toulouse, and Waterloo, was placed here on the anniversary of the battle 
last named. The weight of the statue is about 34 tons ; the height, some- 
what more than eighteen feet ; and erected on a grey granite; and the whole 
is 36 feet high. Owing to the immense weight, it was conveyed to its 
destined place by pieces of wood, in the form of rollers : and a portion of the 
Park wall taken down to admit of this ponderous Figure, the entrance to 
the Park being too small to admit it. A subscription of £10,000. was set 
on foot by the ladies of England, in order to erect this monument to British 
valour. It was, soon after its erection, found necessary to enclose it, to protect 
it from injury by idle, and evil-disposed persons. 

ACT, the Test and Corporation, repealed, 1828 

ACT, The Adelphi Lottery, passed 1773 

ACT, an, for uniformity of Weight, 1826 

The Act for the uniformity of Weights and Measures, came into operation on 

the 1st of January, in the above-named year. 
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ADULTERY, the crime of, made capital 1 650 

AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, Treaty of, October 7, 1748 

By the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, a restitution of all places taken during the 
war was to be made on all sides. It was re-taken by the French troops in 
1792; but they were driven from it by the Austrians, March 3, 1793. — 
Again, September 21, 1794. 

AFFIRMATION, (The Quaker's) first accepted as an Oath 1702 

AFRICA conquered by Belisarius 533 

AIR BALLOONS, invented by Gusuido a Jesuit 1729 

AIR PUMPS, invented by Otto Gueruke, of Magdeburg ... 1654 

AIR GUNS, ditto 1646 

ALDGATE, Church yard of, dreadful Accident at 1838 

Thomas Oakes, the grave-digger at the Churchyard above mentioned, met with 
his death from the foul air arising from a grave he was about to descend ; 
and Edward Luddott, a fishmonger at Billingsgate, in his generous effort to 
render him assistance in his perilous situation, unfortunately shared the 
same fate» 

ALLEGIANCE, the Oath of, first administered, 1606 

Altered in 1689. 

ALERT PACKET, (The), loss of, April 23, 1823 

The Alert' Packet, from London to Liverpool, was lost on the Welch coast, when 
130 persons were drowned. 

ALESSANDRA, in Italy, seized by the French, 1798 

Surrendered to the Austrians and Prussians, July 24, 1799. 

ALEXANDER, (The), English Man of War, of 74 guns, 

taken by the French, October 11, 1794 

ALIENS, forbidden to hold Church Livings 1430 

The Jury, for the trial of an Alien, is by law, composed of half foreigners. Pre- 
vented] from exercising any trade or handicraft by retail, 1483. Alien Bill 
passed, January 4, 1793. 

ALLIED SOVEREIGNS, (The), visit England, 1814 

The Emperor of Russia, and King of Prussia, landed at Dover, from France, on 
the 7th of June, and remained until the 27th of the same month. They 
were splendidly entertained by the Prince Regent, the Lord Mayor of 
London, the University of Oxford, &c, and witnessed a Review of the Fleet 
at Portsmouth. The following distinguished persons were also in England 
at the same time, viz.: — The son of the King of Prussia, (Prince Henry), of 
Orange, of Mecklenburgh, of Bavaria, of Oldenburgh, and Metternich ; the 
Grand Duchess of Oldenburgh; Generals Bulow, Yorck, and Barclay de 
Tolli; Prince Blucher; and the Hetman Platoff. The city of London pre- 
sented the three last with swords, of the value of 200 guineas each. 

ALMANAC, the first one printed at Constantinople was, in 1806 

Almanacks are of very ancient date, and were constructed so far back as the 
time of Ptolemy. Those of Regiomontanus, appeared about 1475, and 1506, 
and since that time, they have become more numerous. The Almanacks of 
the above-named author, which only contained the Eclipses, and the places 
of the different planets, were at one time sold, it is said, for ten crowns of 
gold. Engel of Vienna published an Almanac, from 1491 to 1500, with 
those of Bernard de Granolechs, of Barcelona, from 141(3 ; besides which, 
there are various M.S. Almanacs, of the 14th century in the British 
Museum, and of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. 



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Buret de Montbrison, published the first Astronomical Almanacs in 
Fiance, and which he continued till 1700. In 1579, Henry III. restricted 
makers of Almanacs from prophesying of the State, or of individuals, directly 
or indirectly. A monopoly of the trade of Almanacs was granted by James 1. 
to the Universities, and the Stationers' Company : and Astrology undoubt- 
edly flourished under their patronage until after the early part of the 19th 
century, but not unopposed. 

In 1775, the imagined legal right of Almanac monopoly was destroyed by 
the determined oppositon of a bookseller named Caman, to the supposed 
exclusion of any other individual to enjoy it. Upon the question of right being 
brought before the Court of Common Pleas, it was decided against the 
Company: upon which Lord North brought a Bill into the House of 
Commons to renew the privilege. After ,an able argument by Erskine, (who 
contended for the public right) the House set aside the project by a majority 
of 45. The defeated monopolists, however, contrived once more to regain 
their imagined right. But the British Almanac, published by the Society of 
Useful Knowledge, in 1828, with numerous others, are fast diminishing the 
quantity of the Stationers' Almanac. The Almanac duty abolished in 1834. 

ALTHORP, Lord, and Mr. SHIEL, committed to the 

custody of the Serjeant at Arms, Feb. 5, 1834 

The altercation which led to the arrest, sprung out of the discussion on the 
question, " Who is the traitor?" A Committee of Inquiry afterwards 
acquitted Mr. Shiel. 

ALUM, first discovered in Mines, in Tuscany 1460 

First brought to perfection in England, 16,08. Discovered in Ireland, October 22, 
1757. In Anglesea, 1790. 

AMBASSADORS, first sent to England by the Czar of 

Russia, 1556 

The first Ambassador sent to Turkey, was from England, in 1636. The Portu- 
guese, arrested for debt, 1653. The Russian, arrested by a lace merchant, 
when a law was passed for their protection in future, in 1709. The first 
that arrived in Europe, from India, was from Tippoo Saib, to France, 1778. 
The first from the Ottoman Emperor, arrived in London, in Dec. 1793. 

AMBOYNA, Dutch cruelties to the English at, 1623 

The Dutch having established factories on this island in the beginning of the 
seventeenth century, perfidiously massaaied the whole of the English 
settlers, and seized the island for themselves. It was, however, taken 
by the British in the course of the last war. 

AMERICA, discovery of, by Columbus, 1492 

America took its name from America Vespucius, a Florentine, who having accom- 
panied Ojeda, a Spanish adventurer thither, and drawing up an amusing 
history of his voyage, insinuated therein, that he had first discovered that 
continent. But it was, no doubt, made by Columbus, a Geneose, a bold 
adventurer, a patriot, and a humane man. In 1765, Bills were passed for 
laying a Stamp duty on the British colonies in America, which laid the 
foundation of the quarrel between the colonies and the mother country, and 
ended in a total separation. This measure was no sooner known in America, 
than insurrections commenced there, and great murmurings at home: in 
consequence of which the Ministery retired, and the Act was repealed. New- 
duties were afterwards laid on paper, glass, tea, and other articles in 
America, on which the colonies revolted, and flew to arms. On the 19th of 
April, 1775, General Gage detached a party to seize some military stores at 
Concord, in New England, when several skirmishes took place, many were 
killed on both sides, and the British troops would, in all probability, have 
been cut off, had not a fresh reinforcement arrived to support them. The first 
genera] action which happened in America, between the King's troops and 
the Provincials, was at Lexington, ib. In the same year, took place the 
celebrated battle of Bunker's Hill, in which 300 British officers and soldiers 



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were killed. In 1776, Boston was bombarded. The Congress declare the 
Americans free and independent States, ib. The Americans driven from 
Long Island, New York, with great loss ; and the City is afterwards taken 
possession of by the King's troops, ib. October 3, 1777, General Howe took 
possession of Philadelphia; and Lieut. -Gen. Burgoyne was obliged to 
surrender his army, at Saratoga, in Canada, to the American Generals, Gates 
and Arnold, October 17. A treaty of alliance was concluded at Paris, 
between the French king, and the American Colonies, in which their inde- 
pendence is acknowledged by the Court of France, Feb. 6, 1778. Early in 
the month of June, the Commissioners, the Earl of Carlisle, William Eden, 
Esq. and George Johnstone, Esq. arrived at Philadelphia, as Commissioners 
for restoring Peace between Great Britain and America, 1778. The 
Congress refuse to treat with the British Commissioners, unless the inde- 
pendence of the American Colonies were first acknowledged, and the King's 
fleet and armies withdrawn from America, ib. In 1783, provisional article* 
between England and America were made publicly known, and his Britannic 
Majesty at length acknowledged the independence of the whole of the Thir- 
teen United States of North America, and agreed to relinquish all claim to 
the right of governing them in future; so that, these very people, who but 
a short time before were denounced as contemptible rebels, were no longer 
to be treated as such, but as the future allies of England. On the 30th of 
November, 1783, the American Colonies were pronounced independent ; and 
on the 3rd of September, 1783, the Definitive Treaty of Peace with the 
Americans was ratified. 

AMIENS, the Peace of, between England and France, 1802 

AMPHION FRIGATE, The, destruction of, September 22, 1796 

The loss of the Amphion frigate was occasioned by her being blown up at 
Plymouth, and, in consequence of this dreadful occurrence, the whole of 
the crew unfortunately perished. 

AMSTERDAM, taken possession of by the French, Jan. 18, 1795 

ANGLO SAXONS, first landed in Britain 449 

ANHOLT, The Island of, attacked by the Danes, May 27, . 1811 

The above island was attacked by a force of 4000 men, and repulsed by a British 
of ONE hundred and FIFTY ! after a close engagement of four hours. 

ANIMAL MAGNETISM, made its appearance in France, 1784 

The practice of Animal Magnetism, or Mesmerism, as it was sometimes called 
from its inventor, Mesmer, exploded by the report of a Commission ap- 
pointed by the king of France to investigate its merits, consisting of four 
Physicians and five Members of the Academy of Sciences, including, among 
the latter, the celebrated Franklin, and no less celebrated Lavoisier. Mesmer 
affirmed, that Animal Magnetism was a fluid universally diffused, commu- 
nicable from person to person, and capable of curing all the diseases inci- 
dental to humanity; and Monsieur Deslon, a pupil of his, undertook to 
demonstrate its existence and properties to the Commissioners. After a 
great variety of experiments, however, the Commissioners agreed in unani- 
mously ascribing all the virtue possessed by this new panacea to the imagi- 
tion alone. A number of individuals were first operated upon with their 
eyes open, and, being afterwards blindfolded, were made to believe that the 
same operation was repeated when it was not. The result was, that the 
patients as often experienced strange effects when Magnetism was not used 
as when it was. The system has been recently attempted to be revived in 
Paris and London ; but only to be once more scouted as a combination of 
trickery and imposture. 

ANNOINTING first used at a Coronation in England 872 

In Scotland, 1097. 

ANNUITIES for life regulated - 1777 



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ANNUITIES, (or Pensions) first granted 1512 

An annuity of £20. was given to a lady of the Court, for services done ; 
£6. 13s, 4d. forthe maintenance of a gentlewoman, 1536; and* £13. 6s. 8d. 
a competent sum to support a gentleman in the study of the law, 1554. 

ANTWERP, The City of, taken by the French 1792 

Again March 26, 1793, by the Austrians, who found 93 pieces of cannon. — 
Again by the French, 1794. In the month of October, 1832, Antwerp was 
again destined to be the scene of bloodshed. On the 28th of that month, 
the advanced squadron of the French fleet arrived at Spithead, from Cher- 
bourg, to join the English fleet. Sailed from Portsmouth, for the coast of 
Holland, November 4, ib. An Order in Council issued for laying an 
embargo on all ships and vessels belonging to the subjects of the King of 
the Netherlands, in any port in the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, 
November 7, ib. Intelligence received in the City of the French army 
having appeared before Antwerp, November 20, ib. Heavy cannonade 
commenced against the Citadel, which was returned, but no damage done. 
Fort Laurent taken by the besiegers, December, ib. Citidel of Antwerp 
capitulated, and surrendered to the French, by General Chasse, Dec. ib. 

APPEALS to the Pope first made 1138 

They were forbidden, in 1532. 

APOLLO FRIGATE, (The) loss of 1804 

The Apollo Frigate was lost off Portugal, in consequence of which, the greatest 
paitof the crew perished, April 2. 

APOTHECARIES, exempted from Civil Offices 1702 

ARCTIC EXPEDITION, The, first sailed and returned .. . 1818 
ARMORIAL BEARINGS introduced into England 1 100 

Armorial Bearings were invented by Henry the Fowler, Emperor of Germany. 
Pope Clement IV. died in 1268, and was the first person on whose tomb- 
stone arms were engraved. Charles V. ennobled the citizens of Paris, in 
1311, and permitted them to use coats of arms. Pietra Sanita first thought 
of expressing the tinctures in armorial bearings, by marks, about 1590. They 
were first used to distinguish the nobility in battle. Taxed 1798. Again 
in 1808. 

ARMS, of England and France, quartered by Edward III. . 1358 

The French arms were discontinued by the English Kings, January 1, 1801. 
Again altered, in consequence of the death of William IV. Queen Victoria 
being the successor of William IV. was excluded from the title of Queen of 
Hanover, in conformity with the interdict of the Salique Law, which enacts, 
" That none but males shall be allowed to sit on the throne of Hanover. " 
The same law is also observed in France ;-the Hanoverian horse is in conse- 
quence erased in the English Arms. It was confirmed in~the__r£ign of Pha- 
ramond, 424; first quoted, 1327. 

ARMY, the first standing one, in 1445 

The first standing army, established in France, was by Charles VII. 

ARRESTS, Act to prevent vexatious ones, 1733 

On the 17th of May, in the above year, an Act was passed to prevent vexatious, 
or litigious arrests. Again in 1779, when it was enacted, that no one should 
be arrested for less than £10.; and in 1810, again forbidden, under £20. 
or, on a Bill of Exchange, for £15. 

ASTURIAS, the Province of, rises against the French, 

May 30 1808 

The province of Asturias having risen against the French, the Spanish prisoners 
in England were released, and assistance was promised by the English. 



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ASYLUM, The Perth Lunatic burnt, May 9 1837 

ATT1LA, (surnamed the Scourge of God) with his Huns, 

ravages the Roman Empire 447 

AUCTION, the first in England about 1700 

Elisha Yale, a Governor of Fort George, in the East Indies, made an auction of 
the goods he brought home with him. 

AURORA FRIGATE, (The) lost 1771 

The Aurora was never heard of after. 

BAILEY, (Old) gaol distemper at 1772 

The Old Bailey Sessions of this year proved exceedingly fatal to the Lord 
Mayor, one Alderman, two Judges, the greatest part of the Jury, and a 
vast number of the spectators, who caught the gaol distemper, May, 1750. 
Again fatal to several, in 1772. 

BAILEY, (Old) New Central Court at, established 1834 

BAKERS incorporated in London 1307 

BALLAST of the River Thames monopolized by Charles I. . 1636 
BALLOONS, revived in France, by Montgolfier 1783 

Two brothers, of the name of Montgolfier, residing at Annonay, a town of 
France, discovered, in 1782, the use of rarified air in floating Balloons, by 
a fire place suspended under them ; and on the 27th of August, 1783, they 
ascended in one at Paris. In another of these machines, absolutely left to 
itself, the Marquess d'Arlandes and M. Pilatre Rosier (who in the sequel 
unfortunately lost his life in one of these adventurous attempts) made an 
aerial voyage at Paris, ascending to the height of 3000 feet, on the 21st of 
November, 17S3. This machine was called Montgolfier, in honour of the 
inventors, and to distinguish them from balloons filled with inflammable air, 
in which, likewise, many perilous voyages were performed. On the 25th of 
November, 1783, Count Zambecarri, an Italian, made a descent from 
Woolwich. September, 15, 1784, M. Lunardi ascended in his balloon from 
Moorfields. January 7, 1785, Mr. Blanchard, and Dr. Jeffries, went from 
Dover to Calais in two hours. That intrepid asronaut Garnerin, made his 
second descent in this country, from Lord's Cricket Ground, on the 5th of 
July, 1802. He was accompanied by Edward Hawke Locker. His R. H.the 
Prince of Wales, and several ladies of distinction were present on the occa- 
sion. The balloon ascended in the most majestic manner; and having 
travelled a space of seventeen miles, they descended at five minutes past five 
o'clock, without the slightest injury, at Chingford, nearEpping Forest. Mr. 
Sadler of Bristol, ascended from Hackney, near London, in 1811: and 
crossed the Irish channel in 1812. The last balloon constructed by Mr. 
Sadler, was the largest ever made, and the car is capable of containing 75 
persons. On the 21st of September, 1836. Mr. Green made an ascent in 
his new grand balloon. This stupendous machine was constructed under the 
immediate superintendence of Mr. Green, and is 157 feet in circumference ; 
the extreme height of the whole, when inflated, and the car attached, is 
80 feet. It is formed of 200 yards of crimson and white silk, imported in 
the raw state from Italy, expressly for the purpose, and was dyed by Mr. 
Jaques, and manuafctured by Mrs. Soper of Spitalfields. It will contain 
70,000 cubic feet of gas; and the weight of atmospheric air, sufficient to 
inflate it, is about 5,346 lbs. It is capable of carrying nine persons, which 
was the case on this ascent, viz.: — Mr. Hiddyard, Captain Currie, Mr. 
Holland, Mrs. Green, Miss Green, Mr. Gye, and Mr. W. Hughes, (sons of 
the proprietors), Mr. James Green, (brother of Mr. Green), and Mr. Green 
himself. The above completed Mr. Green's 221st ascent. 



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BANDS (for Lawyers) first used 1652 

The clergy commenced wearing them in 1652. 

BANKRUPT COURT, (The New) established, January 11 1832 

The New Bankrupt Court was opened under the New Bankrupt Act, and the 
Judges appointed under the same, proceeded with the other Judges to West- 
minster Hall, to open the Term, with the usual formalities. 

BANK, Morland and Co.'s, stopped payment, March 20 ... 1832 
BANKERS. 

Previous to the establishment of Banks, the Merchants lodged their money in 
the Mint, till the King made free use with it, in 1640; they next kept it in 
their houses, but they were robbed by their servants, who ran to the army, 
and where they were protected ; after this, it was lodged with the gold- 
smiths, who paid them 4d. per diem, per Cent. (£6. 0s. 5d. per Ann.) and 
lent it to others at a higher interest, and thereby became the first regular 
hankers in England, abont 1645. 

BARBERS. 

The profession of a baiber was first brought from Sicily to Rome, 299 years 
before Christ. They were incorporated with the surgeons of London, 1540, 
and separated again in 1744. 

BAROMETERS invented 1626 

Wheel ditto, 1668; pendant ditto, 1695; marine ditto, 1700. 

BARTHOLOMEW FAIR, had its Charter granted, by 
Henry II. 

Bartholomew Fair, the Chaiter of which was held under a grant of Henry 11. was 
confirmed by the Charters of succeeding monarch s, all of whom limited its 
duration to three days, except the Charter of Charles I. which does not 
appear to specify any particular limit of time. The Fair was granted by 
Henry to the Priory of St. Bartholomew, to be held yearly at Bartholomew 
tide (the 24th of August) for three days, viz. the eve, the day, and the 
morrow, to which the clothiers of England, and the drapers of London 
repaired, and had their standings within the Churchyard of this Priory, 
closed in with rails, the gates of which were locked every night, and 
watched, for the safety of men's goods and wares. The ceremony of the 
Lord Mayor opening the Fair, has continued every year. In 1750, Bartho- 
lomew Fair was restrained, owing to the falling of a booth, which killed 
and wounded several persons. The toll was abolished in 1755. 

BARRISTERS appointed by Edward 1 1291 

BASTARD CHILDREN, concealing the death of, made 

murder 1624 

BATH STAGE WAGGON, The, burnt, May 20 1758 

This unfortunate event took place on Salisbury Plain, by the wheels taking fire, 
whereby the whole of its valuable lading was consumed. 

BATH, (Knights of the) grand dinner given to, at St James' 

Palace, April 12 1831 

The Knights of the Bath, a militaiy Order in England, instituted by Richard II. 
who limited their number to four; but his successor, (Henry IV.) increased 
them to forty-six. Their motto was, tres in uno : signifying the three 
theological virtues. This Order received its denomination from a custom of 
bathing, before they received the golden spur. The Order of the Bath, 
after remaining many years extinct, was revived under George I. by a solemn 
creation of a great number of Knights. The ceremonies at the creation of a 
Knight have been various: the principal was a box on the ear, and a stroke 
with a sword on the shoulder : they put on him a shoulder belt, a gilt 



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sword, spurs, and other military accoutrements : being thus armed, he was 
led to the church. Camden describes it, — that the person kneeling, was 
gently struck on the shoulder by the Prince, and accosted in these words ; — 
" Rise, and be a Knight, in the name of God." The Order was divided into 
three Classes: — 1st. Knights Grand Crosses; 2nd. Knights Commanders; 
and 3rd. Companions. 

BEHEADING of Noblemen first introduced into England . 1074 
BELLS. 

The history of Bells is very ancient. We are told by Strabo, that market days 
were, formerly, announced by a bell ; and this custom is even now used in 
some parts of the country ; and Pliny also says, that the tomb of an ancient 
king was hung round with bells. Sheep, likewise had bells suspended from 
their necks, to frighten away the wolves ; in our own time, this custom is 
still kept. 

Paulinus, it is thought, was the first person who introduced bells in 
churches, in the year 400. The large bells were fiist mentioned by 
Bede, in the year 680; previous to that time, wooden rattles were made use 
of to call the followers of Christianity together. 

Hand bells were used as far back as the time of King David, and were 
suspended from a rail, or stand, and struck by small hammers. 

Bells "are also used to announce the arrival of any great personage, 
&c. &c. They were introduced into the Abbey of Croyland in 1109; the 
first Abbot of which, gave six bells to that monastery, viz. two great 
ones, which are named Bartholomew and Beladine: two of a middling size, 
called Turketullum and Beterine; and two small ones, called Pega and 
Bega. He also caused a great bell to be made, called Gudla, and tuned to 
the other bells, which produced a beautiful harmony scarcely equalled in 
England. 

It is a fact that, in the earlier time of Popery, bells were actually baptized 
with the holy oil: and these ceremonies being finished, it was the belief 
that they possessed the power of driving the devil out of the air, to still 
tempests, and keep away the Plague. This plan is still followed in some 
Roman Catholic countries, when they give the bells the name of some saint, 
and which was used to be done in England. 

The passing bell was rung for two purposes : one to bespeak the prayers 
of all good Christians for a soul just departing, the ether to drive away evil 
spirits who stood at the foot of the bed, or about the house : and possibly 
this was the cause of the high price demanded for tolling the greatest bell 
of the church, for that being the loudest, the evil spirit might go further 
off. Be this as it may, it is very frequeut in England, that the neighbours 
might pray for the person departed. 

The following are the weights of some of the bells in Europe : — 

Empress Anne's, Moscow lbs. 432,000 

Boris Godihufs, ditto 288,000 

Novogorod, (Great Bell) 70,000 

Amboise Bell, (Rouen) 40,000 

Vienna ditto, cast from Turkish cannon .... 40,200 

Erfurt, Prussian Saxony 30,000 

Great Tom of Oxford 18,000 

St. Paul's, London 1 1,400 

Ghent, Flanders 11,000 

Great Tom of Lincoln 10,400 

Worcester Great Bell 6,600 

York 6,600 

Gloucester 6,000 

Dr. Clarke says, " The Great Bell of Moscow, the largest one ever 
founded, is in a deep pit in the midst of the palace of the Kremlin. 
It is said to have fallen, in consequence of a fire, from a beam to which it 
was fastened. But this is not the fact. The bell remains in the same place 
where it was originally cast. It never was suspended : the Russians might 
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BELLS, History of, (continued.) 

and stores. A fire took place in the Kremlin, the flames caught the 
building erected over the pit where the bell yet remains, in consequence of 
-which the metal became hot, and water being thrown on to extinguish the 
fire, fell upon the bell, causing the fracture which has taken place. The 
entrance is by a trap-door, placed even with the surface of the earth. The 
bell is truly a mountain of metal: and so great is the superstitious veneration 
of the natives, that they would not allow even a grain to be filed off. The 
peasants visit the bell on festival days, as they would resort to a church : 
considering- it an act of devotion, and crossing themselves as they descend 
and ascend the steps. Dr. Clarke was unable to measure the base, that 
being b -.tried in the eaith : but within two feet of its lower extremity, the cir- 
cumference was found to be 67 feet, 4 inches, and a half. The bottom of the 
pit is covered with water. In the stoutest part, its thickness is twenty-three 
inches. They were able to ascertain this by placing their hands under the 
water where the rent had taken place. The bell is supposed by Dr. Clarke 
to have been founded in 1653, during the reign of Alexis, although the 
Russians for the most part maintain that it was cast during the reign of 
their Empress, Anne. This great and powerful Princess succeeded Peter 
the Great on the throne in 1725. The Turks have a very great aversion to 
bells, and prohibit Christians the use of them at Constantinople, pretend- 
ing that the sound of them would be troublesome to the souls of the 
departed. 

BELLMAN, first appointed in London 1556 

BENEFIT SOCIETIES' ACT passed 1795 

BERMUDA ISLES discovered 1527 

Settled in 1612. 

BIBLE. 

The translation of this sacred volume was begun very early in this kingdom, 
and some part of it was done even by king Alfred. Adelmus translated the 
Psalms into Saxon in 709 ; other parts were done by Edfrid, or Ecbert, in 
730; the whole by Bede in 731. Trevisa published the whole in English 
in 1357. Tindal's was brought hither in 1534; revised andaltered in 1538; 
published with a preface of Cranmer's, in 1549. In 1551, another transla- 
tion was published, which being revised by several Bishops, was printed 
with their alterations in 1560. In 1613, a new translation was published by 
authority, which is that in present use. The Bible Society was instituted, 
in 1804, for the purpose of diffusing the Sacred Scriptures over the world. 
In this cause, it has laboured with astonishing diligence and success. 

BILL, great riot at Nottingham on account of the rejection 

of, for the relief of the frame- work knitters, June 10, 1779 

Great riots commenced at Nottingham, in consequence of the rejection, by the 
House of Commons, of a Bill for regulating the wages of the frame-work 
knitters. A person of the name of Mephringham, who had been the leader 
of the rioters, was shortly afterwards tried on the capital charge of pulling 
down a dwelling house; and a resolution, of a very daring character, was 
taken by his confederate to save him. The only witness to the fact of his 
pulling down the house, was one Benjamin Lavers : and in the dead of the 
night, this Lavers was surprised in his bed by three men in disguise, blind- 
folded, and compelled by threats of instant death, in case of refusal, to 
accompany them. From Nottingham he was carried to Charnwood Forest, 
in Leicestershire, and thence into Essex : the party sleeping in copses or 
woods by the day, and travelling only by night. Nor was the prisoner 
restored to his home and family till his keepers received information of 
Mephringham's acquittal. 

BILL OF RIGHTS passed 1689 

No. 2. c 



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BILLS OF EXCHANGE first mentioned 1160 

Used in England, 1307 ; the only mode of sending money from England by Law, 
1381: regulated, 1698; again 1705; made felony to counterfeit, 1734; 
taxed , 1788; advanced, 1797; again 1804, and 1814. 

BILLINGSGATE made a free Fishmarket, 1699 

BIRTHS and DEATHS, registration of began to operate, 

July 1, 1837 

BILLS OF MORTALITY, (for London) began 153S 

BISHOP, the first that suffered death by sentence of the 

Civil Power 1405 

BISHOPS, (Seven) committed to the Tower, June 8 1688 

In consequence of James endeavouring to restore Popery in England, the Bishops, 
in remonstrating with him on the impropriety of such an act, were tried, 
and committed to the Tower : on which the Prince of Orange invades Eng- 
land, and James is compelled to abdicate. He retired to France, where he 
died. 

BLACK ACT, (The) passed 1723 

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE begun 1760 

Blackfriars bridge, built by Mr. Mylne, was begun in 1760, and completed in 
1768. Its length is 995 feet; the breadth of the carriage-way 28; and of the 
foot-paths, 7 feet each. It consists of nine Elliptical arches, the centre one 
of which is 100 feet wide: and both this, and the arch on each side, are 
wider than the celebrated Rialto at Venice ; but decay is already too visible. 
This noble structure is built of Portland stone, and cost £158,000. 

BLANKETS first made in England 1340 

The best blankets made, are at Witney, in Oxfordshire. 

BLANDFORD ASSIZES, loss of life by the distemper 1730 

Blandford Assizes this year proved fatal to the Judges, Sheriff, &c. who died of 
the gaol distemper. 

BLISTER PLAISTERS, invented, b. c 60 

BLOOD, circulation of through the lungs, made public 1553 

The circulation of the blood through the lungs, was first made public by Michael 
Servetus, a Spanish physician. Csesalpinus, published an account of the 
general circulation, of which he had some confused ideas, and improved it 
afterwards by experiments, 1569; but it was fully confirmed by Harvey, in 
1628 : Servetus discovered the circutus minor : Harvey, the circutus major. 

BOARD WAGES first commenced with the King' servants, 

in 1629 

BOCCACIO, The Decameron of, sold June 17, 1812 

A volume in small folio, printed in 1471, was knocked down to the Marquis of 
Blandford, at the sale of the Duke of Roxburghe's Library, for £2,260. 

BOHEMIA, Queen of, visits England, May 17 1661 

She died in 1662. 

BOOK SELLING by Catalogue began 1676 



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BOOKS burnt at Constantinople 1476 

By this Goth and Vandal-like act, books to the number of 200,000 were burnt 
at Constantinople, by the order of Pope Leo I. Above 4,194,412 volumes 
were in the suppressed monasteries of France in 1770; 2,000,000 were oil 
Theology; the Manuscripts were 26,000; in the city of Paris alone were 
808, 120' volumes. 

BOxMBAY nearly destroyed by fire, Feb. 27 1803 

At this tire, many lives were unfortunately lost. 

BOTTLE CONJUROR, imposition of, at the Haymarket 

Theatre 1748 

BOTANY BAY, Settlement first sailed from England, 

March 21 1787 

BOW BELLS. 

The citizens of London have ever been proud of the bells of Bow Church, and it 
was from their extreme fondness for them in old times, that a genuine 
cockney has ever been supposed to be born within the sound of Bow bell. 

In very early times a worthy citizen, John Downe, left to the parish of 
St. Maiy-le-Bow, two tenements in Hosier-lane, now Bow-lane, for the 
maintenance of the great bell; these tenements are still saved to the parish. 
And in 1460, by an order of Common Council, the bells were to be rung 
regularly at 9 p. m., and lights were to be exhibited in the steeple during 
the night, to direct the traveller towards the metropolis. 

The bells, steeple, and church, all shared the common fate in the Fire of 
London, in 1666; but on the steeple being finished by Sir Christopher 
Wren in 1670, part of £400. paid by the city to the united parishes for the 
site of All-hallows church and churchyard, on which to build the present 
Honey-lane market, was appropriated to a set of bells ; Dame Dyonis 
Wilkinson having given £2000. towards erecting and beautifying the steeple. 

The belfrey was prepared for twelve, but only eight were placed : these 
from their continual use got sadly out of order, and after various repairs, it 
was reported in 1739 that the great bell was cracked; however, the peal 
was made good at the expense of £290. : but in 1758, a petition was pre- 
sented to the Vestry from several most respectable citizens, setting forth 
that on all public occasions the bells of Bow are particularly employed, 
that the tenor bell is the completest in Europe, but the other seven are veiy 
much inferior, and by no means suitable to the said tenor. Your petitioners 
therefore request that they may be allowed at their own expense to recast 
the seven smaller bells, and to add two trebles : this the parish permitted, 
after an examination of the steeple by Dance and Chambers, the two ablest 
architects of the day, who reported " that such additional weight, nor any 
weight that can be put upon the steeple, will have any greater effect than the 
number of bells now placed there." The present bells being thus raised by 
subscription, were first rung on the 4th of June, 1762, the anniversary of 
the birth of the late George III. The weight of the bells is as follows : — 

Cwt. qr. lb. 
,17 11 



1st 


Cwt. qr. lb. 
« 3 7 


6th 


2nd 9 2 


7th 


3rd 


10 1 4 


8th 


4th 


12 7 


9th 


5th 


13 24 


10th 



20 2 26 
.24 2 5 
.34 2 6 



58 22 

There has been some fear expressed that the use of the bells would 
endanger the steeple : but from an examination, it does not appear that there 
is any cause for alarm. 

BOYNE, The, Man of War, destroyed at Portsmouth, May 1 1795 

The Boyne Man of War, of 98 guns, was unfortunately destroyed by her taking 
fire at Portsmouth. Great mischief was done by the explosion of the 
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BREAD, high price of 1754 

Theassize of Bread was first appointed in 1523. In the year 1754, the quartern 
loaf was sold for 4d: in 1757, it rose to lOd. : and in March, 1800, 1*. 5c/.; 
when new bread was forbid to be sold, under a penalty of 5.9. per loaf if the 
baker sold it until it was twenty-four hours old. In January, 1801, the 
quartern loaf sold for 1*. lid. In July, 1810, it sold for Is. 5d. In July, 
1815, the assize on bread was repealed; and in July, 1823, it sold for lOd. 

BREMEN, explosion at, Seperaber 10 1739 

This dreadful explosion was occasioned by gunpowder, and caused the destruc- 
tion of one thousand houses, and the deaths of forty persons. 

BREWHOUSE, accident at Meux's, October 17 1814 

By this accident, several houses in the neighbourhood were destroyed by the 
deluge. Many lives were lost, and the damage done by the waste of beer 
was estimated at eight and nine thousand barrels. It was occasioued by the 
bursting of two large vats. 

BRIBERY at Elections illegal 1696 

Bribery at Elections was forbidden by Law in 1696, 1729, and 1735. 

BRICKS and TILES, taxed 1781 

BRITISH LEGION, (The) formed 1835 

The British Legion was embodied under Colonel Evans, for the service of the 
Queen of Spain. 

BRITISH ARCHITECTS, Institute of, founded, June 15... 1835 

BROAD SWORDS forbidden by Law to be worn in Edin- 
burgh, July 24 1724 

BROTHEL in London, allowed in 1162 

They were greatly suppressed in 1545. Tolerated in France, 1280. Pope 
Sextus IV. licensed one at Rome, and the prostitutes paid him a weekly tax, 
which amounted to 20,000 ducats a year, 1471 : another erected near 
London, and put under the management of the Bishop of Durham. There 
were similar Institutions in different parts of Europe. 

BROUGHTON SUSPENSION BRIDGE, accident at, 

April 12, 1831 

This event took place at the time when a party of the 60th rifles, consisting of 
seventy officers and men were passing over it, which falling suddenly, 
severely wounded several of them. 

BROAD SEAL of England first used 1049 

BUBBLES suppressed, June 11 1720 

The Mississippi bubble in France ceased, June 27, 1720, when its amount was 
£100,000,000 sterling. 

BUCKLES invented 1680 

BUILDING with stone, brought into England by Bennett, 

a Monk 670 

Building with brick, was first introduced by the Romans into their provinces. 
Introduced into England, about 886. Again by the Earl of Arundel, 1600: 
London, at this time being mostly built of wood, presented a most unseemly 
appearance. In 1580, the increase of buildings in London, and also to 
within three miles of the city gates, was strictly forbidden by the mandate of 
Elizabeth: also, that but one family should dwell in a house, 1580. The 
buildings from High Holborn, north and south, and Great Queen street, built 
nearly on the spot where the Elms stood, or the ancient Tyburn, in the time 



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of Edward III. were erected between 1607 and 1631. In 1772, the number 
of houses and its suburbs were computed at 122,930 ; in 1791, they amounted 
to above 200,000. In St. George's Fields above 20,000 have been erected 
since 1772. 

BUILDER'S ACT passed, 1764; amended 1766 

BUILDINGS regulated by Law, 1764, 1770, and 1772 

BULLION, of gold and silver, first method of assaying 1354 

BULL BAITING, first at Stamford, in Lincolnshire 1209 

At Tutbury, in Staffordshire, 1374. 

BULL FIGHTS in Spain first used 1560 

BULL RUNNING, at Tutbury, in Staffordshire, instituted . 1374 
BULLETS of stone used 1514 

Those of iron first mentioned in the Fcedera, 1550 : red-hot, first used at the 
siege of Gibraltar. 

BURGESSES first constituted in Scotland 1326 

BURGUNDY, Dukedom of established 890 

The kingdom founded, 413: again in 814: united to the German Empire, 1035: 
disunited by a revolt, and divided into four sovereignties, in 1074: 

BURIALS first permitted in consecrated places 749 

In churchyards, 758. 

BURIALS taxed 1695, 1783 

BURMESE, The, commence hostilities against the British 

possessions in India 1825 

The Burmese having commenced hostilities against the British possessions in 
India, were defeated in a series of actions. Peace was established with them, 
on condition of their ceding to the British Government two of their frontier 
provinces, and paying one crore of rupees towards the expenses of the war. 

BURNING GLASSES. 

Burning glasses and common mirrors, the discovery of attributed to Tshunhausen, 
a Lusatian baron, 1680. 

BURWELL, accident at, September 8, 1727 

At the above date, a melancholy event took place there. A number of persons, 
among whom were several young ladies of fortune, being assembled in a 
barn, to witness the exhibition of a puppet show, the place took fire, by a 
careless accident, when only five persons out of 160 escaped. The bodies of 
the unfortunate deceased, were so horribly disfiguied by the fire, and the 
falling of the roof, &c. that it was not possible for their friends to recognize 
them, and they were obliged to be promiscuously interred in one large 
grave. A tablet was also erected in the church, to record the unfortunate 
circumstance. 

BUTTER annually sent to London, from Yorkshire, Cam- 
bridge, and Suffolk, amounts to 210,000 firkins. 

BUTTONS and BUTTONHOLES of cloth prohibited by law 1 721 



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BYE-LAWS of Corporations restrained 1504 

BYZANTIUM, now Constantinople, founded or built, b. c. . 715 

CABLES, a method of making them, invented in 1792 

By this invention, twei.ty men are enabled to do the work of 200. The machine 
is set in motion by sixteen horses, and the cable is of the dimension for the 
largest ships. 

CABINET COUNCIL, first instituted, April 1670 

CABRIOLETS introduced into England 1823 

The one-horse carriages, denominated cabriolets, were introduced into Englaed 
upon the model of those plying at Paris. 

CALCUTTA, 123 persons perished in the Black Hole at, 

June 20 1756 

CALENDAR. 

The Roman Calendar, from which ours i' borrowed, was composed by Romulus, 
who made the year consist of no more than 304 days: Numa Pompilus cor- 
rected his error by making it consist of Twelve lunar months, of thirty and 
twenty-nine days alternately, which made 354 days: but being fond of an 
odd number, he added one day more, which made it 365 days : and that the 
civil year might equal the sun's motion, he added a month every second year. 
Julius Caesar, as a farther improvement, made the year consist of 365 days, 
and left the six hours to form a day, at the end of every fourth year, which 
was added to the month of February. This Calendar was called the Julian, 
or Old Style, in opposition to the New Style, introduced by Gregory XIII. 
who finding the Julian gone too forward, cut off ten days from the Calendar: 
and to remedy this defect for the future, left out one Bissextile day every 
100 years, making every fourth hundred a Leap Year. By Act of Parliament, 
to remedy the inconveniences arising from the differences of Style, this 
kiugdom adopted the Gregorian, or New Style, by leaving out eleven days 
of the month of September, in the year 1752. The New French Calendar 
commenced on the 22nd of September, 1792. According to it, the year 
commences at midnight, the beginning of that day in which falls the true 
autumnal equinox for the Observatory of Paris. The year is divided into 
Twelve equal months of thirty days each : after which, five supplementary 
days are added, to complete the 365 days of the ordinary yeai : these five 
days do not belong to any month. Each month is divided into three decades 
of ten days each: distinguished by 1st. 2nd. and 3rd decade. In this 
Calendar, the months and days of them have new names, taken from the 
circumstances of the seasons : the first of the three months of the year, of 
which the autumn is composed, from the vintage, is called Vindmiaire : the 
second Brumaire, from the mists and low fog-s which take place from Octo- 
ber to November. There are other particulars respecting this Calendar, 
which it is not thought necessary to detail here, and which, indeed, can be 
learned only by an Almanack. This Calendar has been abolished by the 
French government, and the old one was resumed on the 1st of January, 
1806. 

CALICO PRINTING, and the Dutch loom, introduced 

into Britain 1 676 

CALICOES first made in Lancashire 1772 

CALICO first imported by the East India Company 1631 

CAMBRIDGE UN I VERSITY chartered 536 

Cambridge, once a city called Granta, built by Carsiurus ; founded in 900; town 
burnt by the Danes, 1010; University revived. 1110; streets paved, 1410; 






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again, 1544; Chancellor's court established by Queen Elizabeth; refused a 
degree to a Papist recommended by the king, February, 1687 ; a Senate 
house built, 1722; installation of the Duke of Newcastle, 5th July, 1749: 
the Duke of Grafton, 1768 : the statue of the Duke of Somerset erected in 
the Senate house, the 14th of July, 1756 : of George III. 1765: paved and 
lighted, 1789. 

CAMERA OBSCURA invented 1514 

CANAL, in China. 

This canal runs from Canton to Pekin, in a straight line, upwards of 806 miles, 
having seventy-five locks, and forty-one large cities on its banks, and above 
10,000 vessels on its surface : finished in 980 : 30,000 men were employed, 
and forty-three years were occupied in its completion. 

CANALS, &c. in England. 

Navigable rivers, and canals to join rivers, first made by Henry I. 1134, when 
the Trent was joined to the Witham. 

The Thames made navigable to Oxford by Act of Parliament, 21 James 1. 
1624. The Kennet navigation, from Reading to Newbury, 2 George I. 1715. 
The river Lea made navigable from Hertford to Ware, and so to London, 
12 George II. 1739. From Droitwich to the Severn, 1756. In Caermarthen- 
shire, 1756. The Duke of Bridgewater's navigation began, 1758, and 
opened 17th June, 1761. Northamptonshire navigarion began, August 7, 
1761. From the Severn, near Tilton bridge, 1766. From Wilden Ferry, in 
Staffordshire, 1766. From Stourbridge, 1776. From Birmingham to Bilston, 
1768. From the Lea to Limehouse, 1770. From the Dee to Nantwich, 
1772. From Skipton, 1773, to Oxford, 1775. From Hider's Green, 1766. 
From Stroudwater to the Severn, 1775. From Apedale, 1775. From Ches- 
terfield to the Trent, 1777. From Leeds to Liverpool, 1770: consolidated 
1783. Trent and Mersey canal finished, 1772, extending ninety miles; 
enlarged 1783. From Stroud to the Thames, began 1783. From the Thames 
to Leachlade, 1783. From the Severn to Leachlade, 1789. From Oxford 
to Coventry, 1769 : completed 1790. Over the Tame, near Birmingham, 
and the Coventry canal, with the Birmingham, &c. completed, by which the 
inland navigation between London, Bristol, Liverpool, and Hull, was opened, 
July, 1790. From Hereford to Gloucester, had £50,000. subscribed, July, 
1791 : began November following. The Kennet and Avon opened, 7th July, 
1799. Thames to Fenny Stratford, 28th May, 1800. From Paddington to 
the Grand Junction, 1800. Thames to Croydon, in Surrey, 1810. 

CANDLES, tallow, began to be used about 1290 

Previous to this, splinters of wood served for lights. There was not any idea of 
■wax candles in 1300. 

CANON LAW first introduced into England 1140 

CANTERBURY PALACE, robbed, October 11 1778 

CAPS. 

In 1571, a law was enacted, that every person above seven years of age, should 
wear on Sundays and holidays a cap of wool, knit made, thickened and 
dressed in England, by some of the trade of cappers, under the forfeiture of 
three farthings for every day's neglect, excepting maids, ladies, and gentle- 
women: and likewise every lord, knight, and gentleman of twenty marks of 
land, and their heirs, and such as have borne offices of worship in any city, 
town, or place, and the Wardens of the London Companies. 

CARDS and DICE double taxed, April 8, 1756 

Additional, 1789. 

CARDINAL, title of, began to be used 308 

Cardinals were originally the parish priests at Rome. College of, founded by 
Pope Pascal I. 817: did not elect the Popes till 1160: wore the red hat (to 



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remind them that they ought to shed their Mood, if required, for religion), 
and were declared princes of the church, 1222; the Cardinals set fire to the 
Conclave, and separated : and there was a vacancy in the Papal chair for two 
years, 1314. Cardinal Carassa was hung, by order of Pope Pius IV. 1560; 
as was Cardinal Poli, under Leo X.: the title of Eminence first given them 
by Urban VIII. about 1630. 

CARLTON HOUSE, splendid Fete given at 1811 

At this fete many persons were severely hurt by the immense throng that 
attended it, June 20, 1811. A second also given at the same place to the 
Duke of Wellington, to which 2,500 persons were invited, June 21, 1814. 

CARRIAGES taxed '. 1747 

Again 1776, 1782, and 1785. 

CASTLEREAGH, LORD, and THE HON. SPENCER 
PERCIVAL. 

They were accused of purchasing seats, whilst in the ministry. Not censured. 

CASTLES in England taken from the Barons 1 153 

CATTLE, 94,000 head, and above S00,000 sheep, were sold 

in Smithfield during the year 1774 

CAULIFLOWERS first planted in England 1603 

CELERY introduced to the English tables in 1709 

It was introduced by Count Tallai-d, during his captivity in England, after the 
battle of Malplaquet, in 1709. 

CEYLON nearly destroyed to revenge the Dutch cruelties . 1761 

CHAIN-SHOT invented by Admiral De Witt 1661 

CHANCERY, Court of, established 605 

The present Court of Chancery was established by William I. 1066. The first 
person qualified for Chancellor, by education, was Sir Thomas More, in 1530, 
the office before being rather that of a secretary of state than the President 
of a Court of Justice. First reference to a Master in, owing to the ignorance 
of the Chancellor, Sir Christopher Hatton, about 1588. In May, 1811, 
Parliament passed an Act appointing a Vice- Chancellor, to assist the Lord 
Chancellor while attending his duties in the House of Lords. 

CHINA made at Chelsea 1752 

At Bow, 1758: in several parts of England, 1760 : by Mr. Wedgwood, 1762: at 
Dresden, 1706. Porcelaine first spoken of in history, 1591. 

CHINA, Empire of, founded B.C. 2100 

Although China was founded at the above date, its history does not extend above 
the Greek Olympiads : the first dynasty, when prince Yu reigned^ 2207, 
B. C. : before this time, the Chinese Chronology is imperfect: by some, Fchi 
is supposed to be the founder of the Empire, and its first sovereign, 2247, 
B. C. Literature there revived, and the art of printing practised, 206 B. c: 
the first history of China was published by Sematsian, 97 B C : first grant 
of the island of Macao, at the entrance of the river of Canton, to the Portu- 
guese, 1586^ the country conquered by the Eastern Tartars, when the 
Emperor and his family killed themselves, 1635 : an attempt to establish 
Christianity there by the Jesuits, 1692: the Missionaries expelled, 1724. 
It is fifteen times larger than Great Britain aud Ireland: and though not 
half the size of Europe, contains more inhabitants. 

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CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL passed 1829 

CHARITY SCHOOLS, first began in England 1688 

One hundred and sixty schools were established within London, Westminster, 
and the bills of mortality, between 1688 and 1767» inclusive. Six thousand 
children met- at St. Pauls, May 2, 1782. 

CHELTENHAM MINERAL SPRING discovered 1740 

CHEROKEE CHIEFS, Seven of them arrive in England . 1730 

Three more in 17G2 : and three more in 1776. 

CHESAPEAKE FRIGATE, The, captured by Broke, 

June 1, 1813 

The action of the Chesapeake frigate, (Captain Lawrence) and the Shannon, 
(Captain Broke) was one of the most sanguinary and determined actions ever 
fought. Captain Broke, having given orders for his men to board the 
Chesapeake, in the short space of twenty minutes, that vessel was strewed 
with dead bodies : and amongst them lay its unfortunate commander^ 
Lawrence. Captain Broke was severely wounded. 

CHILDREN forbidden by law to be sold by their parents... 1015 

CHIVALRY began in Europe 912 

CHURCHES, fifty new ones voted in 1711 

CHUDLEIGH, Devonshire, accident at 1807 

A dreadful accident happened at the above place, a small market town, consisting 
of about two hundred houses, which were (with the exception of seven 
houses, and the church) entirely consumed, without the loss of a human 
life. 

CINQUE PORTS vested in barons 1078 

The Cinque Ports are five havens, that lie on the east part of England, towards 
France; they are Hastings, Dover, Hithe, Romney, and Sandwich, to which 
Winchelsea and Rye, have since been added. They have a particular policy, 
and are governed by a keeper, with the title of Lord Warden of the Cinque 
Ports, and send Representatives to Parliament, who are called barons of the 
Cinque Ports. First received their privileges, 1216. 

CIRCUITS, Justiciary, established in England 1176 

In Scotland, in 1712. 

CIRCUMNAVIGATORS OF ENGLAND, &c. 

The Circumnavigators of England, were Drake, in 1577= Cavendish, 1586 : 
Cowley, 1683: Dampier, 1689: Cooke, 1708: Clipperton and Sherbock, 
1719: Anson, 1740: Biron, 1764: Wallis, 1766: Cartaret, 1766: Captain 
James Cook, 1768, 1772, and 1776 : continued by King, 1780 : Portlocke, 
&c. 1788: and Captain Hunter, 1788-9, in 137 days. The first that entered 
the Pacific Ocean, was Magellan, a Portuguese, 1520. Among the Spanish 
Circumnavigators, were Groalva, 1537= Avalradi, 1547: Mendana, 1567: 
Quiros, 1625. The Dutch Circumnavigators were, Van Noort, 1598 : Spit- 
bergen, 1614: Lemaire, 1615 : Scouten, 1616 : Tasman,1642: and Roggewin, 
1721 : M. Bougainville's voyage, (the Frenchman) was in 1776; and several 
others have been undertaken since, particularly that of La Perouse. 
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CLAREMONT, purchase of 1816 

Claremont was purchased by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests for Her 
Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, on her marriage with the 
Prince of Saxe-Cobourg. It was bought of C. R. Ellis, Esq. for the sum of 
£69,000. 

CLERGY OF FRANCE, renounced their privileges, on 

the20thofMay 1809 

Had all their property seized upon by the National Assembly, 1790, 

CLERGY. 

The celibacy of the Roman Catholic Clergy, first established by the decree of Pavia, 
which was afterwards supported by the edict of the Emperor, Henry II. in 
1009, at the request of the Pope, John XIX. and their children declared 
serfs. At a council held at Toledo, it was ordered that every one, whether 
layman, or ecclesiastic, should be contented with one companion, either wife 
or concubine. 

CLERGY. 

In the year 1536, the clergy were excluded from being members of the Irish 
Parliament by the Act of Henry VIII.: of the British Parliament, in 1801, 
when the Rev. Home Tooke was forced to vacate his seat. 

CLOCKS and WATCHES, taxed, 1797 

The tax was repealed in 1798. Three clockmakers from Delft, were the first who 
settled in England, 1568. The invention of clocks is ascribed to Pacificus, 
who lived in the 9th century; by others, to Boethius, in 510. Pendulum 
clocks were invented by Huyghens, in 1457- Clocks and dials were first 
set up in churches, 913; made to strike by the Arabians, 801; by the 
Italians, in 1300; a striking clock in Westminster, 1368, (afterwards in the 
House of Lords, till the late fire.) The first portable ones, 1530 ; none in 
England that went tolerably, until that dated 1540, maker's name N. O. now 
at Hampton Court Palace. Clocks with pendulums, &c. invented by another 
artist, (Fromantil) a Dutchman, about 1656. Repeating clocks and watches, 
invented by one Barlow, 1676 : neither clocks nor watches were general, 
until the year 1681 

COACHES first used in England 1580 

In 1601, an Act was passed to prevent men riding in coaches, it being considered 
as effeminate: began to be common in London, 1605: hackney ditto, began 
1634, when a Captain Baily set up four : prohibited in 1635: fifty hackney 
coaches only were allowed in 1637: limited to 200, 1652: to 300 in 1654: 
to 400, in 1661 : to 700, in 1694, when they were first licensed: to 800, in 
1710 : to 1000, in 1771- The number of coaches in the year 1793, made in 
this kingdom, amounted to 40,000, half of which were exported. By the 
duty on coaches, it appeared, in 1778, that 23,000 were kept in England, 
which duty amounted to £117,000.: and in 1785, it was £154,988. in 
England : whilst in Scotland, it was only £9000. Coach-tax commenced, 
March 25, 1747: it was increased 1776, 1782, 1785, and 1797. 

COALS discovered near Newcastle 1234 

Coals were first dug there by a Charter granted to the town by Henry III. in 
1280. Dyers, Brewers, &c. began to use sea-coal for fire, 1350: but on an 
application by the nobility, &c. Edward I. published a proclamation against 
it, 1398: it came into g-eneral use in London, in 1400. In 1773, 600,000 
chaldrons were consumed, and 766,880 ditto, in 1788. There were, in 1792, 
841,380 chaldrons: and Scots coals, 2249 tons: in 1793,800,510: in 1794, 
788,744: and in 1795, 887,759 ditto, exclusive of cinders, &c. This 
immense duty yielded the Duke of Richmond £23,000. per annum. The 



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whole duty on coal in 1788, amounted to £306,728. The daily consump- 
tion in London, is about 2,300 chaldrons. 

COCHRANE, LORD. 

Lord Cochrane, in concert with the Honourable Cochrane Johnstone, De 
Berenger, Butt, &c. was convicted of a fraud on the Stock Exchange on 
the 8th of June, 1814, when he was sentenced to pay a line of £1000., to be 
imprisoned twelve months in the King's Bench Prison, and to stand one 
hour in the pillory; his Lordship asserted his innocence in Parliament, but 
was expelled, July 5, 1814. His constituents entered into a resolution to 
re-elect him, on the 25th of the same month. Escaped from the King's 
Bench Prison, and gave the casting vote against any extension of the grant 
to the Duke of Cumberland. Left England for the continent. In the 
Spring of 1827, Lord Cochrane joined the Greeks, and Sir Richard Church 
took the command of their armies about the same time. The general had 
previously commanded a battalion of Greeks at Zante. In 1831, Lord 
Cochrane succeeded to the Earldom of Dundonald, on the death of his father : 
and in 1832, the London Gazette of May 9, announced his restoration to 
the rank he held in the British navy. 

COCK LANE GHOST, imposition of 1762 

Amidst the various impositions which have been practised at different periods, 
none ever attracted so much notice as the Cock Lane Ghost : and it is singular 
that such credulity could be carried on for such a period of time, without 
detection. We shall be as brief as the nature of the story will admit. 

A Mr. Kempe, it appears, a person of great respectability, and who resided 
in the county of Norfolk, was married to a young woman of that neighbour- 
hood: but dying in child-bed, her sister continued to assist him in his 
business ; the consequence was an intimacy with each other ; and on his 
quitting that line, in order to settle in London, she insisted on following 
him, even on foot, if a more comfortable conveyance was not provided, and 
she accordingly followed him to town; but being excluded by the Canon law 
from marrying, they cohabited together, and made their wills in favour of 
each other. Upon their arrival in London, they went to reside at Greenwich 
for a time, when Mr. Kempe took lodgings in town, near the Mansion House. 

While at this place, Mr. Parsons, the officiating clerk of St. Sepulchre's, 
observing one morning Mr. and Mrs. Kempe at prayers, standing in the aisle, 
shewed them into a pew. On the conclusion of the service, Mr. Parsons 
was thanked for his civility by the party, and asked if he could inform them 
of a lodging in the neighbourhood: Parsons consequently offered his own 
house, which was accepted. 

Soon after their removal to the house of Parsons, in Cock-lane, near 
Smithfield, Mr. Kempe went into the country, and the lady, who went by 
the name of Miss Fanny, took Parsons' daughter, (about eleven years of age) 
as a companion, who also slept with her. It was at this time that Miss 
Fanny had to complain of violent noises : when Mrs. Parsons pleaded igno- 
rance as to the cause, but she supposed it was nothing more than that of a 
shoemaker, who lived close by, (and who rose early to his labour) would 
make. A short time after this, on Miss Fanny again being disturbed, she 
arose from her bed, and enquired of Mrs. Parsons, if the shoemaker worked 
on the Sunday, (it being on the Sunday evening) ? on being answered, no, 
Mrs. Parsons was requested to come into the chamber, and witness the truth 
of her assertion. The Rev. Mr. Linden was also called in, but he excused him- 
self. Upon Mr. and Mrs. Kempe's removing from the house, the noises ceased. 

Unfortunately for Mr. Kempe, both Parsons, and the landlord with whom 
he now resided, were in indifferent circumstances, and had both of them 
become indebted to him ; and in order to obtain a re-payment of the debt 
from each, was obliged to sue both; from hence arose the contrivance of the 
plot afterwards brought against him. During the period he resided in the 
house of Parsons, the young lady became pregnant: and in the sixth month 
of the same, Dr. Cooper was engaged to attend her. He visited her till she 
was taken ill, which illness was thought to bean eruptive fever. The lodg- 



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COCK LANE GHOST, The, (continued.) 1762 

ings proving inconvenient, others were procured in Bartlett street, Clevken well, 
to which place the patient was removed, a nurse having been previously 
engaged to attend her. It was now ascertained that the disease was the 
small pox ; and for the first four days, it was thought to be favourable, both 
by the Physician, and also Mr. Jones, who attended her; but the complaint 
changed for the worst, and her death was pronounced certain ; previous to its 
taking place, a clergyman was called in, in order to afford spiritual consola- 
tion. These facts were attested by Dr. Gooper and Mr. Jones, and con- 
firmed by the Clergyman who attended her. She expired on the 2nd of 
February, 1760, and was interred in the church of St. John's, Clerkenwell. 
After a lapse of two years, the report of the knocking and scratching in 
the night at the house of Parsons was asjain renewed, and various methods 
were tried to discover the cause. The noise seemed to proceed from beneath 
the bed, in which lay two children, the eldest of whom slept with Mrs. 
Kempe when in lodgings at Parsons' house. The wainscot was taken down, 
but the noise increased, and became more violent. The children were re- 
moved to another room, but the noise still continued throughout the night. 
The knocking and scratching still continuing to follow the children, the 
eldest was interrogated as to what it was like ; when she declared it was 
Mrs. Kempe. Suspicions were in consequence whispered that all was not 
right, and hints were thrown out that the deceased had not died a natural 
death. These reports were succeeded by a publication relative of Mr. 
Kempe's connexion with the deceased. Still the noises continued, and from 
the quarter already mentioned, so much so, as to throw the child into violent 
fits, and Parsons now gave it out that the spirit of Mrs. Kempe had taken 
possession of the child. The noises still increasing in violence, several 
persons sat up all night in the child's room. On the evening of January 13, 
between 11 and 12 at night, a respectable clergyman was sent for, who, 
on his arrival, addressing himself to the supposed spirit, desired he might 
be (if any injury had been done to the party) answered in the affirmative by 
a single knock; if on the contrary, by two knocks. This was immediately 
answered by one knock. He then asked several questions, which were 
answered, and the following particulars learned : — that the spirit was a 

woman, and her name Frances L ; that she had lived in fornication 

with Mr. Kempe, whose first wife was her sister, and that she had poisoned 
her, by administering arsenic in purl to her when confined by the small pox. 

It being still strongly suspected that it was an imposition, it was resolved 
to remove the girl to another house. This was accordingly done, the child 
being taken away to a strange house, to that mentioned in her hearing: 
and the reverend gentleman not wishing to condemn too hastily on this 
extraordinary circumstance, collected some of his friends, among whom 
were two or three Divines, with several other persons, and likewise two 
negroes. Having carefully examined the bed clothes, and being satisfied that 
there was no visible appearance of deception, the child, upon being put to 
bed, was found to shake extremely by the gentleman who had stationed 
himself at the foot. Having proceeded to ask a variety of questions, which 
were answered by the required knocks, and expressions of displeasure, by 
scratching, the following extraordinary conversation took place : — 

Q. Are you brought to an untimely end by poison? — A. Yes. 

Q. In what was the poison administered! — A. Purl. 

Q. How long before your death? — A. Three hours. 

Q. Is the person called Carrots able to give any information about the 
poison ? — A. Yes. 

Q. Are you Kempe's wife's sister ? — A. Yes. 

Q. Were you married to Kempe? — A. No. 

Q. Was any other person besides Kempe concerned in the poisoning? 

A. No. 

Q. Can you appear visibly to any one? — A. Yes. 

Q. Will you do so?— A. Yes. 

Q, Can you go out of this house ? — A. Yes. 



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COCK LANE GHOST, The, (continued) .-. 1762 

Q. Can you follow the child every where? — A. Yes. 

Q. Are you pleased at being asked questions? — A. Yes. 

Q. Does it ease your mind? — A. Yes. 

(Here a mysterious noise, compared to the fluttering of wings, round the 
room, was heard.) 

Q. How long- before your death did you tell Carrots that you were poisoned ? 

A. One hour. 
(Here Carrots, who had been servant to Mrs. Kempe, and was admitted to 
be one of the company, asserted, that the deceasrd had not told her so, 
being at that time speechless.) 

Q. How long did Carrots live with you ? — A. Three or four days. 

Q. If the accused should be taken up, will he confess ? — A. Yes. 

Q. Will you be at ease in your mind, if the man be hanged? — A. Yes. 

Q. How many Clergymen are there in the room? — A. Three. 

Q. How many negroes ? — A. Two. 

Q. Can you distinguish the person of any one in the room? — A. Yes. 

One of the Clergymen holding up a watch, asked whether it was white, 
yellow, blue, or black. (The watch was in a black shagreen case.) 

Q. What hour will you depart at in the morning? — A. Four o'clock. 

The noise at that hour, removed into " The Wheatsheaf," a few doors off, 
where it was heard in the bed-room of the landlord and landlady, which 
caused great terror to both. During the interrogations, one of the company 
placed himself by the bedside, and leaned on the bed ; a person on the other 
side of the room desired him not to sit in that posture, when the former 
replied, that " he came there to ascertain the truth of the affair, and he 
should place himself in any part of the room where there appeared the least 
suspicion." The individual who had leaned on the bed, requested Mr. 
Parsons to permit him to remove the child to his own house, at the same 
time promising that she should have a room to herself, a servant to wait upon 
her, and whoever her father pleased should be with her, which was refused. 

At seven o'clock on the following morning, the noise again commenced. 
Though many were inclined to believe the preceding statements the effect 
of supernatural agency, yet others considered it as nothing but a trick : and 
in consequence, it was determined once more to remove the child, which was 
accordingly done, to a house in Crown and Cushion court, at the upper end 
of Cow-lane, near Smithfield, to which place two clergymen, several gen- 
tlemen, and a few ladies had assembled. 

The knocking again commenced, when a gentleman began to speak 
angrily to the girl, hinting that he suspected it some trick of her's, upon 
which the child became uneasy, and cried ; the knocking now became louder 
than before ; and no answer could be obtained to any question whilst that 
gentleman remained ; but, after he was gone, the noise ceased until a little 
after twelve, when she was seized with a trembling similar to the approach 
or departure of the spirit. On the question when, and at what time the 
spirit would return, the answer was made by knocks, that it would return 
again before seven in the morning. A noise resembling the fluttering 
of wings was now heard ; after which, all remained quiet till between six 
and seven on Friday moining, when the knocks again commenced. At 
seven o'clock two Clergymen came, and the noise was repeated; several 
questions were then put, one by a female, an acquaintance of the deceased, 
who came out of curiosity, and who had seen Mrs. Kempe some time 
previous to her death. The question was, "how long before the death of 
the latter this individual had been to see her." The answer returned was 
three knocks, signifying as many days, which was true. The next question 
was, whether or not some one in the company then present had not a rela- 
tion who had been buried in the vault where Mrs. Kempe lay. This reply 
was made by one knock, in the affirmative. They then severally asked if it 
was their relation ; when all, excepting the two last, were answered no ; but 
to the last, the reply was by one knock, which was right. The replies caused 
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COCK LANE GHOST, The, (continued) 1762 

On the evening of the 22nd of January, the girl was again removed, when 
she was conveyed to the house of the matron of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. 
Every precaution was used to keep her being there a secret, and likewise 
to prevent any crowd from congregating round it, which would have greatly 
tended to obstruct the method adopted for detecting any imposition. About 
twenty persons sat up in the room, but no noise was heard till near six in 
the morning, when a noise commenced similar to the scratching of a cat on a 
cane chair. But a person in company having expressed an opinion that the 
whole of the affair was an imposition, caused some altercation with those 
who were of a different opinion, and which interruption caused the spirit to 
take its departure; upon which no further noise was heard. 

About seven o'clock, the child, who till now had appeared to be in a sound 
sleep, awoke in a lit of crying : and on being interrogated as to the cause, 
replied that her father would be ruined, should the affair be thought to 
be an imposture. 

She after this lay at a house, opposite the School House, in Cock-lane, at 
which place a person of distinction, two clergymen, and several others, were 
present. Between ten and eleven, the knocking began : and each inter- 
rogation answered in a similar manner to the former. To a question now put, 
Will you attend the girl to any place whither she maybe carried? — A. Yes. 
At eleven o'clock, as many distinct knocks were heard: and at twelve, the 
same number. On being asked if it were going away, and at what time it 
would return, seven knocks were given. Exactly as St. Sepulchre's clock 
chimed the hour of seven, the invisible agent knocked seven times. Every 
person was now put out of the room who could have the least connexion 
with the child; her hand being also laid on the outside of the clothes. 

The supposed spirit having previously promised that it would attend 
under the church of St. John, Clerkenwell, where the body was deposited, 
and give a token of its presence by a knock on the coffin, it was proposed to 
make thetiial of the real existence of the spirit; upon which Mr. Kempe, 
the undertaker, clerk, sexton, and two or three gentlemen, repaired to the 
church, and entered the vault, when the undertaker presently knew the 
coffin, which was taken from under the others, and easily seen to be the 
same. It having been given out that the body had even been displaced, the 
coffin was opened in Mr. Kempe's presence, and there was exhibited all the 
appearance of frail mortality. 

During this period steps were taken to find out the fraud. The girl had 
been removed from one place to another, and as constantly attended by the 
noises, though bound and muffled hand and, foot ; and, strange to say, they 
were often heard in rooms at some distance from where she lay. 

Being at last removed to the house of a gentleman, her bed was tied up 
in the manner of a hammock, a yard and a half from the ground, with her 
hands and feet extended, but not so as to cause any injury, and fastened 
with fillets for two nights, during which, no further noise was heard, and 
the affair was ended by her detection. 

On the 10th of July, Parsons, his wife, and one Mary Eraser, who acted 
as interpreter between the ghost, and those who examined her, the Bev. 
Mr. Moore, Curate of St. Stephens, and Mr. James, a tradesman, were tried 
at Guildhall, before Lord Mansfield, and a special jury, and convicted of a 
conspiracy against the life and character of Mr. Kempe. The trial lasted 
twelve hours; but judgment was respited, in order to take the opinion 
of the Twelve Judges on this curious affair. 

The sentence was deferred for seven or eight months ; and the Rev. Mr. 
Moore, and Mr. James, were discharged, on paying the prosecutor £300. and 
costs, which amounted nearly to as much more. The publisher of the 
narrative, (Brown), and Say, the printer, had previously compromised the 
affair. 

Parsons was ordered to be set in the pillory three times in one month, 
once at the end of Cock -lane; and afterwards to be imprisoned two years ; 
Elizabeth his wife, one year, and Mary Fiaser, six months, in Bridewell, and 



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COCK LANE GHOST, The, (continued) 1762 

to be kept to hard labour. Parsons appearing to be out of his mind at the 
time for his first standing in the pillory, that part of the sentence was 
deferred to another day; when on other days of his public exhibition, the 
populace, instead of using him ill, took compassion on him, and collected 
a handsome sum for his use. The term of his confinement in the King's 
Bench Prison having expired on the 13th of February, 1765, he was 
liberated. 

The Rev. Mr. Moore, was so overwhelmed with grief, that he did not 
long survive the detection of the imposture. 

Mr. Moore was the person to whom the spirit made the promise of striking 
the coffin, and who in consequence visited the vault, accompanied by the 
celebrated Dr. Johnson, and another gentleman, 

COFFEE first brought to England 1641 

Coffee was first brought to England by Mr. Nathaniel Conopius, a Cretan, who 
made it his common beverage, at Baliol College, Oxford. Brought to Mar- 
seilles, 1644. The first coffee house in England, was kept by one Jacob, a 
Jew, at the sign of " The Angel," in Oxford, 1650. Mr. Edwards, an 
English Turkey merchant, brought home with him a Greek servant, who 
kept the first house for making and selling coffee in London, 1652; and 
" The Rainbow," coffee house, near Temple Bar, was, in 1657, represented 
as a nuisance to the neighbourhood. 

COIF. 

The Serjeant's coif, was originally an iron scull cap, worn by knights under their 
helmets. Judge Blackstone writes, " that it was introduced before 1259, in 
order to hide the tonsure of those renegado clerks who chose to remain as 
advocates in the secular courts, notwithstanding they were prohibited by 
the Canon." 

COLUMBUS, the arrival of 1825 

The Columbus, a timber ship, of colossal structure, went from Gravesend to 
Quebec, with a cargo of 6,300 tons. 

COMBINATION among Journeymen, Act against, June 21 1799 
CONCERT, the first Subscription one, 1665 

The first one was at Oxford. The first in London, 1678. 

CONTRACTORS with Government disqualified from sitting 

in Parliament 1782 

COIN, The of England, first made round 1101 

The first silver coinage at Rome 259 B.C.: before then, brass money was only 
used, a sign that there was not any correspondence with the East, where 
gold and silver were used some time before. Coin first used in Britain, 
25 B. c. : in Scotland, of gold and silver, 223 A. c. First made round in 
England, 1101 : silver halfpence, and farthings, were coined in the reign 
of king John, and pence, the largest current coin. Gold first coined in 
England, 1087; groats first coined in Bohemia, 1301; copper money used 
only in Scotland and Ireland, 1399: Gold coined in England, 1345: groats 
and half groats, the largest silver coin, 1531. In 1347, a pound of silver 
was coined into twenty-two shillings: and in the year 1352, a pound was 
coined into twenty-five shillings: in 1414, they were increased to thirty 
shillings: in 1500, a pound of silver was coined into forty shillings; in 
1530, they were extended to sixty-two, which is the same now. The 
money in Scotland, now the same as in England, began to be debased, 
1344. Gold first coined in Venice, 1476. Shillings first coined in England, 






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in 1068: Crowns and half crowns first coined in 1551. Copper money 
introduced into France by Henry III. 15S0: the first legal copper coin 
introduced, which put an end to private leaden tokens, universally prac- 
tised, especially in London, 1609. Coppei monev introduced into England 
by Tames I. 1620: milling coin introduced, 1662: invented by Castaing, 
a Frenchman: halfpence and farthings first coined by government, August, 
1672; guineas were first coined, 1673; silver coinage, 1696; broad pieces 
of gold called in by Government, and coined into guineas, 1732. Five shil- 
lings and three penny pieces in gold were issued in 1716 and 1761. One 
million was coined in l7l0 from French Louis d'ors. Halfpence issued for 
the Isle of Man by England, 1786. Dollars issued by the Bank at four 
shillings and ninepence each, March 4, 1797; at five shillings, 1806; 
raised to five shillings and sixpence, 1811. Gold seven shilling pieces issued 
December, 1797- The new coin of William IV. announced in the London 
Gazette, April 15, 1831. 

COIN, The American, took place in ] 792 

In eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles. The first is ten dollars, or forty-five 
shillings English. The dime is the tenth part of a dollar; and a copper 
coin, called a cent, is the tenth part of a dime. 

COINING with a Die first invented 1617 

First used in England, 1620. 

COLUSSUS OF RHODES, The, sold to a Jew 652 

It was thrown down by an earthquake, and weighed 720,000 pounds. 

COMMUTATION OF TITHES BILL passed 1836 

COMETS. 

In the year 1527, about four in the morning, not only in the Palatine of the 
Rhine, but nearly over all Europe, appeared for an hour and a quarter, a 
most horrible Comet; — in its length, it was of a blood colour, inclining to 
saffron ; from the top of its train appeared a bended arm, in the hand 
whereof was a huge sword in the instant posture of striking. At the point 
of the sword was a star ; from the star proceeded dusky rays, like a hairy 
tail; on the side of them, other rays, like javelins or lesser swords, as if 
imbued in blood, between which appeared human faces, in the colour of 
blackish clouds, with rough hair and beards. All these moved with such 
terrible sparkling and brightness, that many spectators swooned with fear. 

In perfect accordance with these descriptions are the drawings of Comets 
in the old Treatises of Astronomy. A Celestial Atlas, published about the 
year 1680, has several ; in which the fancy of the Artist has endeavoured 
to embody the wild and distorted description of historians. Other remark- 
able Comets have appeared, viz.: — one in 1758, 1808, 1811, and Septem- 
ber, 1832. A conjunction of the sun and moon, and all the planets, in 1186; 
and of Saturn and Jupiter, 1394. 

CONTRIBUTION, a, demanded by Act of Parliament 1695 

The above demand to contribute, was made by Act of Parliament, from every 
individual whose wages were £4. per annum. 

CONVICTS first sent to Botany Bay 1787 

Intelligence was received that 224 souls were lost in a convict ship, wrecked on 
the coast of Van Dieman's Land. 

CONSPIRACY, The, CATO STREET 1820 

This conspiracy had for its object revolution and the assassination of Ministers. 
The framer of this wild and diabolical scheme, was Thistlewood, who had 
been a subaltern first in a militia, and afterwards in a regiment of the line in 



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CONSPIRACY, THE CATO STREET, (continued). 

the West Indies. Having resigned his Commission, he passed into France, 
where he arrived after the fall of Robispiere, and there imbibed all the 
opinions which prevailed in France at the eventful period of the Revolution, 
and entertained the wild project that the destruction of his country was an 
object worthy of accomplishing. Having been tried with Dr. Watson, and 
acquitted, he sent a challenge to Lord Sidmouth, for which he was tried, 
found guilty, and imprisoned. On being liberated, in August, 1819, he 
formed a connection with some of the lowest class of beings. Ings, Brunt, 
Tidd, and Davison, were his companions and confidants : they held meetings 
in a room hired for the purpose in Gray's Inn lane, when the destruction of 
the Ministers was declared to be of the greatest consequence, in order to 
complete their fiend-like purpose. 

A meeting took place on the 19th of February, 1820, at which, they came 
to the resolution of assassinating the Ministers separately, each in his own 
house on the Wednesday following; meetings were again held on the Sunday, 
Monday, and Tuesday, when the plan was resolved on; but Thistlewood 
being informed by Edwards (a Government spy) that a Cabinet dinner was 
to take place at Lord Harrowby's house, Grosvenor-square, Thistlewood pro- 
cured a paper containing the announcement of such intention. This event 
gave fresh courage to the Conspirators, and it was at length determined that 
one should go to the door with a letter, the remainder were to rush in, and 
having secured the servants, they were to press forward into the room 
where the ministers were assembled, and finish the business by murdering 
the whole of them: and, as a particular trophy, the heads of Sidmouth and 
Castlereagh were to be deposited in a bag. 

Wednesday was passed in manufacturing the various weapons to be em- 
ployed, and they resorted to a stable situated in Cato-street, Edgeware-road. 
This building contained but two rooms, which could only be entered by a 
ladder. The conspirators having mustered, to the number of twenty- four, 
they|took the precaution of placing a centinel below, whilst they prepared for 
their dreadful encounter. The Ministers having been made acquainted 
by Edwards with their murderous intentions, also by a man of the name of 
Hidon, who had been solicited to join them, and who had wanted Lord 
Harrowby of it the previous day, a strong party of officers, headed by Mr. 
Birnie proceeded to Cato-street, and were met and supported by a detach- 
ment of the Coldstream Guards, under the command of Captain Fitz- 
Clarence. The officers, on their arrival, mounted the ladder, and found the 
conspirators in the loft, unconscious of their danger, and of the different 
result of their speculations. Smithers being 1 the first to enter the loft, in 
his attempt to seize Thistlewood, was pierced by him through the body, and 
immediately fell: the lights being quickly extinguished, some of the con- 
spirators escaped through a window at the back of the premises; but by the 
joint exertions of the military and officers, nine were taken that evening, and 
conveyed to Bow-street. Thistlewood escaped in the confusion, but was 
arrested the next morning, in a house near Finsbury-square, and some on 
the next two days. 

True bills were found against eleven of the prisoners, for High Treason, 
on the 27th of March; and on the 17th of April, Thistlewood was put on 
his trial. A man of the name of Adams was the principal witness, and one 
of the conspirators who escaped on the evening in Cato-street, but who 
had been taken, and had remained in custody to the time of his appearance 
in court. The trial lasted three days, when Thistlewood was found guilty of 
high treason. Ings, Brunt, Field, and Davidson, were severally tried, and 
convicted. The remaining six pleaded guilty. One received a pardon, and 
five sentence of transportation for life. Thistlewood, Ings, Brunt, Field, and 
Davidson, were executed on the 1st of May, 1820. 

CONSTABLE. 

The Lord High Constable was anciently an officer of the Crown, both of Eng- 
land and France, whose authority was so very extensive, that the office has 
long since been laid aside in both kingdoms, except on particular occasions, 
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26 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CONSTABLE, (continued.) 

as the King's coronation. The function of the Constable of England con- 
sisted in thee are of the common peace of the land, in deeds of arms, and in 
matters of war. The first Constable was created by the Conqueror; the 
office continued hereditary till the 13th of Henry VIII. when it was laid 
aside, as being so powerful as to become troublesome to the king. From the 
Lord High Constable are derived those inferior ones, since called the 
Constables of hundreds and franchises, ordained in the 13th of Edward I. by 
the statute of Winchester, for the preservation of the peace, and view of 
armour, which appointed that two constables should be chosen in every 
hundred. These are what we now call High Constables ; and under these it 
was found necessary to appoint others in every town, called Petty Constables. 
We have also Constables denominated from particular places ; as Constable 
of the Tower, of Dover Castle, of Windsor Castle, of the Castle of Caer- 
narvon, and many other castles in Wales, whose officers are the same with 
that of the Castellans, or governors of Castles. 

COPENHAGEN, bombardment of 

The bombardment of Copenhagen took place on the 2nd of April, 1801, and 
consisted of eighteen sail of the line, four frigates, and a vast number of 
bomb-vessels and gun-boats, amounting in the whole to fifty-two sail. This 
formidable fleet was destined to dissolve the confederacy which was formed 
against England at that period. It had on board several regiments of 
marines and riflemen, and was commanded by Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, who 
had under him Lord Nelson, as second in command. It set sail from Yar- 
mouth on the 12th of March: and soon after its departure, the Invincibe, 
of 74 guns, struck on a sand-bank, off the coast of Norfolk, by which acci- 
dent she was so much injured, that she soon afterwards sunk, and four 
hundred of her crew perished. 

COPY-RIGHT, secured by an Act passed 1710 

Further secured by an Act passed in 1814. 

CORN BILL, The, passed 1814 

The Corn Law Bill, passed in this year, was the cause of the most alarming riots, 
and also loss of life, by the fireing of the soldiery A young gentleman, 
passing by the house of Mr. Robinson at the moment of the affray, was 
unfortunately killed on the spot. 

CORSICANS, throw themselves under the protection of 

the King of England, July 1794 

Corsica formerly belonged to France: but on the Revolution taking place, the 
Corsicans rose, and appointed General Paoli for their chief, and surren- 
dered the island to the Crown of Great Britain, with great formality, in 
July, 1794, accepting, at the same time, a new Constitution from the 
English government. In October, 1796, however, the English Viceroy was 
obliged to abandon the island, and the French again took possession of it. 
Here Napoleon, Emperor of France, was born, August 15, 1769. 

CORPORATION REFORM BILL passed 1835 

COURT. 

Courts are of various kinds, and are either held in the king's name, as all the 
ordinary courts : or where the precepts are issued in the name of the judge ; 
as the Admiral's Court. The superior Courts are those of The King's 
Bench; The Common Pleas; The Exchequer; and The Court of 
Chancery. A Court of Record has power to hold plea of real, personal, and 
mixed actions, where the debt is 40s. or above; as the Court of King's 
Bench, &c. A Base Court, or Court not of Record, is, where it cannot 
hold plea of debt or damage, amounting to 405.. or where proceedingi are not 



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COURTS, (continued.) 

according to the course of the common law; such as the County Court, Court 
of Hundreds, Court Baron, &c. Court Baron, is a Court held by every 
lord of a manor within his own precincts, by common law and custom ; the 
former is where the barons or freeholders, beiDg suitors, are the judges; 
the other is that where the lord or his steward, is the judge. Court of 
Chivalry, or The Marshal's Court, of which the Lord High Constable 
and the Earl Marshal of England were the judges. This Court is the foun- 
tain of martial law, and the Earl Marshal is not only one of the judges, but 
is to see execution done. Court of Conscience, a court in the cities of 
London and Westminster, and some other places, where all causes where 
the debt and damages come under 40*. are determined. Court of Dele- 
gates, where delegates are appointed by the King's Commission, under the 
Great Seal upon an appeal to him ; and is granted in three cases : — 1. When 
a sentence is given in an ecclesiastical cause by the Archbishop, or his 
official; — 2. When a sentence is given in an ecclesiastical cause in places 
exempt; and 3. When sentence is given in the Court of Admiralty, in suits 
Civil or Marine, by order of the civil law. Court of Hustings, is a Court 
of Record, held at Guildhall, for the City of London, before the Lord Mayor 
and Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Recorder, where all pleas, real, personal, and 
mixt, are determined ; where all lands, tenements, &c. within the said city, 
or its bounds, are pleadable, in two Hustings; the one called the Hustings 
of the pleas of lands, and the other the Hustings of the common pleas. 
This is the highest court within the city, in which writs of exigent may be 
taken out, and outlawries awarded, wherein judgment is given by the 
Recorder. Court Leet, is a Court held by the lord of a manor, wherein all 
offences, except high treason, are inquired into, and punished. COURT 
Martial is appointed for inquiring into, and punishing offences in officers 
soldiers, and sailors, in a manner agreeable to the regulations of the Mutiny 
Bill. Court of Requests was anciently a court of equity, of the same 
nature with the Chancery, but inferior to it : it has been abolished. 

COVENT GARDEN built 1632 

The church was repaired in 1789; accidentally burnt by the carelessness of the 
workmen, whilst under a state of repair, September 12, 1795; re-built, and 
opened again for divine service, August 1, 1798. 

COVENTRY, PEEPING TOM OF. 

The story of Leoffric, Earl of Mercia, and lord of this place, heavily taxing the 
citizens, and only remitting them at the entreaty of Godina his wife, on 
condition of her riding naked through the city, which he thought she would 
never submit to; but which it is said, she performed, with her long hair so 
disposed, as almost wholly to cover her body, is commemorated till this day, 
by the figure of a man peeping down into the street from one of the 
houses. On that extraordinary occasion, all the doors and windows were 
shut, and Campden says, " That nobody looked after her." The tradition 
however is, that one would needs be peeping, and that he was thereupon 
struck blind. The inhabitants celebrate this event by the exhibition of a 
mock procession annually. 

COVENTRY ACT passed 1669 

COW POX, The, introduced in 1800 

Vaccine inoculation is a modern discovery in medicine, whereby the matter of a 
pustular irruption on the udder and teats of a cow, is found to produce a 
regular disease in the human frame, which renders it unsusceptible of the 
small pox, though it has been asserted, that it is no preventitive of that 
baneful disease. It was long known to those persons employed in dairies; 
but it was first brought into public notice by the celebrated Dr. Jenner, of 
Berkeley, in 1798, and has proved, so far, an inestimable blessing, and 
which the following comparative view affords a proof. 



28 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

COW POX, Inoculation of, (continued.) 

The natural small pox is a contagious disease, violent, loathsome, and 
dangerous: of which it is computed that one in twelve of the human race 
perishes: in London 3000 annually: in the United kingdom, 40,000! 
Inoculated small pox, also contageous, for the most part mild, but some- 
times violent and loathsome, of which one in 300 is reckoned to die. In 
London, about one in 100. The inoculation of the small pox having been 
but partially adopted, has been the means of spreading the infection, and 
thus increased the general mortality. Inoculated cow-pox, not conta- 
geous; and when properly conducted, uniformly mild, inoffensive, seldom 
painful, never fatal, and an almost infallible preventitive of the small pox; 
besides, there is no medicine required, and no consequent deformity or disfi- 
guration. 

CRIMINAL LAW, The, amended 1837 

CROWN, The first Roman that wore one, b. c 616 

It was worn by Tarquin. The first used in England, 872. The first tiara, or 
triple one, used by the Pope, 1364. The first single one used by him was 
in 553 ; the first double one, in 1303. The crown is an ornament worn on 
the head by kings, princes, and noblemen, as a mark of their dignity. It 
was at first only a fillet tied round the head, but was afterwards made of 
leaves and flowers, rich stuffs, and sometimes ornamented with jewels of 
great value. The Jewish High Priest wore a crown, which was girt about 
his mitre, on the lower part of his bonnet, The Romans had various kinds 
of crowns, which they bestowed as rewards of military merit; as 1. The 
Oval Crown, bestowed on generals who were entitled to the honours of the 
lesser triumph, called ovation. 2. The Naval, or Rostral Crown, composed 
of a circle of gold, with ornaments, representing beaks of ships, and given to 
the captain who first grappled, or the soldiers who first boarded an enemy's 
ship. 3. The Corona Villaris, or Castrensis, was a circle of gold raised 
with jewels or pall-shades ; the reward of him who first entered the enemy's 
intrenchments. 4. The Mural Crown, a circle of gold indented and em- 
battled; given to him who first mounted the wall of a besieged place, and 
there planted a standard. 5. The Civic Crown, made of the branch of a 
green oak, and given to him who had saved the life of a citizen. 6. The 
Triumphal Crown, consisting at first of the leaves of laurel, but afterwards 
made of gold, for those generals who had the honour of a triumph. 7. The 
crown called Obsidionalis, or Graminea, made of grass growing on the 
place ; the reward of a general who had delivered a Roman army from a 
siege. 8. The Crown of Laurel, given by the Gieeks to their athletse, and 
by the Romans, to those who had negotiated or concluded a peace with an 
enemy. They had likewise other crowns for those who excelled as poets, 
orators, &c. The crowns were marks of nobility to the wearers; and upon 
competitions for ranks and dignity in their favour, often determined the pre- 
ference to them. The Roman Emperors hadfour kinds of crowns, still seen on 
medals, viz.: a crown of laurel, a radiating crown, a crown adorned with pearl 
and precious stones; and the fourth akind of bonnet or cap, something likethe 
mortier. The Papal Crown, is composed of a cap or tiara, enclosed by 
three Marques' coronets, having two pendants, like the Bishops' mitres, and 
on its top a mound of gold ; these three crowns represent the pretended 
triple capacity of the Pope, viz.: — as high priest, supreme judge, and sole 
legislator of the Christians. The Imperial Crown, is a bonnet or tiara, 
voided at the top like a crescent, with a circle of gold adorned with precious 
stones and pearls, heightened with fleur-de-lis, supporting a globe with a 
cross at the top. The English crown, is adorned with four crosses, in the 
manner of those of Malta: between which are fleur-de-lis. It is covered 
with four diadems, which meet at a little globe supporting a cross. The 
French Crown is a circle enammelled of eight fleur-de-lis, encompassed 
with eight arched diadems ; bearing at top a double fleur-de-lis, which is the 
crest of France. The Spanish Crown is adorned with large indented leaves, 



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CROWNS, (continued.) 

covered with diadems ; bordering on a globe, surmounted with a cross. 
Those of Portugal, Poland, Denmark, and Sweden, are of the same form. 
The crowns of most other kings are circles of gold, adorned with precious 
stones, and heightened up with large trefoils, and closed by four, six, or 
eight diadems, supporting a mound, surmounted with a cross. The great 
Turk bears over his arms a turband, enriched with pearls and diadems under 
two coronets, the first of which is made of pyrimidal points, heightened up 
with large pearls, and the uppermost is surrounded with crescents. The 
Crown of the Prince of Wales consists of one arch, adorned with pearls ; in 
the middle of which is a ball and cross, and bordered with ermine, as in the 
royal diadem. Besides this, the Prince of Wales has another distinguish- 
ing mark of honour, viz. : — a plume of three ostrich feathers, with an ancient 
coronet of a Prince of Wales, with this motto — " Ich dien," i. e. " I 
serve." This device was at first taken by Edward, Prince of Wales, com- 
monly called the Black Prince, after the battle of Cressy, where havincr 
killed John, king of Bohemia, he took from his head such a plume, and put 
it on his own. That of the younger sons and brothers of the king, consists 
likewise of a circle of gold, bordered with ermine, and heightened with four 
crosses and fleur-de-lis alternately, but without any arch, or being sur- 
mounted with a globe and cross on the top. That of the other Princes of 
the blood, consists alternately of crosses and leaves, like those in the coronets 
of Dukes, &c. Those of the Princesses have the addition of strawberry- 
leaves. The coronet of a Duke, is a circle of gold, bordered with ermine, 
and enriched with pearls and precious stones, and set round with eight large 
leaves of parsley, or strawberry. That of a Marquess is set round with four 
strawberry leaves, and as many pearls, on pyramidal points of equal height, 
alternately. An Earl's has eight pyramidal points, with as many large 
pearls on the tops of them, placed alternately with as many strawberry- 
leaves lower than the pearls. The Viscount has only pearls, without any 
limited number, placed on the circle itself all around. A Baron has only 
six pearls, set at equal distance, on the golden border of the ermine; not 
raised, to distinguish him from the Earl, and limited, to shew that he is 
inferior to the Viscount. 

CRUSADE, The, to the Holy Land 1095 

The Crusade to the Holy Land, began under several Christian Princes, to drive 
the infidels fiom Jerusalem. The term Crusade, so called, because those 
who were engaged in them, wore a cross on their clothes, and bore one on 
their standard. Several circumstances contributed to give rise to the 
Crusades (or Croissades), such as a desire for visiting Palestine, an opinion 
that the end of the world was approaching, and the hardships which were 
suffered by Pilgrims in the Holy Land, after the Turks had taken that 
country from the Saracens. The first Croissade began in 1095, being insti- 
gated principally by Peter the Hermit. The next year 800,000 croissaders 
invaded Palestine, and in a little time gained considerable advantages. They 
were however expelled by the Turks in the thirteenth century, after which 
no advantages remained from these ill-conducted expeditions, but their 
having contributed to civilize Europe, 

CUMBERLAND. 

Captain Barrett, of the merchant ship Cumberland, with twenty-six men, de- 
feated four French privateers, taking 170 men, who had boarded the Cum- 
berland, January 13, 1811. 

CUMBERLAND, DUKE OF, attempted Assassination of 

by Sellis, May 31, 1810 

A criminal information was granted in the Court of King's Bench, against a 
person of the name of Phillips for an alledged libel on the Duke of 
Cumberland, relating to this transaction, published in a Work called — 



30 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CUMBERLAND, DUKE OF, (continued.) 

" Authentic Records of the Court," April 18, 1832.— On the 2nd of May, 
the Rule was made absolute in the Court of King's Bench, for libels on the 
Duke of Cumberland. 

CURACY OF CLERKENWELL, The, Election for, Sep- 
tember 1839 

The contest for the perpetual curacy of St. James's, Clerkenwell, closed in the 
return of the Rev. WE. L. Faulkner, he having obtained a majority over 
the Rev. Dr. Dillon. At the close of the Poll, the numbers were, — 

For Mr. Faulkner 2231 

DilLon 1842 

Mr. Faulkner was the popular favourite. 

CURFEW BELL, The, introduced 

The Conqueror perceiving how the English were affected towards him, after his 
invasion of this country, proceeded, it is asserted, to great acts of severity. 
But the establishment of the Curfew Bell by William, it would appear, is not 
supported by any competent authority ; yet there is no doubt that the Eng- 
lish were ill-treated by this king, and that he shewed great partiality to his 
Norman followers; ruling the former with despotic cruelty, and exercising 
many acts of severity towards them : and treating them, to all intents and 
purposes, as a conquered people. Although there were many attempts to 
throw off the Norman yoke, yet the whole of them proved ineffectual, and 
only served as a handle to still greater punishment. 

CUSTOMS, Officers of the, deprived of voting for Members 

of Parliament 1782 

CYDER ACT passed 1763 

It was repealed in 1766. 

DAMIEN, attempted to assassinate the French king, 5th 

Janu ary 1 757 

Robert Francois Damien, was tried and found guily of the above offence, and 
executed in 1758. 

DANES, various descents in England made by. 

The incursions of the Danes were many; the first of which was made at Portland, 
787: their second in Northumberland, 794, when they were opposed, and 
perished by shipwreck. Landed on the Sheppey Island, 832; again in 
Cornwall, and defeated by Egbert, 836 ; again at Charmouth, and defeated 
Ethelwolf, S40 ; landed at the mouth of the Thames from 350 ships, and 
took Canterbury and London, 851; subdued by Ethelwolf, at Okeley, in 
Surrey, 853 ; invaded Northumberland, and seized York, 867; burnt Ely 
Monastery, 870 ; defeated king Ethelred and his brother Alfred, at Basing 
and Merton, 87' ; surprised Wareham Castle, and took Exeter, 876; took 
Chippenham, 877; 1205 of them killed by Odun, Earl of Devonshire, 878; 
Alfred entered into treaty with them, 882; their fleet totally destroyed at 
Appledore by king Alfred, 894; invaded Anglesea, 900; made their first 
descent on France, under Rollo, 895 ; made a settlement in Neustria, now 
Normandy, 905 ; submitted to Edward the Elder, 921 ; invaded Dorsetshire, 
982; landed again in Essex, 991 ; and were bribed to depart the kingdom; 
their fleet defeated, 992; dreadful massacre of by order of Ethelred II. on 
the feast of St. Biice, November 12, 1003 ; made England tributary to them, 
1007, under Canute; conquered England, 1017; continued their ravages, 



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DANES, descents in England made by, (continued.) 

and defeated the English at Ipswich, 1010 ; settled in Scotland, 1020 ; ex- 
pelled England, 1041 ; landed again at Sandwich, 1047, and carried off 
much plunder to Flanders; joined the Northumbrians, burnt York, and 
slew 3000 Normans, 1069; invaded England again, bnt were bribed by 
William to depart, 1074. 

DANISH REVOLUTION, The, January 17 1772 

Again in May, 1784. 

DARTMOUTH burnt by the French 1337 

DARTMOUTH POWDER MILLS, dreadful explosion 

at, January 1833 

This dreadful explosion took place at ten o'clock in the morning. The dwelling 
house of the firm, situate about 100 yards from the mills, suffered severely. 
Nearly every window was shattered to pieces, and the foundations of the 
premises shook to their base. Five other mills exploded in rapid succes- 
sion, but the last was considered to be the most severe of all the previous 
ones. There were above sixty persons on the premises at the time of the first 
explosion, seven of whom lost their lives, being blown up iu the air. 

DELUGE. 

A general inundation of water sent by God to punish the corruption of the world, 
by destroying every living thing, Noah, his family, and the animals witb 
them in the ark excepted. The date of this flood is fixed, by the best 
Chronologers, to the year of the world 1656, and before Christ 2348. From 
this flood, the state of the world is divided into diluvian and antediluvian. 

DEMERARY, taken by the English 1796 

Demerary forms one government with Issequibo. The two districts contain about 
3000 Whites, and 40,000 slaves. The Settlement was restored to the 
Dutch, but again taken by the English. 

DENMARK. 

The kingdom of Denmark was formerly elective: but since 1660, it was rendered 
hereditary even to the daughters, partly by consent, and partly by force ; at 
which time the nobility lost of their privileges. They have very few laws, 
and those are so plain that they have little need of lawyers, for causes are 
soon tried. They allow of but one apothecary in a town, except at Copen- 
hagen, where there there are two. Their shops are visited by the physi- 
cians once a week, and all the perished drugs are destroyed. The inhabi- 
tants are Protestants since the year 1522. 

DIAMONDS, first polished and cut at Bruges 1489 

DIAMOND MINES discovered in Brazil 1730 

That at Colour, in the East Indies, 1640. That at Golcondo, in 1584. A diamond 
sent from Brazil to the Court of Portugal, weighed 1680 carats, or twelve 
ounces and a half, valued at 224,000,000 sterling. Governor Pitt's weighed 
127 carats, and 106 after cutting, and sold for £135,000. to the king of 
France. That which belonged to Aureng-Zeb, weighed 793 carats. The 
Mogul's weighed 279 carats, worth £779,244. The Grand Duke of 
Tuscany's, weighed 139 carats. 

DIEPPE laid in ashes by the English, July 14 1624 



32 TUB NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

DIEU ET MON DROIT, The motto of, first used, 1194 

The motto of " Dieu et mon Droit," was first used by Richard I. on obtaining a 
victory over the French. 

DIPPING NEEDLE, The, invented 1576 

The Dipping Needle is a long straight piece of steel, equally poised on its 
centre, and afterwards touched with a loadstone, so contrived as to swing 
in a vertical plane about an axis parallel to the horizon in order to discover 
the exact tendency of the power of magnetism. It was invented by one 
Robert Norman, a compass maker of Wapping, and was, by Mr. Whiston, 
applied to discover the longitude, but without success. 

DIVING BELL. 

Improved by Charles Spalding, of Edinburgh, 1760. He lost his life in one. 
Diving bells have been constructed in several different ways. One was 
invented by Dr. Halley, and was made of wood, three feet wide at the top, 
five at the bottom, and eight feet high, coated with lead to make it sink 
readily, and having a particular weight distributed about the bottom, to 
make it retain a perpendicular position. In the upper part was fixed a 
strong, clear glass, to serve as a window, with a turn-cock to let out the hot 
air : lower down was a circular seat for the divers to set on, and below, 
about a. yard under the bell, was a stage suspended from it by three ropes, 
each charged with an hundred weight to keep it steady, and for the divers 
to stand upon to do their work. The machine was suspended from the mast 
of a ship by a sprit, which was secured by stays to the mast-head, and was 
directed by braces to carry it over-board, clear of the side of the ship, and 
to bring it in again. Fresh air was sent down to the divers in barrels 
coated with lead, each having a bung hole at bottom to let in the water as 
they descended, and let it out again as they were drawn up. In the top of the 
barrels was another hole, to which was fixed a leather pipe, long enough to 
hang below the bung-hole, and kept down by a weight: so that the air, 
driven to the upper part of the barrel by the encroachment of the water in 
the descent, could not escape up this pipe, unless the lower end were lifted 
up. These air barrels were filled with tackle, which guided them to the 
bell, so thatthe ends of the pipes came readily to the hand of a man placed 
on the stage to receive them, and who taking up the ends of the pipes as 
soon as they came above the surface of the water in the barrels, all the air 
which was included in the barrels was forced into the bell. With this 
apparatus Dr. Halley, with four other persons, was able to remain for an 
hour and a half at the depth of nine fathoms, where he enjoyed sufficient 
light when the sea was clear, to be able to read and write. 



DOCKS, THE NEW, at Sheerness, opened, Sept. 5, 1823 

DOCK YARD, The, Portsmouth, damage at 1770 

The damage done at the Dock Yard, Portsmouth, by an incendiary fire, amounted 
to £150,000. 

DOG STEALERS' ACT passed 1770 

The duty upon dogs laid on in 1796 ; again in 1808. 

DOOMSDAY BOOK. 

This book was composed in the time of William the Conqueror, from a survey of 
the several counties, hundreds, tithings, &c. The intent, or design of this 
book was, to be a register, by which sentence may be given in the tenures of 
estates, and from which that noted question, whether lands be ancient de- 
mesne or not, is still decided. The book yet remains in the Exchequer, 
fair and legible, consisting of two volumes, a greater and a lesser ; the 
greater comprehends all the counties of England, except Northumberland, 
Cumberland, Westmorland, Durham, and part of Lancashire, which were 



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never surveyed; and, except Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, which are con- 
tained in the ^lesser volume. The Doomsday Book, (or Domesday Book) 
was begun in 1080, and endsd in 1086. 

DOMINGO ceded to the French in 1795 

The Spaniards held the eastern part of this island upwards of three centuries, 
but the whole by the treaty of 1795, was ceded to the French; after which, 
it suffered much under all the successive rulers sent from France, the 
miseries of anarchy, cruelty, and oppression: in order to put an end to 
which, the Directory, in 1797i appointed the black General, Toussaint 
Louverture, Commander-in-chief, and Governor-general of the island, as a 
reward for the gallant manner in which he had defended it against the Eng- 
lish. He was a man of no common talents, and the happy effects of his 
administration proved the propriety of the appointment; but proceeding to 
give a new Constitution to the island, which though it acknowledged its 
dependence upon France, in fact separated it most essentially ; the French 
government iu 1802 sent an army of 25,000 men to enforce obedience, which 
after three months cruel war was effected, and Toussaiut afterwards sent 
prisoner to France. But the contest was soon renewed, and the insurgent 
blacks carried on, for a long time, a desolating war against the French army; 
the remains of which, harrassed on all sides, capitulated on the 19th of 
November, 1804, to the black general Dessalines, agreeing to evacuate Cape 
Francois, and retire to their ships, which were afterwards surrendered by the 
Convention to the English under Admiral Duckworth. The blacks having 
thus got rid of their enemies in that part of the island, proceeded to form a 
new government, under the title of the Republic (since changed to that of 
Empire) of Hayti, with General Dessalines at its head, who published a most 
vindictive Manifesto to the negroes, exciting them to vengeance against the 
French inhabitants, and, horrid to relate, these were given up for some days ; 
to indiscriminate butchery ! After this, intent on driving the French wholly 
from the island, he carried the war into the Spanish part, of which the town 
of St. Domingo is'the capital; but failing in this enterprise, the French re- 
tained the possession of it till 1809 ; when, by the assistance of the English,, 
their total expulsion from the island was effected, and the Spanish dominion 
again restored. Nor has the negro government of Hayti yet enjoyed any 
stability, having undergone several revolutions, and the sovereignty being 
still contested by two rival chiefs. 

DOMINICAL. 

The Dominical Letter, denoting the Lord's Day, or Sunday. The Dominical 
letter, in Chronology, is that which denotes the Sunday in Almanacks, &c. 
throughout the year ; of these letters there are consequently seven, beginning 
with the first letter of the Alphabet; and. as in leap years there is an inter- 
calary day, there are then two, the first of which denotes every Sunday till 
the intercalary day, and the second all the Sundays which follow after it. 
The dominical letter for any particular year being known, it may be readily 
found for any succeeding one, by observing that they move in a retrograde 
order, so that if in any given year the Sunday-letter was D, in the following 
year, (provided it was not leap-year,) it would be C, in the next year after 
that, B, and so on: but in leap-year there are two of them used, as for 
example, in the year 1803 the dominical letter was B, in 1804, (being leap- 
year) AG, in 1805, F, &c. 

DOMINICANS, the Order of, founded in 1215 

An Order of religious, called in France Jacobins, and in England, Black Friars, 
or Preaching Friars. This Order, founded by St. Dominic, a native of 
Spain, was approved of by Pope Innocent III. in 1215, and confirmed by a 
Bull of Honorius III. in 1216, under St. Austin's Rules, and the founder's 
particular constitutions. 

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DONCASTER, Charter to, granted by James II. 
DORCHESTER LABOURERS, transportation of 1834 

The Dorchester labourers were tried, found guilty, and received sentence of trans- 
portation for taking illegal oaths administred to them during the time of the 
Trades' Union of London Society. On the 31st of April, 1834, a meeting 
of the same took place at White Conduit House to petition the King, (Wm. 
IV.) to pardon them, which petition was not acceeded to until the year 
1839, when, on their return, a grand dinner took place atthe before-mentioned 
Tavern, at which Mr. Wakley, and many of the leading Members of Reform 
were present. 

DOVER. 

A great part of a rock, called Shakespeare's Cliff, at this place, fell down, March 
2, 1771, and part of the wall of the castle gave way. After the Conquest, 
a great part of the town was destroyed by fire, as it was also in the reign of 
Edward I. by the French, who landed in the night. 

DRAGOONS first raised in England 1681 

They were sent to Oxford, to awe the people in a riot there, October 7, 1715. 

DRUIDS -destroyed by the command of Nero 60 

The Druids were priests and ministers of religion amongst the Britons, Celtic 
Gauls, and Germans. They were, in Britain, the first and most distin- 
guished Order in the island, chosen out of the best families ; and the honours 
of their birth, added to those of their function, procured them the highest 
veneration. They were versed in Astronomy, Geometry, Natural Philo- 
sophy, Politics, and Geography ; had the administration of all sacred things ; 
were the interpreters of the gods, and supreme judges in all causes, whether 
ecclesiastical or civil. From their determination there was no appeal ; and 
whoever refused to acquiesce in their decisions, was reckoned impious, and 
excommunicated. They were generally governed by a single person, called 
an Arch-Druid, who presided in all their assemblies. Once a year they used 
to retire, or rather assemble in a wood, in the centre of the island, at which 
time they used to receive applications from all parts, and hear causes. Their 
peculiar opinions are not well ascertained by writers, though it is agreed by 
all, that they held the immortality of the soul, and its transmigration; that 
nothing could appease the gods more powerfully than human sacrifices ; and 
that there was one supreme Deity, who presided over all others. 

DRUMS, presented to the 1st Regiment of Life Guards . . . 1831 

On the 6th of May, His Majesty, William IV. presented a pair of silver kettledrums 
to the First Regiment of Life Guards ; and on the 23d of July, in the same 
year, His Majesty also presented a pair of kettle drums to the Second reg-i- 
ment of Life Guards. 

DRURY LANE and ST. GILES' first paved by Act of 

Parliament 1605 

DUELING, in civil matters, forbidden in France 1305 

The first public one, 1096. Introduced into England in 1587. 

DUEL. — The Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun . 1712 

On the 15th of November, 1712, the Duke of Hamilton, and Charles Lord 
Mohun, met by appointment in Hyde Park, accompanied by Gen. Macartney 
as second to the latter, and Colonel Hamilton as second to the Duke; they 
fought with swords, and with such fury, that Mohun was killed npon the 
spot, and the Duke of Hamilton expired before he could be conveyed to the 
keeper's house, at that time known by the name of the Cake-House, and ; 



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DUELS (continued.) 

which stood but a short distance from the Ring, where the duel took place. 
Lord Macartney escaped in disguise to the continent, and was accused by 
Colonel Hamilton upon oath before the Privy Council with having stabbed 
the Duke over his (the Colonel's) shoulder while he was in the act of raising 
him from the ground. A proclamation was issued offering £500. reward 
for the apprehension of Macartney, to which was added £300. by the Duchess 
of Hamilton. The Scotch Peers -addressing the Queen prayed that she 
would use all her influence with her allies, in order that the murderer might 
he brought to justice; but General Macartney having found favour at the 
Court of Hanever, was afterwards employed by George I. in bringing over 
the 6000 Dutch troops, at the breaking out of the Preston rebellion, soon 
after which he surrendered, and taking his trial at the King's Bench bar, was 
acquitted of the murder; being only found guilty of the manslaughter, by 
direction of the Court. The cause of the duel was said to be a dispute on 
the subject of a law-suit between the families ; but violent party politics no 
doubt produced a termination so sanguinary. The Duke of Hamilton was 
leader of the Tories, and suspected by the Whigs of favouring the Pretender ; 
he had also been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary to the Court of 
France, at which the Whigs were much exasperated. Lord Mohun was an 
experienced duellist, and had killed two antagonists in previous combats; * 
he was, moreover, called the Hector of the Whig party, and it was generally 
believed had been selected to pick a quarrel with the Duke, and thus prevent 
his proceeding on his mission. The Duke of Marlborough, who was also 
publicly blamed as the author of all this mischief, immediately retired to the 
continent, whither he was shortly followed by his Duchess. 

DUEL. — John Wilkes, Esq. M. P. and Samuel Martin, 

Esq. M. P. November 16, 16T3 

This duel arose out of a paragraph written by Mr. Wilkes in the North Briton; 
Mr. Martin, having declared in the House of Commons, that the writer of 
that paragraph was a stabber in the dark, a cowardly and malignant 
scoundrel: — Mr. Wilkes, immediately after the House broke up wrote a 
letter to Mr. Martin, avowing himself to be the author, and his readiness to 
give satisfaction; Mr. Martin insisted upon an immediate meeting at the 
Ring in Hyde Park with pistols. 

When the gentlemen met they walked together a little while to avoid 
some company which seemed coming up to them. They brought each a pair 
of pistols. When they were alone, operations commenced by the first fire 
from Mr. Martin which missed; the pistol in Mr. Wilkes' hand only flashed 
in the pan. Ea;h gentleman then took one of the remaining pistols : Mr. 
Wilkes' missed ; and the ball frcm Mr. Martin's pistol lodged in Mr. Wilkes' 
belly. He bled profusely, and Mr. Martin came up desiring to render all 
the assistance in his power. Mr. Wilkes replied that Mr. Martin had 
behaved like a man of honour, that he believed he should die, and insisted 
that Mr. Martin should immediately make his escape. Mr. Wilkes being 
then carried home, merely said to the surgeon, that it was an affair of 
honour. 

Mr. Graves extracted the ball, which first struck Mr. Wilkes' coat button, 
entered his belly about half an inch below the navel, and sunk obliquely, on 
the right side, towards the groin, but did not penetrate the abdomen. 

Mr. Martin immediately went to Paris; and on Mr. Wilkes' recovery, and 
proceeding to that capital, friendly visits were exchanged between them. 

DUEL. — George Garrick Esq. and Mr. Baddeley, 

March 17 1770 

This duel was fought in Hyde Park, when Mr. Garrick having received the fire 
of his antagonist, discharged his pistol into the air, which produced a 



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DUELS, (continued.) 

reconciliation. Mr. G. Garrick was the brother of the celebrated tragedian, 
David Gariick, and the memory of Mr. Baddeley is preserved by a sum of 
"money which he bequeathed for the purchase of a twelfth cake, to be drawn 
for annually by the performers at Diury-lane Theatre. 

DUEL. — Mr. Whateley, and John Temple, Esq. De- 
cember 11, 1 773 

This duel was fought in Hyde Park, when Mr. Whateley was dangerously wounded j 
he was brother of Mr. Whateley, late Secretary to the Treasury, and his 
antagonist was Lieutenant-Governor of New Hampshire. The cause of the 
quarrel was : — the discovery of the confidential letters written by Messrs. 
Hutchinson, Oliver, Paxton, &c. which were lately laid before the Assembly 
at Boston, and were afterwards published in the London papers. 

DUEL.— The Earl of Shelburne, and Col. Fullarton, 

M. P. for Plympton, March 22, 1780 

Lord Shelburne, with Lord Frederick Cavendish for his second, and Colonel 
Fullarton, with Lord Balcarras acting as his second, met at half-past five in 
Hyde Park. Lord Balcarras and Lord F. Cavendish, prop! sed that both 
parties should obey the seconds. Lord Shelburne and Colonel Fullarton 
walked together, while the seconds adjusted the ceremonials, and fixed on 
pistols as tbe proper weapons ; they fought at twelve paces distance, both 
parties missed on the first fire ; on the second fire, Colonel Fullarton's ball 
struck Lord Shelburne in the groin ; his Lordship fell, and then fired his 
pistol in the air. The seconds now interfered and immediately declared, 
" That the parties had ended the affair, by behaving like men of the 
strictest honour." 

DUEL.— The Rev. W. Bate, and M. R.— -, a Student 

in the Law, September 7, 1780 

The parties met in Hyde Park at half-past four in the' morning: the quarrel 
arose out of some circu-.nstances connected with the Morning Post, in which 
they were both engaged. The chance of the first fire falling to Mr Bate, 

he discharged his pistol, and hit Mr. R in the fleshy part of his aim ; 

the wound, however, was not sufficient to incapacitate him from returning 
the fire, which he did, but without effect. The seconds now interfering, the 
affair was adjusted. 

DUEL. — The Rev. Mr. Allen, and Lloyd Dulany, 

Esq. June 26, 1782 

These gentlemen met in Hyde Park, at half-past nine in the evening, attended by 

Delancy, Esq. as second to Mr. Dulany, and Robert Morris, Esq. as 

second to Mr. Allen. At the first fire, Mr. Dulany received a mortal wound, 
but lingered a few days, and died at his house in Park-street, Grosvenor- 
squarc. He was a gentleman of excellent character, and possessed lar«e 
property in Maryland. The Rev. Mr. Allen and his second surrendered 
themselves, and were tried at the Old Bailey on an indictment for murder, 
on the (5th of July, 17S2, when it was proved that the quarrel had been of 
three years standing, and originated in a paragraph written by Mr Allen, 
reflecting upon the character of Mr. Dulany, which was published in the 
Morning- Post, June 29, 1779. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty of 
manslaughter against Mr. Allen, and acquitted Morris. Mr. Alien was sen- 
tenced to pay a fine of one shilling, and to be imprisoned six months in 
Newgate. 



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DUEL. — The Hon. Cosmo Gordon, and Lieut.-Col. 

Thomas, September 4, 1783 

These gentlemen met at the Ring in Hyde Park at six in the morning. It was 
agreed by the seconds, that after receiving the pistols they should advance 
and fire when they pleased. On arriving within about eight yards of each 
other, they presented, and drew their triggers nearly at the same time, when 
only the Colonel's pistol went off. The Lieut. -Colonel having adjusted his 
pistol, fired, and his antagonist reeeived a severe contusion on the thigh. 
Their second pistols were fired without effect, and their friends called to re- 
load them ; after Avhich they again advanced to nearly the same distance, and 
fired, when the Lieut. -Colonel fell, having received a ball in his body. He 
was immediately attended by a skilful surgeon who extracted the ball on the 
spot; the wound, however, notwithstanding every attention, proved mortal. 

DUEL.— Capt. Charles Mostyn, and Capt. Clarke, 

January , 1 784 

This duel took place in a field, near Little Chelsea, between Captain Charles 
Mostyn, of the Navy, and Captain Clarke, of the African Corps, which termi- 
nated in the death of the former, who was shot through the heart. The 
quarrel originated in defence of a lew, who went about diverting company, 
by taking off Mr. Fox. Some words arising, Captain Clarke was reduced to 
the necessity of insisting on an apology, or calling Captain Mostyn to ac- 
count. Captain Mostyn was a gallant officer, aged 25, who, for his intrepid 
behaviour, had been made Post Captain in the Solitaire, a French ship of 
the Hue, taken by the Ruby. 

DUEL.— Lord Macartney, and General Stewart, 
June 8, 

This duel was fought near Kensington : the following account of this affair, 
signed by the Seconds, was published at the time. The place and time of 
meeting, having been previously fixed, the parties arrived about half-past 
four in the morning, and took their ground at the distance of twelve short 
paces, measured off by the Seconds, who delivered to each a pistol, keeping 
possession of the remaining arms. 

" General Stewart told Lord Macartney, he doubted, as his Lordship was 
short-sighted, he would not be able to see him." His Lordship replied, " he 
did, perfectly well." When the Seconds had retired a little on one side, 
and as the parties were about to level, General Stewart observed to Lord 
Macartney, " that his pistol was not cocked." His Lordship thanked him, 
and cocked. When they had levelled, General Stewart said, " he was ready." 
His Lordship answered, " he was likewise ready," and they both fired 
within a few seconds of each other. The Seconds observing Lord Macartney 
wo mded, stepped up to him, and declared the matter must rest here. Ge- 
neral Stewart said, '•' this is no satisfaction," and asked " if his Lordship 
was not able to fire another pistol?" His Lordship replied, " he would try 
with pleasure," and urged Colonel Fullarton to permit him to proceed. The 
Seconds, however, declared it was impossible, and they would on no account 
allow it. General Stewart said, " then I must defer it till another occasion;" 
on which his Lordship answered, " if thatbe the case, we had better proceed 
now; I am here in conse iience of a message from General Stewart, who 
called upon me, to give him satisfaction in my private capacity, for offence 
taken at my public conduct; and to evince that personal safety is no consi- 
deration with me. I have nothing personal; the General may proceed as he 
thinks fit." General Stewart said, " It was his Lordship's personal conduct 
to him that he resented." 

The Seconds then put an end to all further conversation. The surgeons, 
Messrs. Hunter and Home, who were attending at a little distance, were 
brought up by Colonel Fullarton. Colonel Gordon in the mean time, assisted 
his Lordship in taking ofF his coat, and requested him to sit down, appre- 



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DUELS, (continued.) 



hending he might faint^th rough loss of blood. Colonel Gordon then left the 
ground, in company with General Stewart, and an easy carriage was provided 
to convey Jlis Lordship home." 

(Signed) W. Fullarton, 
A. Gordon. 

DUEL. — Sir John Macpherson, and Major Browne, 

September 10, 1787 

These gentlemen met in Hyde Park, near Grosvenor Gate, about eleven o'clock ; 
three shots were exchanged, without bloodshed, when both parties quitted 
their ground, and approaching each other, said a I'ew words, and parted with 
salutations of civility, 

DUEL. — His R. H. The Duke of York, and Colonel 

Lennox, 1 789 

The origin of the quarrel has. not been made publicly Known. The Earl of 
Moira acted as second to His Royal Highness, and the Earl of Winchelsea, 
as Colonel Lennox's. The ball from Colonel Lennox's pistol took off one of 
the curls of His Royal Highness' hair ; and that of the Royal Duke, a button 
from the breast of Colonel Lennox's coat. This duel caused great sensation, 
and gave much offence to the Royal Family. 

DUEL.— Mr. Frizell, and Mr. Clarke, June 1792 

It appeared that Mr. Frizell and Mr. Clarke, both Students of the Law, accompa- 
nied by Mr. Montgomery and Mr. Evans, were at the Cecil Coffee House, 
where Mr. Frizell lodged. They drank till one in the morning, when Mr. 
Frizell declining to drink any more, Mr. Clarke became very abusive, and 
although Mr. Frizell offered to apologize, Mr. Clarke insisted that he should 
meet him in Hyde Park in an hour from that time, viz. three o'clock. Mr. 
Evans and Mr. Montgomery having in vain attempted to make up the quarrel, 
eventually attended them to the ground as seconds. 

The ball from Mr. Clarke's pistol penetrated Mr. Frizell' s collar-bone; he 
instantly fell, and in falling-, his pistol went off. Mr. Montgomery immedi- 
ately ran for a coach to convey him to a surgeon's, but on his return, found 
that Mr. Frizell had expired. They were immediately apprehended by a 
party of soldiers, but shortly afterwards liberated by order of the Command- 
ing Officer, when the whole party got into a coach with the hody, and drove 
off. Mr. Clarke and Mr. Evans got out in Piccadilly, and escaped. They 
were all young men, and natives of Ireland. The Jury who sat on the body 
of Mr. Frizell, returned a verdict of wilful murder. 

DUEL. — Mr. Wm. Carpenter, and Mr. John Pride, 

August 20, 1796 

These gentlemen were both Americans ; having taken their ground in Hyde 
Park, Mr. Carpenter received his antagonist's ball in the side, which pene- 
trated nearly through his body; and notwithstanding it was immediately 
extracted, he died soon after. A Coroner's jury afterwards returned a verdict 
of wilful murder. 



DUEL. — Colonel King, and Colonel Fitzgerald, Oc- 
tober, c : 



1797 



The distressing circumstances attending this duel caused a great sensation at the 
time in the public mind. The facts are as follows : — it appears that Colonel 
Fitzgerald had seduced the Hon. Miss King, daughter of Lord Kingsborough, 
at the same time being married to a lady who who was second cousin to Miss -, 
King, and had caused her to elope with him from Lady Kingsborough, her 



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DUELS, (continued) 

mother, who resided at Windsor. The lady having been discovered after 
great difficulty, was forcibly taken home to her friends. 

As soon as Lord Kingsborougli, who was in Ireland, heard of the fate of 
his daughter, he came to England with his son, Colonel King, determined to 
call him to a personal and severe account. 

A meeting was appointed near the Magazine in Hyde Park : Colonel 
King was accompanied by Major Wood as his second ; but Colonel Fitz- 
gerald came alone. After exchanging six shots without effect, Colonel 
Fitzgerald's powder and balls being all expended, it was agreed they should 
meet again the next morning. Both Colonels were however put under arrest 
the same day. 

The sequel to this extraordinary affair is most tragical. It appears that 
the young lady was removed to her father's residence at Mitchelstown, near 
Kilworth, in Ireland. A discarded servant became the bearer of a letter to 
Colonel Fitzgerald, which induced him immediately to follow her. Colonel 
King, now Lord Kingsborough, his father being created Earl of Kingston, 
having received intelligence of his arrival, immediately proceeded to Kil- 
worth, and went to the apartment in which the Colonel lodged. Having 
demanded admittance, and being refused, the enraged young nobleman forced 
open the door, and running to a case of pistols lying in the room seized one, 
and called on the Colonel to defend himself; they instantly grappled, and 
whilst struggling, the Earl of Kingston entered the room, having come in 
pursuit of his son, and seeing- that his life was in danger, immediately fired 
upon the Colonel, and killed him on the spot. Colonel Fitzgerald thus fell a 
victim to the most horrible infatuation and depravity, lamented by no one 
who reflected on his dishonourable conduct in this affair. 

DUEL. LlEUTENAT . W OF THE NAVY, AND CAPT. 

I of the Army, March, 1803 

These gentlemen met in Hyde Park, and fought at six paces distance ; on the first 

fire, Lieutenant W received the ball of his adversary on the guard of his 

pistol, which tore away the thirS and fourth fingers of his riyht hand. The 
son of Neptune, apparently callous to pain, wrapped his handkerchief round 
his hand, and swore he had another, which never failed him. On the second 
fire both parties fall ; Captain I was shot through the head and immedi- 
ately expired. Lieutenant W. received the ball in his left breast, and 

enquiring if his antagonist's wound was mortal, and being answered in the 
affirmative, he thanked heaven he had lived thus long, requested that a 
mourning ring, which was on his finger, might be given to his sister, and that 
she might be assured, it was the happiest moment he ever knew. He had 
scarcely finished the word, when a quantity of blood burst from his wound, 
and he expired almost without a struggle. 

DUEL. — Lord Camelford, and Captain Best 1804 

This meeting took place at Chalk Farm. The quarrel originated in consequence 
of the fighting of Lord Camelford's favourite Newfoundland dog with that 
of Captain Best. His Lordship conceiving that Captain Best had acted 
with unnecessary cruelty in the separation of the animals, angry words took 
took place, and a meeting was the consequence. The ball of Captain Best 
took effect, and caused the death of his Lordship in a very short time. The 
Captain was a fatal duellist. 

DUEL.— Mr. Jeffreys, and Mr. Moore, 1806 

The duel between Mr. Jeffreys and Mr. Moore, was to have taken place at Chalk 
Farm, but was prevented by the interference of the Magistracy ; and on 
examining the pistols, they were found to be without bullets. This circum- 
stance gave rise to much mirth in the prints of the day. 



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DUEL. — Sir Francis Burdett, and Mr. Paul, 1806 

This duel originated in the Brentford Election. Sir Francis Burdett was severely 
wounded in the leg, from the ball of his antagonist. 

DUEL. — Lord Castlereagh, and Mr. Canning, Sep- 
tember 21, 1809 

In this duel, Mr. Canning was wounded in the thigh; this was followed"by the 
resignation of the combatants, and the Duke of Portland. 

DUEL. — The Duke of Wellington, and the Earl of 

Winchilsea, 1829 

The origin of this quarrel was in consequence of some pointed remarks of the 
Earl of Winchilsea, relative to the motives of the Duke in grantins Catholic 
Emancipation. The Duke having fired, the Earl of Winchilsea discharged 
his pistol in the air. The affair then terminated. 

DUEL. — Sir John Jeffcott, and Peter Hennis, Esq. 

M.D.May 10, 1833 

Sir John Jeffcott was the newly appointed Judge of Sierra Leone. The cause of 
offence was an unfounded rumour that the deceased had aspersed Sir John 
Jeffott's character. So generally was Dr. Hennis beloved for his charity 
and amiable manners, that the wanton sacrifice of his life excited an universal 
burst of indignation in the city of Exeter ; and his remains were honoured 
with a public funeral, at which about 2.50 gentlemen attended as mourners. 
He was a native of Ireland, as was his antagonist. 

DUEL. — Prince Louis Napoleon, and Le Comte Leon, 

(prevented) 1840 

Prince Louis Napoleon, said to be a son of Bonaparte, and Le Comte Leon, were 
brought up to Bow-street Office, charged with having- intended to break the 
peace by fighting a duel on Wimbledon Common. Inspector 1'earce stated, 
that having had intimation that a duel would be fought that morning between 
the above parties on the Common, he proceeded thither on horseback, and 
found the two principals and their seconds, Lieut. -Colonel J. Ratcliffe, of the 
6th Dragoons, and Colonel C. Parquin, together with Count D'Orsay, and 
Martiel Kien, assembled, and as their intentions were evident, he, with other 
assistants, took the whole of the party into custody. The Magistrate declined 
hearing any statement as to the cause of the quarrel, and bound the Prince, 
the Count, and the seconds, to keep the peace for twelve months, the prin- 
cipals in £500. and one surety in £500, ; and the seconds in £100. each. 
Mr. Bates, of Poitland place, was surety for Prince Louis Napoleon, and Col. 
Parquin, and Mr. Fenton for Comte Leon, and the Hon. F. Baring, M.P. for 
Colonel Ratcliffe and Count D'Orsay. Kien was held to bail in his own 
recognizance in £100. the two latter as aiders and abettors. It appeared 
that two letters had been written by Le Comte Leon to his cousin, as he was 
styled, demanding that he would retract certain expressions respecting their 
relationship which he was alleged to have made use of, and his not comply- 
ing gave rise to the quarrel. 

DUNKI RK taken by the English and French 1 658 

Afterwards put into the hands of the English, and sold to the French, by King 
Charles II. in 1662. After this it was fortified by Vauban, in a very extra- 
ordinary manner, the doing of which cost the king of France immense sums. 
But it being a place where the French privateers were stationed in the time 
of war, the fortifications were demolished, in consequence of the Treaty of 
Utrecht, in 1713. The French afterwards attempted to re-build the works; 
but they were ordeied to be demolished hy the Peace of 1763; but by the 
Peace of 1783, they were again permitted to repair them. In 1793, the 
English army, under the Duke of York, attempted to take it, but failed. 



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DUNMOW, GREAT. 

In the veign of Henry III. the Lord Fitzwalter instituted a custom here, which 
is still the tenure of the manor, that whatever married man did not repent of 
his marriage, or quarrel with his wife, in a year and a day afterwards, should 
go to the Priory, and receive from the lord a gammon or flitch of bacon, pro- 
vided he swore to the truth of it. Some old records here mention several 
that have claimed and received this reward; and it has bean received so lately 
as since the year 1750, by a weaver and his wii'e of Coggeshall. It has been 
demanded more recently, but the demand is now evaded, from the ceremony 
being attended with considerable expense to the lord of the manor. 

DUNNOTAR CASTLE, forfeiture .of 1715 

Dunnotar Castle, in the county of Aberdeen, a place of great strength, which 
belonged formerly to the Earl Mareschal of Scotland, but was forfeited by 
him, in consequence of his being concerned in the Rebellion of the above 
date. 

DUNSTAFFNAGE, formerly the Seat of the Scottish 

Kings in 843 

Dunstaffnage, in Argyleshire, Scotland, formerly the seat of the Scottish Kings, 
previous to the overthrow of the Pijtish government. It was here that 
Robert Bruce held a Parliament before he got entire possession of Scotland, 
and there are still many ancient monuments. The famous stone on which 
our kings are still crowned in Westminster Abbey, was carried from hence 
to Scone by Kenneth II, 

DURHAM, first sent Members to Parliament in 1673 

An Episcopal See was erected there in 995, and the richest in Britain. The 
Cathedral, which is a magnificent pile, was, before the Reformation, called 
St. Mary's and St. Cuthbert's, the body of which last, was translated hither, 
and gave rise to the foundation of its Cathedral; but in the Statutes of 
King Henry VIII., it is styled, " Ecclesia Cathedralis Christi ET 
BeaTjE Mari^:." The decorations of it for the administration of the Divine 
offices are said to be richer than those of any other cathedral in England. 
The remains of the Roman way, called Ickneld-street, are still visible near 
the city. The Members for the city are chosen by the Corporation, citizens, 
and freemen, who, at a poll in 1710, were about 1000. 

DUTCH FLEET, The, sailed up the Mechvay, to Chatham 1667 

In the above year, the Dutch sailed up the Medwayto Chatham, mastered Sheer- 
ness, and retired without any loss, after having taken many vessels. 

EARTHQUAKES, one in London, February 8, 1750 

Earthquakes have been numerous in various parts: the following are the prin- 
cipal ones: — in London, one month from the above. — At Poonah, in the East 
Indies, when 2000 people perished, June 16, 1819. — One in Italy, where 
40,000 people perished, 1783. — Three in Calabria Ulterior, and Sicily, de- 
stroying a great number of towns and inhabitants, February 5, 7, and 28, 
1783. — At Jamaica, November, 1813. Again at Jamaica. June 7, 1692. — 
At Naples, where 20,000 people perished, July 26, 1805. — The City of 
Carraccas, destroyed, March 23, 1811. — At St. Vincent and Barbadoes, De- 
cember 23, 1816. — At Trinadad, September 20, 1825. — At Santa Fe de 
Bogota, November 16, 1827. — At Lima and Calac, in Peru, which was 
totally swallowed up, in 1745. — At Colombia, which destroyed the city of 
Pasto. 

EARTHQUAKE, the great one at Lisbon, in 1755 

The whole number of persons that perished, including those who were burnt, or 
No. 6- G 



42 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

EARTHQUAKES, (continued.) 

afterwards crushed to death whilst digging in the ruins, is supposed, on the 
lowest calculation, to amount to more than 60,000 ; and though the damage 
in other respects cannot be computed, yet some idea may be formed on the 
recollection of its former grandeur and opulence. Imagine for a moment the 
havoc made in one single instance. There was a high-arched passage, front- 
ing the west door of the ancient cathedral ; near which was the famous 
church of St. Antonio, surrounded by private houses, consisting of several 
stories; the whole of which did not much exceed any of our small courts in 
London. Numbers of people were passing at the moment of the first shock ; 
at this instant, the fronts of the church, and contiguous buildings, which had 
inclined to each other, on a sudden fell down, and buried every soul of 
them. 

EAST INDIA COMPANY, (The.) 

The East Indies were first discovered by the Romans, but authors vary as to the 
precise time ; it is known, however, that Alexander the Great, made con- 
quests in this country, 327, B. C. ; by the Portuguese, 1437 ; conquered in 
1500, and settled by them in 1506, the first settlement being Goa. First 
commercial intercourse of the English with, 1591. The Company's Charter 
granted, December 31, 1600 ; incorporated the 43rd of Elizabeth for fifteen 
years afterwards ; made a body politic, 7th James I. which was confirmed by 
Charles II. 1661, who made them a present of the Islands of Bombay and 
St. Helena; confirmed again by 2nd James II. and on condition that these 
Charters should be void on three year's notice from the Crown. The New 
Company established, 1698; the Old one re-established 1700; agreed to 
give the Government £400,000. a year, for five years, provided they might 
continue unmolested , February, 1769; house built, 1726: enlarged, 1799; 
apply to Parliament for relief. 1772, under their difficulties, and obtained a 
loan of £1,400,000.; India Billjpasse<i, 177-5 ; sent Judges from England 
thither, 1774; Charter renewed for twenty years, May, 1813; Dutch East 
India Company established, 1594; the East India Company at Copenhagen, 
ditto, 1612; another at Embden, ditto, 1750 ; in Sweden, 1731. The first 
voyage from England to the East Indies, made in 1591. 

ECLIPSE, (a total) of the Sun 1715 

The darkness was so great, that the stars faintly appeared, and the birds went to 
roost at ten o'clock in the morning, April 22, 8th of George I. 

On Sunday, the 13th of July, 1788, about nine in the morning, without 
I any eclipse, another remarkable darkness suddenly overspread several parts 
of France. It was the prelude of such a tempest as is unexampled in the 
temperate climates of Europe. Wind, hail, rain, and thunder, seemed to 
contend in impetuosity ; but the hail was the great instrument of ruin. In- 
stead of the rich prospects of an early Autumn, the face of Nature, in the 
space of one hour, presented the dreary aspect of universal Winter. The soil 
was converted into a morass, — the standing corn beaten into the quagmire,— 
the vines broken to pieces, — the fruit-trees demolished, — and unmelted hail 
lying in heaps, like rocks of solid ice. Even the robust forest trees were 
unable to withstand the fury of the tempest. The hail was composed of 
enormous, solid, and angular pieces of ice, some of them weig-hing from 
eight to ten ounces. The country people, beaten down in the fields on their 
way to church, amidst this coucus<don of the elements, concluded that the 
Last Day was arrived; and scarcely attempting to extricate themselves, lay 
despairing and half suffocated amidst the water and the mud, expecting the 
immediate dissolution of all things. The storm was irregular in its devasta- 
tions. While several rich districts were laid entirely waste, some interme- 
diate portions of country were comparatively little injured. One of sixty 
square leagues had not a single ear of corn, or fruit of any kind left. Of the. 
sixty-six parishes in the district of Pontoise, forty-three were entirely deso- 



1696 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMCRV. 43 

ECLIPSE, (continued.) 

lated, and of the remaining twenty-three, some lost two-thirds, and others 
half their harvest: the Isle of France, and the Orleannois, appeared to have 
suffered chiefly. The scarcity of grain, greatly increased by this event, 
tended not a little to hasten those scenes of calamity which afterwards 
afflicted that nation. 

EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSE, The, first commenced 
in, -. 

The Eddystone Light-house is erected on one of the rocks of that name, which 
lie in the English Channel, about fourteen miles from Plymouth. Many a 
gallant ship which had voyaged in safety across the Atlantic, was shattered 
or destroyed on this hidden source, as it was nearing the place of its desti- 
nation, and frequently gone down with its crew, in sight of their native 
shore; so that it was necessary that some particular spot should, if there 
were a possibility, be pointed out by a warning light. But this was for some 
time a difficult undertaking. At length Mr. Henry Winstanley, of Little- 
bury, in Essex, undertook the arduous experiment. 

He had a house at Littlebury, which was fitted with various strange con- 
trivances, and with which he frequently amused his guests: he had also 
another exhibition at Hyde Park Corner, which appears to have been in 
existence in September, 1709. He commenced the erection, of his light- 
house on the Eddystone rocks, in 1696, which was finished about four years 
after, and was about 100 feet in height. In stormy weather, however, the 
sea continued to ascend far above its elevation; and the architect himself, 
had expressed a wish to be in it in the greatest storm, that he might expe- 
rience its effect. However, on the 26th of November, 1703, he was in the 
light-house, when there came on one of the most terrific tempests ever 
recollected; when, on the following morning, not a single vestige of this 
aspiring column was to be seen, and thus was the wish of its unfortunate 
projector most awfully fulfilled; it had been swept into the deep, as was 
afterwards found, from the foundation, neither stone, beam, or bar of iron, 
remained on its former resting place; the only thing left, was a piece of iron 
chain, which had lodged in a deep cleft, and which was cut out more than 
fifty years afterwards. 

Such was the end of the first Eddystone light-house. Very soon after the 
destruction of this majestic pillar, the Winchelsea, homeward bound from 
Virginia, struck on these rocks, and the greater part of her crew unfortu- 
nately perished. 

Upon this an Act of Parliament was passed for the erection of a new 
light-house, and which was granted on a lease to Captain Lovel, or Lovettj 
for 99 years. It again turned out that the present individual was not, any 
more than the preceding projector, a builder by profession. The individual 
selected on this occasion, was a Mr. John Rudyerd, a silk-mercer on Ludgate 
hill, and who appears to have been recommended on account of his general 
sagacity, and possessing a genius for mechanism; be this as it may, he 
commenced the undertaking, in July, 1706; when far advanced, a light 
was put up: and in 1709, it was entirely completed. This erection differed 
from the preceding one, being not of stone, but of wood: not angular, but 
perfectly round. The height of it was 92 feet. 

Notwithstanding some severe storms which it had to endure, particularly 
that of September 26, 1744, it nobly withstood every attempt of the ele- 
ments. But about two o'clock &n the morning of the 2nd of December, 1755, 
one of the three men, who had the charge of it, having gone up to snuff the 
candles in the lantern, found the place full of smoke, from the midst of 
which, as soon as he opened the door, a flame burst forth. A spark, it is 
supposed, from some of the candles, (124) which were constantly burning, 
had probably ignited the wood-work. The man alarmed his companions, 
who, being in bed, &c. it was some time before he received their assistance. 



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EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE, The, (continued.) 1696 

Water thrown upon it was of no avail, as the fire was burning four yards 
above the individual: and the others being of little or no assistance, from 
the distance they had to fetch the water. The lead on the roof having melted 
from the great heat, it came down in a torrent on the head and shoulders of 
an old man, (one of the inmates) who was 94 years of age. This accident, 
together with the rapid increase of the fire, extinguished their last hope, and 
they descended from room to room, in the hope of escape. 

The fire having been observed in the meanwhile by some fishermen, they 
immediately caused the alarm to be given. Boats were sent out, and having 
arrived at the light-house, a landing was effected with great difficulty, and the 
three men (who were in the light-house in a state of stupefaction) at length 
dragged through the water, into one of the boats. One of them was seized 
witha panic, and never more heard of. Hall, the old man, was placed under 
medical care: but though he took his food tolerably well, he declared that 
the doctors could not bring him round, unless they could remove the load of 
lead he maintained he had swallowed on the melting of the roof of the 
lantern. This was looked upon as a fable : but on the twelfth day after the 
fire, he was suddenly seized with cold sweats and spasms, when he expired : 
and on opening the body, there was found in his stomach, a flat oval coat of 
lead, which had partly adhered, of the weight of seven ounces, five drachms. 
A further account of this extraordinary case is to be found in the 49th vol. of 
the Philosophical Transactions. 

As more than half a century of the lease was unexpired, and the propri- 
etors having become numerous, they felt it was not to their interest to lose 
a moment in the attempt to re-build the light-house. Upon which a Mr. 
Western, made application to Lord Macclesfield, the President of the Royal 
Society to recommend them a person fit to be engaged. Upon which, his 
Lordship named a Mr. Smeaton, who was a mathematical instrument maker, 
and which he had practised for some years in London, but had taken up the 
profession of Civil Engineer, for which his genius greatly tended. 

A third time was the projection of the Eddystone light-house destined to 
have a self-educated architect for its builder. At the time of his being 
selected as its projector, Mr. Smeaton was in Northumberland, but arrived in 
London, February 23, 1756; and on March 23, the future architect set out 
for Plymouth: but owing to bad roads, (how strange such a statement is at 
this time) he did not reach the end of his journey till the 27th. Having 
remained at Plymouth until the 21st of May, (during which time he repeat- 
edly visited the rock) he determined, his employers consenting to the same, 
that the new light-house should be built of stone. He accordingly hired 
work -yards and workmen ; contracted for the various materials he wanted ; 
and made all other necessary arrangements, for beginning and carrying on 
the work. Every thing being in readiness, and the season advanced, on the 
5th of August the men were landed on the rock, and immediately began for 
the foundation of the building. This was all that was accomplished that 
season. 

The belief at this time was, that a stone light-house would not stand the 
winds and seas. On the 12th of June, however, 1757, the first stone was 
laid, and the work proceeded with great rapidity. All the stone-work was 
completed, August 26, 1759. On the 9th of October following, the building 
was finished in every part : and the streaming light was again exhibited from 
its summit to the waves; and the undertaking was accomplished in little 
more than three years, without the loss of life or limb to anyone concerned; 
and the time occupied was 421 days, comprising 2674 hours. 

Smeaton's light-house has stood ever since, and promises to stand for many 
centuries, as instanced in that extraordinary and furious tempest in 1762. 
An individual, who was fond of predicting, declared, that if it could stand 
such another tempest, it was likely to remain until the Day of Judgment. 

On the morning after that storm, several persons came with their glasses 
to see if it were still standing, expecting it to have been swept away, whe» 



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EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSE, The, (continued.) 1696 

a feeling of joy was expressed of the architect's abilities when its form was 
discerned through the dark and troubled air, it being uninjured, even to a 
pane of glass in the lantern. The whole is thirty-five feet high from the 
foundation. The building has four rooms, one over the other, and at the 
top, a gallery and lantern. Although it has stood so many years, it still re- 
mains uninjured, although assaulted by the repeated attacks of wind and 
water. 

EDUCATION, (Madras System of.) 

The Madras System of Education was much the same as that of the Lancastrian. 
It is said to have been practised in the East, by Dr. Bell, twenty years before 
that of the Lancastrian; and was afterwards adopted by the Clergy of the 
Church of England in 1812, under the title of the " National Society for the 
Education of the Poor." Mr. Lancaster, it is generally thought, was the 
first promoter of it. 

ELL or Yx4lRD, in measure, fixed by the length of Henry I's. 

arm . . . . : 1101 

ELECTRICITY, first idea of in 1467 

The first notion of Electricity was given by two globes of brimstone. The electric 
stroke discovered at Leyden, 1746; first known it would fire spirits, 1756; 
that of the Aurora Borealis, and of lightning, 1769. 

ELGIN MARBLES, The, arrival of in England 1816 

Lord Elgin, who had been Ambassador at Constantinople in 1799. obtained, in 
1801, an authority from the Turkish government, called a fermaun, which 
eventually enabled the British nation to possess the most valuable of the 
Sculptures of which any portion was left. The authority thus granted, 
empowered Lord Elgin " to fix scaffolding round the ancient Temple of the 
Idols;" to mould the ornamental and visible figures thereon in plaster and 
gypsum; — and subsequently, " to take away any pieces of stone with old 
inscriptions or figures thereon." For several years the intentions of Lord 
Elgin were carried into effect, at his private risk ; and at a cost which is 
stated to have amounted to £74,000. including interest of money. In 1816, 
the entire Collection was purchased of Lord Elgin, by Act of Parliament for 
£35,000. The British nation, by the purchase of these monuments, has 
secured a possession of inestimable value. 

No small degree of discussion was excited on the first arrival of the Elgin 
Marbles in England, as totheir actual merit; but the opinion given by those 
persons who were considered as real judges, before a Committee of the 
House of Commons, was almost unanimous. The celebrated artist, Canova, 
who happened to be in Engiand at the time of their arrival, expressed his 
admiration and delight on an inspection of these relicts of antiquity. 

ELY, made the See of Bishops 1 109 

Here, at the date above mentioned, was a monastery, and which, in 1109, was 
made the See of Bishops, who were Counts Palatine through the whole of 
the Isle of Ely till the reign of Henry VIII. Its Minster, or Cathedral, 
which is its chief ornament, has a stately lantern, and which may be seen at 
a vast distance. 

EMIGRANTS. 

The Emigrants from France, resident in Great Britain, including Laity and 



46 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

EMIGRANTS, (continued.) 

Clergy, made from the registers of the Alien Office, on the 28th February, 
1800:— 

Laity (including 530 domestic servants) 4,153 

Clergy 5,021 

Total . . 9,774 



EMIGRANTS from England, arrived at the Cape of Good 

Hope, March 17 : 1820 

The emigrations, from the distressed state of the times, were this year very 
numerous. In 1816, 1,192 American and Foreign vessels arrived at New- 
York, bringing to that port alone 7,122 passengers. 

EMPEROR, The first in 800 

A title of honour amongst the ancient Romans, conferred on a general who had 
been victorious, and now made to signify a sovereign prince, or supreme 
ruler of an Empire. The title adds nothing to the rights of sovereignty; it 
only gives pre-eminence over all other sovereigns. Charlemagne was the 
first Emperor of Germany, in the year above mentioned, who was crowned 
by Pope Leo III. 

ENGINES, to extinguish fires, invented, 1663 

Those now in use, 1752 : steam engines improved by Mr- James Watt of Glasgow, 
1770. 

ENGLAND, the first Geographical Map of 1520 

ENGLAND, (or INGLAND.) 

So called from the Angles, who settled in this part, in the year 449. Few 
countries have a larger proportion of land capable of culture, and there is 
none where Agriculture is better attended to, or, indeed, where it is more 
necessary for the subsistence of the inhabitants. All the valuable produc- 
tions, both animal and vegetable, of this country, have been imported at 
different periods from the Continent : and have been kept up and improved 
by constant attention. The bear, the wolf, and the wild boar, now totally 
extirpated, roamed at large in the forests: immense herds of stags, ranged 
through the woods : roebucks bounded over the hills ; and wild bulls ranged 
in the marshy pastures. By degrees, the woods were destroyed, in order to 
make way for cultivation, their retreats gradually disappeared, and their 
places were supplied by no other wild quadruped than those of the smaller 
kinds, such as the fox, the badger, the weasel, &c. &c. 

There are dogs of every kind, except wolf-dogs, which, since the wolves 
were destroyed in England, have been generally neglected. But there is still 
a sort encouraged, and which is not to be equalled in any part of the world — 
the bull-dog; these creatures will not only attack the most savage bull, but 
also the most savage beast; and when once they have fastened upon the 
animal, nothing but death can oblige them to let go their hold : but, trans- 
ported to any other country, they lose their courage; and so it is with the 
game-cock; and we are sorry to say, that the use which is made of that 
courage, by men too, from whose rank and talents something different might 
be expected, certainly fixes a stigma on the national character. The winters 
of late have given way to rain and fog, and the weather is subject to great 
variations ; but these do not particularly impair the health of those who are 
subject thereto, and we have had frequent instances of longevity, viz. :— 



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ENGLAND, (or INGLAND), continued. 

Henry Jenkins, Thomas Parr, &c. &c. (For a further account of whom, see 
" Remarkable Personages.") 

The circuits of England, which are six in number, and in each of which, 
for the most part, two of the Judges administer justice twice a year, contain 
thirty-eight counties : they are divided as follow : — 

1. The Home Circuit, which contains the counties of Essex, Herts, Kent, 

Surrey, and Sussex. 

2. The Norfolk Circuit, containing the counties of Bucks, Bedford, Hunting- 

don, Cambridge, Suffolk, and Norfolk. 

3. The Oxford Circuit, containing the counties of Oxford, Berks, Gloucester, 

Worcester, Monmouth, Hereford, Salop, and Stafford. 

4. The Midland Circuit, containing the Shires of Warwick, Leicester, Derbv, 

Nottingham, Lincoln, Rutland, and Northampton. 

5. The Northern Circuit, containing the counties of York, Durham, North- 

umberland, Lancaster, Westmoiland, and Cumberland. And 

6. The Western Circuit, containing Hants, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, 

and Cornwall. 
Middlesex being the seat of the Supreme Court of Justice, and Cheshire 
being a County Palatine, are not included in any Circuit. 

ENGRAVING on metal invented 1 423 

At the same time, rolling press printing. Engraving on copper, as now used, 
in 1511 ; in mezzotinto, and improved by Prince Rupert of Palatine, 1648 ; 
to represent wash, invented by Barable, a Frenchman, 1761 ; crayon engrav- 
ing invented at Paris, by Bonnet, 1769 — Engraving on wood invented in 
Flanders, 1423; revived by Albert Durer, 1511. — Engraving on glass, in- 
vented 1799, at Paris, by Boudier. 

EPACT. 

The word Epact, a number whereby we note the excess of the common solar year 
above the lunar, and thereby may find out the age of the moon every year. 
For the solar year consisting of 385 days, the lunar of but 354, the lunations 
every year get eleven days before the solar year ; and thereby, in nineteen 
years the moon completes twenty times twelve lunations, or gets up one 
whole solar year; and having finished that circuit, begins again with the 
sun, and so from nineteen to nineteen years. For the first year afterwards, 
the moon will go before the sun eleven days ; the second twenty-two days ; 
the third thirty-three days; but thirty being an entire lunation, cast that 
away, and the remainder, three, shall be that year's epact; and so on, adding 
yearly eleven days: excepting when the epact is eighteen, in which case 
twelve must be added. 

ERA, that of Nabonasser, b. c .. ... 747 

Philippic, or death of Alexander, 324, b G.: of Contracts, or Selucidse, 312 b. c. 
The Christians made their era the birth of Christ, which was A. M. 3962, 
but did not use this reckoning till the year 600, using in the mean time, the 
civil account of the empire* The Mahometans began their hege'ira (for so 
they termed their computation), from the fl.iuht of their prophet from Mecca, 
when he was driven thence by the Philarchse, A. D. 617- The Grecians 
reckoned by Olympiads, the first of which is placed in the year of the world 
3187; but this account perishing under the Constantinopoliian Emperors, 
they reckoned by indictions, every indiction containing- fifteen 3'ears, and the 
first beginning A. D. 313, which, among Chronologers, are still used. The 
Romans reckoned first from the building of their city, which was A. M. 311.3, 
and afterwards from the sixteenth year of the Emperor Augustus, A. M. 
3536, which reckoning was used among the Spaniards till the reign of Fer- 
dinand the Catholic. The Jews had divers epocha, as, 1st, from the creation 



48 TH£ NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ERA. (continued.) 

of the world, in the beginning of time : 2nd, from the Universal Deluge, ann. 
2656: 3rd, from the Confusion of Tongues, ann. 2783: 4th, from Abraham's 
Journey out of Chaldea into Canaan, ann. 2021 : 5th, from the Departure of 
the Children of Israel out of Egypt, ann. 1451: 6th, from the year of the 
Jubilee, ann. 2499. 7th, from the'building of Solomon's Temple, ann. 2932 : 
and, 8th, from the Captivity of Babylon, ann. 3357- — But in historical compu- 
tation of time, are used only the two most ordinary epochs, the world's 
creation, and Christ's appearance in the flesh. The Christian era began to 
be used in Italy, &c. 525, and in Britain in 816. 

ESSEK, Marshes built by the Emperor Solyman 1566 

A town of Sclavonia, in Hungary, is strongly fortified, and has a remarkable 
wooden bridge over the Drau. The marshes here, five miles long, built by 
the Emperor Solyman, in the above year, who employed 20,000 men in this 
undertaking. This difficult pass has been several times taken and retaken, 
and battles fought between Christians and Turks for the possession of it. 
The bridge has also been often burnt, particularly in 16S6, by the Hunga- 
rians, though they could not take the town; after the battle of Mohatz, they 
drove the Turks from it. The place is now subject to Austria. 

ETCHING on copper with aquafortis invented in 151 

ETNA, (MOUNT), Eruption of, 1536 

The eruptions of Mount Etna have been numerous, but the greatest of latter 
years happened in 1554, 1566, 1579, 1669, and 1693: which last was ex- 
ceedingly terrible, so much so, as to be attended with an earthquake that 
overturned the town of Catania in a moment, and buried 18,000 persons 
in its ruins. This mountain is sixty-three miles in circumference at the 
foot. The bason, or crater on the top, is six miles round. 

EUSTATIA, the Island of, taken by Admiral Rodney 1781 

The island of St. Eustatia is, properly, a mountain in the form of a sugar-loaf, 
or it may be termed a huge pyramidical rock, whose top is hollow or concave, 
and serves as a large den for wild animals. It is strong by situation, having 
but one landing-place, which is difficult of access, and fortified with all the 
art imaginable, by its masters, the Dutch Not less than 5000 white inha- 
bitants, and about 15,000 negroes, subsist upon this island, and rear hogs, 
kids, rabbits, and poultry in such abundance, that they can afford to supply 
their neighbours, after having served themselves. In general, it serves as a 
storehouse for all kinds of European commodities. After its surprise by 
Admiral Rodnev, it was taken by the French, and restored to the Dutch by 
the Peace of 1783. 

EXCHEQUER 1079 

In the British jurisprudence is an ancient Court of Record, in which all causes 
concerning the revenues and rights of the Crown are heard and determined, 
and where the revenues are received. It took its name from the colour of 
the cloth which covered the tables of the Court, which are party-coloured, 
or chequered. This Court is said to have been erected by William the 
Conqueror, its model being taken from a like Court established in Normandy 
long before that time. Anciently its authority was so great, that it was 
held in the King's palace, and the acts thereof were not to be examined or 
controlled in any other of the King's Courts : but at present it is the last of 
the Four Courts of Westminster. 

EXCHEQUER OFFICE robbed 1303 

Exchequer Bills invented, 1695 : circulated by the Bank, 1706. 



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EXCISE OFFICE, The, founded, 1643 

Excise is a certain duty or impost charged upon liquors, as beer, ale, cyder, &c. 
also on several other commodities, within the kingdom of Great Britain; 
and is one of the most considerable branches of the King's revenue. la 
England, the Commissioners are nine, each of whom has a salary of £1000. 
per annuml This duty was first granted to king Charles II. in 1660, for 
his life, in England and Wales, and has been continued in several Parlia- 
ments since, and extended to Scotland. Excise on beer, ale, &c. first 
imposed by Act of Parliament, 1643. Bill passed, November 25, 1690. 
Excise Bill rejected, April 11, 1733, opposed by every trading town in the 
kindom. For one week, in 1733, it produced £28,000. In 1744, it was 
£3,754,072. In the same year, the Malt Distillery of London, was £459,000. 
In 1746, the Revenue was £3,847,000. In 1782, the Ofiicers of Excise were 
deprived of their votes for Members of Parliament. In 1783, the Revenue 
was £5,530,114. 6*. 10d.; and in 1811, £20,731,163. 65. 7c?. 

EXECUTIONS. 

It appears from a Parliamentary Return, that the number of Executions in 
London and Middlesex, in the year ending December 31, 1830, was 42 : — 
1833, 12: — in 1836, nil. The number of commitments for capital offences, 
in 1830, was 900:— in 1833, 892 :— in 1836, 823. 

By an Extract from Stowe's " Survey of London," it appears, that the 
night previous to the execution of a criminal, it was formerly the custom to 
repeat by way of advice to those under sentence of death in Newgate, some 
verses, and which duty ought to be performed by the Clergyman, and not 
the bellman. 

" Robert Doue, Citizen and Merchant Tayler, gaue to the parish church 
of St. Sepulchre's, the somme of £50. That after the seueral sessions of 
London.when the prisoners remain in the gaole, as condemned men to death, 
expecting execution on the morrow following; the clarke (that is, the Cler- 
gyman) of the church shoold come in the night time, and likewise early in 
the morning, to the window of the prison where they lye, and there ringing 
certain toles with a hand-bell, appointed for the purpose, he doth afterwards 
(in most Christian manner) put them in mind of their present condition and 
ensuing execution, desiring them to be prepared therefore as they ought to 
be. When they are in the cart, and brought before the wall of the church, 
there he standeth ready with the same bell, and after certain toles rehearseth 
an appointed praier, desiring all the people there present to pray for them. 
The beadle also of Merchant Taylers' Hall hath an honest stipend allowed to 
see that this is duely done." 

EXETER, the bridge over the River Ex, built 1270 

There is a long bridge over the Ex, built in the year 1270, and another was 
begun in 1770, from the bottom of the principal street of the city. It is the 
See of a bishop, transferred hither from Credilon, by Edward the Confessor, 
and is one of the principal cities in the kingdom for its buildings, wealth, 
&c. An arm of the sea formerly flowed nearly up to the city's wall till 
1316, when Hugh Courtney, Earl of Devon, in revenge for an affront, 
ruined the navigation by constructing wears and dams in the river ; but to 
remedy it, iu 1539, an Act of Parliament was passed for making a navigable 
canal for the better conveyance of goods in barges to and from the city to 
Topsham, which was carried into execution in 1581, but not completed till 
1675, which was found insufficient till the present haven was constructed in 
1697, when it was rendered capable of bringing ships of 150 tons quite home 
to the quay, constructed near the walls of the city. 

EXPEDITIONS, two sent out r 1818 

Two expeditions were sent out this year for the purpose of exploring the Polar 
Regions. 
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EYRE, JUSTICES IN... 1184 

The office of Justice in Eyre, was instituted by Henry II. The last instance of 
their holding a Court in any of the Forests, is believed to have been during 
the reign of King Charles II. 

FAIRS AND MARKETS, first institution in England, 

about 886 

They were instituted by Alfred, and took their rise from wakes ; a vast number 
of people having assembled together, brought a variety of traders, and were 
in consequence called fairs. 

FALKLAND, the Town of, forfeited 1424 

Falkland, a small town in Fifeshire, Scotland, and formerly the seat of the 
M'DufFs, Earls of Fife, became forfeited at the above date, and made a royal 
residence. The magnificent ruins of the palace give some idea of its former 
grandeur. Sir Henry Caney was created Viscount Falkland by James VI. 
who was the first person who communicated to him the intelligence of Queen 
Elizabeth's death. 

FALKLAND ISLANDS, discovered in 1594 

The Falkland Islands were first discovered by Sir Richard Hawkins. In the year 
1764, Lord Egmont, then First Lord of the Admiralty, sent Commodore 
Byron to take possession of these Islands in the name of His Britannic Ma- 
jesty: the Commodore succeeded in gaining a settlement on a part, which he 
called Port Egmont. Though this was then thought to he a very valuable 
acquisition, yet the English totally deserted it on the 23rd of May, 1774, 
owing to some applications from the Spanish Court, who were uneasy at 
having the British flag flying so near their American settlements. 

FAMINE, a great, in some parts of Ireland 1822 

This event, which took place in the months of April, May, &c. was greatly re- 
lieved by a subscription of upwards of £1,600,000. A grand ball was also 
given at Drury-lane Theatre, for the relief of the unfortunate people. 

FANS, MUFFS, &c. brought into England, from France ... 1572 

FAST, a general, on account of the Cholera, March 21 1832 

FEMALE SERVANT TAX, commenced 1785 

Ceased in 1792. 

FENCING SCHOOLS prohibited in London 1 785 

Fencing was prohibited, in consequence of its being considered as an introdutory 
step to Duelling. 

FERNANDES, or (JUAN FERNANDES,) The Island 

of, Anson's arrival at 1741 

Admiral Anson put in here in 1741, for the purpose of repairing his ships, and 
recovering his sick men. On this island, Captain Woods Rogers found one 
Alexander Selkirk, a native of Fifeshire, in Scotland, and who had lived 
there alone above four years and four months, having been left by his ship. 
It is thought, that Daniel De Foe borrowed the idea for his novel, entitled, 
" Robinson Crusoe." 



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FERRARA. 

In the Benedictine church of, is the monument of that celebrated Poet Ariosto: 
and it is the native place of Andrea Ferrara, a famous artist, many of whose 
broad swords are still to be met with in Scotland, and highly prized by the 
Highlanders for the superior excellence of their metal, and distinguished by 
the name of the maker. 

FETE, a grand one, given in the Lowther Arcade, Strand, 

August 8, 1832 

This Fete was give on the occasion of the passing of the Reform Bill. 

FEVER, an Epidemic, in England and Ireland, in..... 1741 

FEVERSHAM, in Kent, a Royal Demesne in 811 

Feversham is a member of the Cinque Ports of Dover, and was a royal Demesne 
at the time above stated, and called in Kenulfs Charter, " The King's 
Little Town, though it is now a large one. It has a Market-house, built in 
1574. 

FEUDAL SYSTEM, The, first introduced into England in 1066 

Into Scotland in 1090. 

FIRE SHIPS invented by Sir Francis Drake 1581 

FIRE- WATCH, established in London, November 12 1798 

FIRE under water invented 622 

It was discovered by Calinicus, an architect, who came from Syria to Constan- 
tinople, and was only known to the Greek Emperors till the xnth century, 
when other nations seem to have got the secret. 

FIRE WORKS, on account of the Peace, played off in the 

Green Park, April 27 1748 

At those exhibited in Paris, in honour of the Dauphin's marriage, the passages 
being stopped up, occasioned such a crowd, that the people, seized with a 
panic, trampled upon one another till, they lay in heaps ; and a scaffold 
erected over the river also broke down, when hundreds were drowned. By 
this unfortunate event, nearly 1000 persons lost their lives, April 21, 1770. 

FIERY ORDEAL, enforced 1042 

FIGURES in Arithmetic, brought to Europe, 991 

Figures were brought into Europe by the Saracens from Arabia. Letters of the 
alphabet were used previous to their introduction. 

FIRES, occasioned by Servants, made punishable 1707 

FISHERY, The British, erected, October 11,.... 1750 

FIVE-MILE ACT, The, passed, October 31 1 665 

This Act obliged Non-conformist teachers, who refused to take the Non-resistance 
Oath, not to come within five miles of a Corporation, where they had 
preached since the Act of Oblivion, unless they were travelling, under the 
penalty of £50. 

FLAG, the honour of, given by the Dutch to England 1674 



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FOG, a remarkable one, which extended fifty miles round 

London, December 20, and 27 1813 

A very great fog happened in 1729, (January 1), in which several chairmen 
mistook their way in St. James's Park, and fell with their fares into the 
canal; many persons fell into Fleet Ditch, and considerable damage was 
done on the Thames in the evening. Another, almost as remarkable, took 
place January 10, 1812. In 1831, December 24, a dense fog at night, con- 
tinued on the 25th. On the 27th the Metropolis was enveloped in almost 
total darkness at mid-day. Again in February. 

FORBES, GRAHAM, and others, trial of, February 3, ... 1823 

The individuals alluded to, with several others, were tried for throwing a bottle 
at the Marquis of Wellesley, at the Theatre, in Ireland. 

FORFARSHIRE STEAMER, loss of the, September 1838 

The Forfarshire steamer, 300 tons burthen, under the command of Mr. John 
Humble, sailed from Hull on her voyage to Dundee, on the evening of Wed- 
nesday, the 5th of September, 1838, with a valuable cargo of bale goods and 
sheet iron; and having - on board about twenty-two cabin, and nineteen 
steerage passengers, Captain Humble and his wife, ten seamen, four firemen, 
two engineers, two coal trimmers, and two stewards. On Thursday the boiler 
sprung a leak, and in a very short time extinguished the fires, when the 
vessel became unmanageable, and at three o'clock on Friday morning she 
struck on the outer or Long-stone Island with tremendous force. 

Nine persons were saved by immediately jumping into the boat; soon 
after the vessel parted, the stern, quarter deck, and cabin been carried away, 
with all upon them, through a tremendous current called the Piper Gut. 
The Captain stuck to the wreck till washed overboard with his wife in his 
arms ; while those who were in the fore part of the vessel were left upon a 
small rock, whilst the tempestuous billows drowned their feeble shrieks. At 
length their shouts of distress fell upon the ear of Miss Grace Horsley 
Darling, who, with her father, Mr. W. Darling, occupies the outer Fern 
Lighthouse. She awakened her parent, and at daybreak he launched his 
boat and prepared to proceed to their rescue. The state of the tide and of 
the weather was such as to render any attempt to reach the wreck extremely 
dangerous : and the old man, who had never before known the quailings of 
fear, was loath in such a tremendous gale to rush, as he considered on certain 
death. After watching the wreck for a considerable time, they discovered, 
from some movement, that living beings were still clinging to it * and the 
gallant female, who partook of her father's generous sympathy, with match- 
less intrepidity, seized the oar, and entered the boat. This was enough — the 
noble parent followed, and with the assistance of the fair sailor, conducted 
the frail skiff over the foaming billows to the spot where the wreck appeared. 
By a dangerous and desperate effort the father was landed on the rock, and 
to preserve the frail coble from being dashed to pieces, it was rapidly rowed 
back among the awful abyss of waters, and kept afloat by the skilfulness and 
dexterity of this undaunted and noble-minded young woman. At length the 
whole of the survivors, consisting of five of the crew and four of the deck 
passengers, were taken from the wreck, and conveyed to the lighthouse, 
where the same tender hand administered to their wants. 

FLEET MARKET opened, September 30, 1737 

Obelisk erected, 1775. 

FORGING of Letters of Attorney, made punishable in 1722 

The forging of Letters of Attorney, for the Transfer of Stock, made felony in 
1722. Forgery first punished in England with death, 1731. Ceased to be 
ditto, by being commuted to transportation for life, in August, 1832. 



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FORTIFICATION, the present mode introduced about 1050 

Albert Durer first wrote on the science in 1527 j and many improvements were 
made by Vauban, towards the year 1700. 

FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, The, at Paris, erected 1677 

FRAMES, destroying of, made a capital offence 1812 

The law was to continue in force till March 1, 1814. 

FRANCE, Revolution in 1830 

Abdication of Charles X. ; and the Duke of Orleans declared King. Revolution 
in Brussels. 

FRANCE, the kingdom of, begins upon the Lower Rhine, 

under Pharamond 429 

FRANCE, the tombs of the Kings of, in the Abbey of 

St. Denis, destroyed by order of the Convention 1793 

The ancient church of St. Denis, which contained in its vaults the mortal remains 
of princes, who, during a period of twelve hundred years, had swayed in 
succession the sceptre of France, was, by a decree of the National Conven- 
tion, in 1793, pillaged of their valuable relicts, and the leaden coffins, con- 
taining the bodies, carried off to be cast into bullets. 

Though the church of St. Denis had undergone alterations since the time of 
Pepin, Charlemagne's father, the sepulchral vaults had remained unchanged 
since the reign of that monarch, who was their constructor. In these vaults 
lay the relicts of kings, queens, princes, and famous warriors: some of them 
perfect in form, by the great attention of the embalmer, as when the indi- 
vidual existed: others long mouldered into dust, on whose decision de- 
pended the destinies of millions, lay shrouded in the silent tombs of St. 
Denis; and their bones, so long venerated, turned from their resting place, 
to become the sport of a tumultuous and lawless rabble. 

The first monument which was opened was that of the celebrated Marshal 
Turenne, whose services to France had gained him a situation in the royal 
mausoleum. Though no process of embalming had been practised on the 
body, it was lying in such perfect condition, that not a feature of the face was 
in the least degree discomposed. Each one present was anxious to carry off 
some little relic of the great warrior, and one of the fingers of his right hand 
was taken away by Camille Desmoulins. 

The vault of the Bourbon sovereigns, situated near the subterraneous 
chapels, was the next object of attention; and here the workmen hastened to 
draw out the coffin of Henry the Great, the greatest name in the annals of 
France, and once the idol of the nation. The remains were torn from their 
resting place, and given up to the insults of the populace. The body of 
Henry was in a state of remarkable preservation. He was stabbed in his 
coach by a friar named Ravilliac, inthe year 1610. The body was no sooner 
out of the coffin than one of the spectators, drew his sabre, and cutting a lock 
from the beard of the monarch, which was uninjured, placed it on his own 
lip, swearing he would wear no other moustachio. The body was then placed 
upright, with the winding sheet thrown carelessly around it, and exposed to 
the gaze of the rabble. The coffin of Henry IV. bore the oldest date in the 
Bourbon vault, in which lay four kings, four queens, twenty-one princes, 
and twenty-eight princesses. The workmen were four days in clearing this 
vault, the bodies, &c. found in it being thrown, after a short exposure, into 
a pit of liquid lime to ensure their speedy destruction. Many of them being 
in a state of great decay, (before their removal could be effected) the vault 
became filled with an effluvia of so noxious a character, that the workmen suf- 
fered severely from the effects of it. Some were in good preservation, as 
was that of the proudest monarch of France, Louis XIV. who in life was 



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FRANCE, Tombs of the Kings of in St. Denis, (continued.) 1793 

honoured with the name of the Grand Monarque. The reception of this body 
was no more favourable than that given to Henry's. Various insignias of 
royalty were found in the Bourbon sepulchre, amongst which were several 
cases containing hearts, which were mostly of silver, and in some instances 
gilt. Below several of the coffins were leaden caskets containing the intes- 
tines of the dead. The lead of these heart cases and caskets were all carried 
away with the coffins for the making of bullets, and their contents thrown 
into the lime-pit as before. The coffin of the last king, Louis XV. was the 
last examined. This coffin was not in the vault, it being the custom in royal 
burials to place the body of the last king in a niche at the entrance to the 
vault, until his successor came after him to the chambers of death. The 
latter, iu like manner, awaited the coming of the next occupant of the throne. 

The opening of the vault of Charles VIII. followed. In life, he was styled 
" the affable" was enclosed in a plain leaden coffin, without vestige of royal 
rank. Near this king reposed Charles XL (his father) one of the most 
treacherous of monarchs, and whose ambition, craftiness, and superstition, 
have been so ably poui trayed by Sir Waker Scott. In a tomb not far from 
Louis, lav his father Charles VII. who, previous to his decease, knowing the 
wicked character of his son, became so apprehensive of being poisoned, that 
he refused all nouiisment, till nourishment was of no avail. 

The vault of Louis XII. was in no way remarkable, excepting two crcwns 
of gilt brass, which lay between this monarch and his queen. After much 
research, the workmen discovered the vault of Francis I. the contemporary 
of Henry VIII. of Britain, and rival of Francis at the Field of the Cloth of 
Gold. The bodies of Charles VII. and VIII. were reduced to perfect skele- 
tons, but the workmen were almost unable to clear the vault of Francis, in 
consequence of the putrified state of his remains. Five ot Francis' family lay 
in it, in coffins similar to that in which he himself lay. 

In the next vault lay Henry II. and eleven of his family, the most noted 
of whom were his three cruel sons, Francis II., Charles lX., and Henry HI; 
Catherine of Medicis, his wife ; and Margaret of France, his daughter. Of 
this bigotted family, we shall briefly speak; — Henry II. at the coronation of 
his queen, caused many unhappy Protestants to be burnt at the stake, while 
he stood by a witness of their agony, on which he continued to gaze, till the 
last victim of his detested cruelty had become a shrivelled ember; but the re- 
tributive hand of Justice soon fell upon him, he being accidentally killed at 
a tournament. As for his wife, the page of history will fully proclaim her 
detestable deeds. Her son Francis exceeded his parent in ciuelty; but the 
worst actions of his race were deeds of mercy, when compared with those of 
the next son, Charles IX. In this reign the massacre of St. Bartholomew, as 
it is called took place, when forty thousand Protestants were butchered by 
the sword This monarch also felt the hand of retributive Justice more 
severely than his father: for, very soon after, whilst racked with anguish on 
the recollection of his several deeds of cruelty, the blood oozed from his body 
at evory pore; and in this state he died. 

The vaults were not opened according to succession of each king; nor 
was it so arranged, and this irregularity continued throughout the whole 
process. Near the vault of Henry II. was found the skeleton of the cele- 
brated warrior Du-Guesclin, and, subsequently, the remains of Carloman, 
brother of Charlemagne, and both sons of Pepin, the founder of the edifice. 
Pepin's own grave was discovered many years afterwards, before the prin- 
cipal entrance to the church of St. Denis. Pepin's last will being extant, his 
remains were fully identified, he having directed in his will, that his body 
be laid on its face in a stone coffin, and placed in front of the door of the 
church of St. Denis, in which position it was found. But to return to the 
tombs of later kings. 

Previous to the opening of the tombs of the preceding monarchs, that of 
Charles VI. and his queen Isabel, having been broken into and pillaged, it 
only contained a few dried bones. That of Charles V. was in a side chapel, 



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FRANCE, Tombs of the Kings of in St. Denis, (continued) 1793 

so named after him, and which was the richest met with. The coffin was of 
brass, contained a silver crown, gilt, and in good preservation, a silver hand 
of Justice, and a sceptre of gilt silver, about five feet in length, and sur- 
mounted with a cluster of leaves ; in beautiful preservation, though it had 
lain there nearly four hundred years. In the coffin of Jane of Bourbon, his 
wife, were the remains of a crown, rings, bracelets, Stc. with shining em- 
broidery of gold and silver. Charles V. was poisoned by his relative, the 
king of Navarre, who himself perished in a more horrible manner, by being 
accidentally burnt to death by the ignition of a cloth belt, steeped in brandy 
and sulphur, which he wore for a leperous affection. 

King John, the father of Charles, lay in the chancel of St. Denis. This 
Icing was taken prisoner at the battle of Poictiers, by Edward the Black 
Prince. There were found in his coffin, a broken sceptre, and a silver hand 
of Justice. The saying of this monarch was, on his being unable to pay his 
ransom, and resolving to render himself a prisoner to the English prince, — 
" Though good faith were banished from the rest of the earth, it should 
still be found in the breasts of princes!" In the chancel, near his son John, 
lay Philip of Valois. The coffin, formed of hard stone, and lined with plates 
of lead, was closed with a sheet of that metal soldered on iron bars, and over 
the lid was placed a large flat stone. His body was gone to dust, nothing 
of it remaining, excepting what lay in the crevices of a gilt crown, and an 
ornamented sceptre. This was all that remained of a monarch, against whom 
the power of Edward, was in vain directed for the attainment of the throne of 
France. Many more tombs, and of older date than we have described, but of 
whose possesssors little was known, were opened. Great must have been 
the disappointment of those who had hoped to secure great treasures in these 
tombs, on finding only the few baubles enumerated, and which constituted 
the whole of the prize. 

The treasures of the Church and Shrine of St. Denis were of great amount 
and value,- as might be expected, when we consider its splendid ecclesiastical 
possessions in Fiance, the whole of which went, by the decree of the Con- 
vention, to similar purposes with the trinkets and leaden coffins of the 
sepulchres. These treasures were kept in five Cabinets ; and from the 
following enumeration of some of the principal articles, may be judged the 
long duration of the grandeur of St. Denis. In the first Cabinet, were two 
mitres of ancient Abbots of St. Denis; one of them formed entirely of pearls 
and jewels, set in gold, and the other of seed pearls strewed with fleur-de-lis. 
These mitres were made about the twelfth century. In another Cabinet was 
a vase of Oriental agate, supposed to be the finest in the world. It was 
covered with hieroglvphical figures of beautiful execution. John Tristen, in 
his " Commentaries," expresses his belief that this vase was made by Ptolemy 
Philadelphus, king of Egypt. An inscription on the foot says, that it was 
given to St. Denis by Charles III. The crown of Charlemagne, of gold, and 
enriched with jewels, used at the coronation of the French kings. A cup 
made of the wood of Samaris, used by St. Louis. The sword which he carried 
to the Holy Land, and a silver shrine containing a bone of St. Denis. A 
splendid missal, written eight centimes ago. Four crowns, two of gold, and 
two of silver, used at the coronations. A manuscript on vellum, ascribed to 
St. Denis. And the crown used at the coronation of the queens, which was 
made of gold, and studded with precious stones. There were other valu- 
able curiosities and antique objects in this spleudid Collection, but of less 
importance, and a notice of which does not appear requisite. 

FRANKING LETTERS, claimed as a privilege of Par- 
liament 1G63 

Commenced 1734. — Before the year 1764, when the Act to alter the mode of 
franking passed, the franked letters amounted annually to £170,000. The 
privilege was abridged in 1784; and again in 1793. 



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FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTS, punished by Act passed 1732 
FREEMASONS forbidden in England 1424 

Tolerated by Act of Parliament, 1699. Excommunicated by the Pope, 1738. 

FREEDOM of the City of London presented to Lord John 

Russell, July 10 1831 

FRIENDLY ISLANDS discovered 1773 

The Friendly Islands, discovered by Captain Cook, and named by him as such, on 
account of the friendship shown towards strangers by the natives. Tasman, 
the Dutch navigator, first touched here in 1643, and gave the names of New 
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Middleburg to three of the principal islands. 
Cook explored the whole cluster, consisting of more than sixty. New 
Amsterdam, to the largest, extending twenty-one miles, from E. to W. and 
13 from N. to S. Middleburg is called Eooa by the natives, who have given 
the names of Annamooka, Tongataboo, Hapace, and Leefooga, to the other 
principal islands. Under the name of Friendly Islands, are sometimes com- 
prehended Boscawen's, Keppel's, and Prince William's Islands, and the 
group of the Hapace Islands, amounting together to about 150. 

FROSTS. 

In Britain lasted five months, in 220. — The Thames frozen nine weeks, in 250. — 
Most of the rivers in Britain frozen six weeks, in 291. — A severe one in 
Scotland, which lasted fourteen weeks, in 359. — The Pontus Sea was entirely 
frozen over for the space of twenty days, and the sea between Constantinople 
and Seutair, in 401. — So severe a frost all over Britain, tliat the rivers were 
frozen up for above two months, 508. — One so great that the Danube was 
quite frozen over, 558. — The Thames frozen for six weeks, when booths 
were built on it, 695. — One that continued from October 1, to February 26, 
760.— One in England, which lasted nine weeks, 827. — Carriages were used 
on the Adriatic Sea, 859. — The Mediterranean Sea was frozen over and 
passable in carts, 860. — Most of the rivers frozen in England for two months, 
908. — The Thames frozen thirteen weeks, 923.— One that lasted 120 days, 
which began December 22, 987. — The Thames frozen five weeks, 998. — A 
frost on Midsummer day, so vehement, that the corn and fruit were des- 
troyed, 1035 — The Thames frozen fourteen weeks, 1063. — A frost in 
England, from November to April, 1076. — Several bridges in England, being 
then of timber, broken down by a frost, 1114. — A frost, from January 14, to 
March 22, 1205.— One of fifteen weeks, 1207 — The Mediterranean was 
frozen over, and the merchants passed with their merchandise in carts, 
1234. — The Categat or sea, between Norway and Denmark, was frozen, and 
that from Oxslo, in Norway, they travelled on the ice of Jutland, 1294. — 
The sea, between Norway and the promontory of Scaggerat, frozen over, 
and from Sweden to Gothland, 1296. — The Baltic was covered with ice 
fourteen weeks, between the Danish aDd Swedish islands, 1306. — The Baltic 
was passable for foot passengers and horsemen for six weeks, 1323. — The 
sea was frozen over and passable, from Stralsund to Denmark, 1349. — The 
Baltic was quite frozen over, from Poir.erania to Denmark, 1402. — The 
whole sea, between Gothland and Geland, was frozen, and from Rostock to 
Gezoer, 1408. — The ice bore riding on from Lubec to Prussia, and the 
Baltic was covered with ice, from Mecklenburgh to Denmark, 1423, 1426, 
and 1459, — The sea, between Constantinople and Iskodar, was passable on 
ice, 1420. — One in England, from November 24, to February 10, 1434, 
when the Thames was frozen helow London Bridge to Gravesend. — Another 
thirteen weeks, 1683 — A great frost for three months, with heavy snows, 
from December to March, 1709. — Again in 1716, when a fair was held on 
the Thames. — Another December 24, 1739, and continued nine weeks or 103 
days. — Again in 1742. — In Russia, very severe 1747. — In England, 1754. — 



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FROSTS, (continued.) 

In Germany, 1760. — In 1763, which lasted ninety-four days. — In 1779, 
which lasted 84 days. — In 1784, which lasted eighty-nine days. — In 1785, 
which lasted 115 days. — In 1788, which lasted only from November to Janu- 
ary. — In 1789, when the Thames was crossed opposite the Custom House, 
the Tower, Execution Dock, Putney, Brentford, &.c. It was general through- 
out Europe; particularly in Holland, at the same time. — The most severe 
oiie was on December, 25, 1796. — The Thames frozen over January, 1811. — 
Severe oue in January, 1814, when, booths were erected on various parts of 
the Thames, and the Antiquarian Society of Newcastle recorded, that the 
rapid River Tyne was frozen to the depth of twenty inches. — Severe frost 
at Quebec, August 7, 1815. 

FRUITS AND FLOWERS. 

Sundry sorts, before unknown, were brought into England in the reigns of 
Henry VII. and VIII. from about 1500 to 1578. Among others of less note, 
the musk and damask roses, of great use in medicine, and tulips. Several 
sorts of plum trees, and currant plants ; also saffron ; woad, and other drugs, 
for dying-, attempted to be cultivated, but without success. 

GAETA, or CAIETTA, held out against the attacks of 

the Austrians, in 1707 

It was the only town which held out any time against the Austrians, but was 
at last taken by storm, and its two castles surrendered at discretion. It also 
made a good defence in 1734, when the Spaniards recovered Naples from 
the Austrians. 

GALLEYS first used with three rowers to each oar, b. c. ... 786 

They came from Corinth. 

GAME ACTS, passed in 1496 

Again 1670, 1753, 1784, and 1785. Certificates commenced in 1785. 

GAMING HOUSES, licensed in London 1 620 

Prevented by an Act, passed in 1789. 

GAMUT, in Music, invented by Gu^ L'Aretin 1025 

GARDENS, The Zoological, founded in 1826 

The Zoological Society was founded in 1826, by Sir Thomas Stamford RafHes, 
Sir Humphrey Davey, Lord Auckland, and other noblemen and gentlemen, 
patrons of science. A grant of land having been obtained from the Govern- 
ment, the Gardens were formed and opened to the public in 1828. The 
original grant, however, being found inadequate to contain so many spe- 
cimens of Zoology with which the Society was presented, an additional 
piece of ground was granted on the north side. 

GARTER, Order of the Knights of The, instituted, Janu- 
ary 19 1344 

This Order consists of twenty-six Knights Companions, generally Princes and 
Peers, whereof the king of England is Sovereign, or Chief. They are a 
College or Corporation, having a Great and Little Seal. Their Officers are 
a Prelate, Chancellor, Register, King at Arms, and Usher of the Black Rod. 
They have also a Dean, and Twelve Canons, Petty Canons, Vergers, and 
twenty-six Pensioners, or Poor Knights. The Prelate is the head. This 
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GARTER, Order of the Knights of The, (continued.) 1344 

office is vested in the Bishop of Winchester, and has ever been so. Next to 
the Prelate is the Chancellor, which office is vested in the Bishop of Salis- 
bury, and has ever been so, who keeps the Seals, &c. The next is the 
Register, is always the Dean of Windsor, and who, by his Oath, is to enter 
upon the Registry, the Scrutinies, the Elections, Penalties, and other acts of 
the Order, with all fidelity. The fourth officer is Garter, and King at Arms, 
being two distinct offices united in one person. Garter carries the Rod and 
Sceptre at the feast of St. George, the Protector of this Order, when the 
Sovereign is present. He notifies the Election of new Knights, attends the 
solemnity of new Installations, carries the Garter to Foreign Princes, &c. 
He is the principal Officer within the College of Arms, and Chief of the 
Herald's. All these Officers, except the Prelate, have Fees and Pensions. 
The habit of the Order upon solemn days is the Garter, mantles, sur-coat, 
hood collar, Great George, and cap : upon the collar days, they are only 
obliged to wear the Garter, the Collar of the Ordpr, and the Great George; 
at the middle of the collar hangs the picture of St. George, sitting on horse- 
back, who, having thrown the dragon on his back, encounters him with a 
tilting spear. The Garter, which is blue, was, at the foundation of the 
Order, appointed to be worn a little below the knee of the left leg, which 
still continues, having this motto wrought on it. — " Honi soit qui mal Y 
PENsE." The origin of this Order is somewhat differently related. The 
common account is, and it is most probable, that it was instituted in honour 
of a garter of the Countess of Salisbury, which she dropped when dancing 
with king Edward, and which he picked up; but our best Antiquarians 
think it was instituted on account of the victorv over the French, at Cressy, 
where the king ordered his gaiter to be displayed as the signal of battle. 

GAUZE, LAWN, and THREAD, The Manufacture of, 

began 1 759 

The manufacture of these articles were commenced at Paislev, in Scotland, and 
which, in 1784, yielded £575,185. and employed 26,664 hands; in gauze 
alone, it yielded £350,900. 

GAZETTE, The first one in England, published at Oxford, 

November 7, 1 665 

Gazettes are of Venetian oriain, and so called from the price being gazetta, a 
small piece of money. The London Gazette commenced February 5, 1665; 
the first published at Paris, was in 1723; at Leipzic, 1715. A London 
Gazette was ingeniously forged for a Stock Jobbing purpose in November, 

1787. 

GAZETTE, announcement of the payment of the Deccan 

Prize-Money in 1839 

In the London Gazette of 1839, was announced the Scale of distribution of the 
Deccan Prize-Money, among the forces concerned in the Indian campaigns 
of 1817 and 1818. According to this Scale, the share of the booty to the 
Commander-in-Chief was £44,201.; of a captain, £119; and of a private, 
19*. lOd. 

GEE, Mr. an attempt made to force a Bill of Exchange 

from, May 12, 1834 

The three persons — Edwards, Lecaseagne, and Weedon, accused of attempting 
to obtain certain title deeds and a check for £800. by force, from Mr. Gee, a 
solicitor, at Bishop Storford, on the 12th of May, 1834, were convicted at 
the Middlesex Sessions, and sentenced respectively to imprisonment, 
Edwards two years, Lecaseagne one year, and Weedon six months. 



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GENEVA, The Treaty of alliance with Bern and Friburgh 1526 

The Treaty of alliance which Geneva contracted with Bern and Friburgh, may be 
considered as the era of its liberty and independence; for, not long after, the 
Dukes of Savoy were deprived of the authority which they possessed over 
this city; the Bishop was expelled; a republican form of government esta- 
blished, and the Reformation introduced. In 1584, Geneva concluded a 
Treaty of perpetual alliance with Zurich and Bern, by which it is allied with 
the Swiss Cantons. It is governed by a senate, or little council of twenty 
five ; of which four are annually chosen syndics, who are the chief magis- 
trates. Thus far the government is aristocratic. But there is also a Great 
Council, and a General Council or Assembly of the People ; the latter 
amounting to about 1500, who name half the members of the great council, 
as the senate does the other half. This is the democratic part of the govern- 
ment. During the greater part of the last century, to the year 1789, the 
history of Geneva contains little more than a narrative of contests between 
the aristocratic and the popular parties, the history of which would require a 
volume to relate. Suffice it to say, that the years 1768. 1782, and 1789, 
were distinguished by great revolutions; and that, by the last, the constitu- 
tion is now wisely modelled into a mean between the too popular form esta- 
blished in 1768, and the too aristocratic form established in 1782. The 
houses of Geneva are lofty, and well built, and the citizens of both sexes re- 
markably well instructed ; and " it is not uncommon," says Dr. Moore, " to 
find mechanics, in the intervals of their labour, amusing themselves with the 
works of Locke, Montesquieu, Newton, and other productions of the same 
kind." In 1794, by the intrigues of the French faction, a revolution was 
brought about, resembling in miniature that of France, by which much mis- 
chief was done, and many of the principal inhabitants obliged to leave it. 

GENOA, the present form of Government at, established in 1528 

In 1713, the Emperor Charles VI. granted the marquisate of Final to the Re- 
public of Genoa for a large sum of money : and in 1743 the Queen of 
Hungary, by the Treaty of Worms, making over to the king of Sardinia all 
the right she had to Final upon his demanding it; the Republic entered 
into an alliance with France, Spain, and Naples, and in 1745, declared 
against Sardinia; but being hard pressed by Great Britain and the Queen of 
Hungary in 1746, the king of Sardinia took the whole Riviera di Ponente ; 
the English fleet bombarded several places belonging to the Republic, and 
the Imperialists made themselves masters of the city of Genoa. But by the 
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, it was restored in 1748. In the year 1805, 
Genoa was annexed to Fiance. 

GENOA, the Bank of, failed at 1750 

GEORGE'S FIELDS, (ST.) the Magdalen erected near in 1772 

Many Roman coins, chequered pavements, &c. &c. have been found near St. 
George's Fields ; and, in the same year, Parkinson's Museum also stood near 
this spot. 

GEORGIA, (in North America), Colonny of erected 1732 

There are several towns built there, of which Savannah, Ebenezer, and Frederica 
are the chief. There are also several forts, one of which was taken by the 
Spaniards in 1742, but they fled at the approach of General Oglethorpe. 

GEORGIUM SIDUS, The, discovered 1782 

This is probably the most remote planet from the sun : it moves round its orbit 
in about 30,445 days, eighteen hours, at the immense distance of about 1800 
millions of miles from the sun. On account of its distance from the earth, 
its rotation round its axis (and consequently the length of its days and 
nights) is unknown to us. Six satellites, as has hitherto been discovered, 



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revolve round this globe, which is about ninety times larger than the earth. 
As seen from the earth, it appears under an angle of only four seconds of a 
degree, and it cannot be readily distinguished from a fixed star by a less 
magnifying power than 200 times. 

GHENT, or GANT, surrendered to Charles III 1706 

Ghent, or Gant, the capital city of Flanders, in the late Austrian Low Countries, 
lying on the four rivers Scheldt, Lys, Lieue, and Mourwater, which are all 
navigable, besides several canals; whence it is well situated for foreign 
trade; and the silk, woollen, and linen manufacture still flourish; it also 
deals considerably in corn. It is defended by walls and other works, being 
twelve miles in circuit, and has besides a castle, but of no considerable 
strength, by reason of the various aud extensive grounds within it, which 
requires an army for its defence. About half the tract comprised within 
the walls, consists of fields and gardens; the rivers and canals running 
through it constitute twenty-six islands, which are joined by 100 bridges. 
Here the English foot, in queen Anne's wars, generally took up their winter 
quarters, sometimes to the number of twenty-four regiments, who had a 
chapel in the same place, where the English service was performed every 
Sunday. Though the natives reckon this a healthy climate, yet some 
thousands of the English, who were mostly new levied men, lie buried on 
St. Peter's hill, before the large barrack there. John of Gaunt, Duke of 
Lancaster, and son of Edward III. king of England, was born here ; also 
Charles V. Emperor of Germany, and king of Spain, of whom there is a 
statue in the Great Square. 

GIBRALTAR, the Siege of 1704 

In the year 1704, Great Britain, having espoused the cause of Charles III, who 
had been nominated to the Spanish crown, in consequence of the death of 
Charles II. without issue, and in opposition to the Duke of Anjou, second 
son of the Dauphin of France, who had, in virtue of his predecessor's will, 
taken possession of the vacent throne by the title of Philip V. Sir George 
Rooke was despatched with a powerful fleet and a strong body of troops to 
escourt His Majesty to his kingdom, and put him in posssession of it; but 
the people of Spain being in favour of Philip, but not flocking to his standard, 
on his landing at Barcelona, he was compelled to re-embark on the following 
day. 

On the 2lst of July, the fleet entered the Bay of Gibraltar, and the English 
and Dutch marines, amounting to 1800 were landed, under the command of 
the Prince of Hesse, by which all communication was cut off. The Governor 
having received a message to surrender the place to Charles III. the answer 
returned was, his having sworn allegiance to Philip, and his determination to 
defend the place in his name. Admiral Byng, and the Dutch Admiral, 
Vander Dussen,were ordered to cannonade the town, which was accomplished, 
and 15,000 shot were spent in five hours. The Admiral having again sum- 
moned the Governor to surrender, and he finding the firing of the assailants 
to be irrisistible, capitulated on the 24th : on which day, the Prince of Hesse 
marched into the town, which was well defended by 100 guns, and a plentiful 
supply of ammunition. 

Various attempts were made by the Spaniards, (especially in 1726 and 
1760, but which proved ineffectual) to recover their lost possession. On the 
16th of June, 1779, the Spanish Ambassador signified an intention on the 
part of his Court, of regaining it: and on the 27th of the same month, 
Gibraltar was completely separated from the surrounding country, by order 
of the Court of Madrid ; and in the middle of the following month, previous 
to the Spaniards blockading the fort, that General Elliot had arrived in the 
same, and brought with him the aid of his great military science. In the 
preceding April, there happened another fortunate occurrence, the arrival of 
a supply of provisions, a stoppage of which was prevented both from Spain 
and Africa. On the 12th of September, the first firing took place on the 



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GIBRALTAR, the Siege of, (continued,) 1704 

part of the besieged by a cannonade from the fort, which destroyed the 
works which the besiegers had been for some time erecting. The blockade 
became daily closer, and all attempts to relieve the place were cut off. Pro- 
visions became at length extremely dear ; the small-pox, too, had broke out 
amongst the Jewish inhabitants of the town, and every precaution was taken 
to prevent its spreading. The Governor, in order to try how small a quan- 
tity of food life could be supported, subsisted for eight days on four ounces 
of rice per day. Thistles, dandelions, wild leeks, &c. were eaten by the 
people of the town ; and meat rose to four shillings per pound. 

On the 12th of January, 1780, the besiegers opened their fire; and by the 
end of March, the first supply of provisions had arrived, and which were 
brought in by Admiral Rodney, who, in his endeavour to render assistance 
to his distressed countrymen, had the good fortune to capture six of their 
men of war, and which included a sixty-four gun ship, with the Admiral on 
board, and seventeen merchantmen. 

Things continued in this state for some months after ; during which the 
garrison and towns-people were reduced to dreadful privations by a want of 
provisions, previous to the arrival of supplies. In the Spring- of 1781, how- 
ever, the besiegers determined on opening their batteries, and continued to 
fire on the town till they had completely destroyed it. But on the 27th of 
April, a most gallant exploit was performed by a party from the garrison, 
who making a sortie from their fortifications, succeeded in reducing to ashes 
all the erections of the enemy, although they were not less than three quar- 
ters of a mile distant. This, however, was only a temporary relief; for the 
firing soon after re-commenced, and was continued for more than a year 
incessantly; and although a desperate effort was made by the Spaniards to 
bring the siege to a termination, their efforts were in vain, the rock proving 
impregnable. Having procured a reinforcement of 12,000 men, the Duke de 
Crillon was made Commander of the force, and a French Engineer, by name 
D'Arcon, was to make the attack. Numerous floating batteries were con- 
structed, and in such a manner, as to be incapable of being sunk, or set on 
fire; they were to be composed of wood and cork, with layers of wet sand 
between, a strong rope-work netting, covered with wet hides, which consti- 
tuted the roof. These batteries, (ten in number) were mounted with cannon; 
and so confident were the assailants of success, that the Count d'Artois, and 
the Duke de Bourbon, with other celebrated characters, volunteered their 
services, in the vain hope of beholding the entire destruction of this cele- 
brated fortress. 

On the 12th of September, the fleets of France and Spain arrived in the 
bay; the following morning, they drew up on the south and west sides, 
an armament, amounting in number to forty-seven sail of the line, (seven of 
which were three-deckers), and ten battering ships, of immense strength, 
with many frigates, and smaller vessels. An army of 40,000 men, and batte- 
ries, on which were mounted 200 pieces of cannon. The garrison consisted 
of about seven thousand effective men. The ships took their station without 
interruption; but about a quarter before ten o'clock, the citadel began to pour 
upon them a most destructive fire. For several hours the attack and defence 
were maintained amidst the discharge of 400 pieces of the heaviest ordnance, 
and with great spirit, so much so, as not to admit of any appearance of supe- 
riority on either side. 

The Governor having adopted the suggestion of General Boyd, at length 
returned the fire of the besiegers with a tremendous discharge of red-hot 
balls, by which a terrible effect was produced, and an immediate change in 
appearance; and about seven or eight o'clock, it ceased, excepting from one 
or two ships to the northward. At length the attack concluded in the com- 
plete destruction of the assailing squadron. As the evening approached, 
groans and signals of distress from those on board the navy supplied the 
place of the severe firing before, and many of the unfortunate creatures were 
struggling for life in the water, and the victors humanely put out to their 



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GIBRALTAR, the Siege of, (continued.) 1704 

assistance, and numbers of them were picked up. The loss of the enemy 
amounted to 2000, including prisoners; on the side of the English, only 
sixteen weie killed, and sixty-eight wounded. The besieging party had 300 
pieces of ordnance in play ; the garrison, eighty cannon, seven mortars, and 
nine howitzers. Eight thousand, three hundred rounds, more than half of 
which were hot shot, and 716 barrels of powder were expended by the 
English artillery. 

Lord Howe was on his way from England, at the head of a fleet, with 
supplies for the garrison. 

General Elliot, for his gallant defence of Gibraltar, was elevated to the 
Peerage, under the title of Barcn Heathfield, with a pension annexed, of 
equal amount to that conferred upon Sir George Rodney. 

GILDING, with leaf gold, art of invented 1273 

The art of gilding with leaf gold, on bol ammoniac, was invented by Maigaritone, 
1273;' on wood, in 16S0. 

GIN-SHOPS in London amounted to 7000, in 1735 

The Gin Act, for the regulation of Gin-Shops, passed in 1737, 

GLASTONBURY. 

By the ruins, there appears to have been the most magnificent abhey in the 
world, and the Abbot lived in almost as much state as the royal donors, with 
an income of £40,000. a vear; and a vast tract of rich land, which he could 
see from the Tor, in his own possession, exclusive of seven deer parks, 
belonging to this abley, which is walled round a mile in compass, and was 
rated in the Kind's book at £700. a year, more than the Archbishop of 
Canterbury, and £2000. a year more than the Bishopric of Durham. The 
Abbot bad the title of Loid, and sat among' the barons in Parliament. (See 
Abbots of Glastoneury, No. 1.) The Tor, so called, from the tower 
which stands on it, was a hill so high, that it proved an excellent sea-mark. 
King Edgar, and many other Saxon kings were interred in its abbey church, 
as was also, (in Mr. Camden's opinion), King Arthur. Every cottage has a 
part of a pillar, a door, or a window, of this fabric, of which there still 
remained (1814) the ruins of the choir, the middle tower, and chapels. 
There is nothing left entire of the Abbott's lodge but the kitchen, which 
was buiit of stone by one of the Abbots, without any combustible material. 
The walls that remain of the abbey are overgrown with ivy, and the aspect 
of the whole is both melancholy and venerable. This town, while under the 
protection of its Abbots, was a parliamentary borough, but it lost that and 
its privilege of a Coiporation, the latter of which was, however, restored by 
Queen Anne, who granted it a new Charter for a Mayor and burgesses. The 
George Inn, was at that time called the Abbott's Inn, because it was a recep- 
tacle for the strollers that came in pilgrimage to the abbey. A little distance 
from the old church, and facing the monk's church-yard are two remarkable 
pyramids, with inscriptions that aie in characters unintelligible, and an 
image in Bishop's vestments. 

GLASS-TAX established 1746 

The art of making glass was known to the Romans before the year 79; to the 
Chinese aboit 200. It was introduced into England by Benedict, a monk, 
674; glass windows began to be used in privale houses in England, 1180; 
glass bottles, and vessels, made in England in 1557; the first plate glass for 
looking glasses, and coach windows, made at Lambeth, 1673; in Lancashire, 

1773. 



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GLASSES, MUSICAL. 

Musical Glasses are of German origin, and revived by Dr. Franklin, 1760. They 
were brought to a higher state of exquisiteness by the Cartwrights, in Eng- 
land, 1799. 

GLENCOE,. massacre of the Inhabitants at 1691 

King William having published a Proclamation, inviting the Highlanders, who 
had been in arms for king James If,.to accept a general a nesty before the 
first of January, on pain of military execution after that period, Alexander 
Macdonald, laird of Glencoe, went accordingly to Fort William, on the very 
last day of December, and offered to surrender to the Governor, who in- 
formed him, that he must apply to a Civil Magistrate. Upon which he 
repaired with all possible expedition to Inverary, the county town and sur- 
render himself to the Sheriff, the time prescribed by the Proclamation being 
then expired one day. The Sheriff, however, in consideration of his having 
offered to surrender to the Governor of Fort William before the time had 
expired, accented his submission; and Macdonald, having taken the oaths, 
returned to Glencoe, in full confidence of security and protection. Notwith- 
standing which, on the 13th of February following, this dreadful catastrophe 
took place. According to Smollett (see Continuation, vol. i. page 156), the 
Earl of Breadalbane, from motives of personal enmity to Macdonald, had 
concealed the circumstance of the surrender from the ministry; and an order 
for the military execution, signed bv king William, was transmitted to the 
Secretary of State for Scotland, and but too fatally obeyed. 

GLENCHIL, Rebels defeated 1719 

GOODWIN SANDS, The first overflowed in 1100 

GOLD MINES, discovered in 1492 

Gold mines were discovered by the Spaniards in America, in 1492, from which 
time, to 1731, they imported from thence into Europe above 6000 millions 
of pieces of Eight, in regisrered gold and silver, exclusive of what were un- 
registered. 

GOLD discovered in Malacca, October 27, 1 731 

In New Andalusia, 1785; in Ireland, in the mountain called Craghawn, in 
Wickiow, September, 1795. 

GOLD-DUST ROBBERY, The extraordinary, June 1839 

Lewin Caspar, Ellis Caspar, Emanuel Moses, (alias Money Moses,) and his 
daughter, Alice Abrahams, the individuals charged in the above robbery, 
were brought up to receive sentence at the February Sessions at the Old 
Bailey, before Mr. Justice Williams, when Ellis Caspar and Emanuel Moses, 
were sentenced to be transported beyond the seas for the term of fourteen 
years, the sentence to take place from the date of conviction ; and Alice 
Abrahams, to be imprisoned four Calendar months, from the time of passing 
the sentence. At the conclusion of the sentence, the Counsel for the prose- 
cution, (Mr. Clarkson), applied for an order of detention against Lewin 
Caspar, two indictments being still pending against him. It was then 
arranged that the prisoner, Lewin Caspar, should be detained till five o'clock 
on the following day, when the Judges decided that the charge of being an 
accessory before the fact, could not be sustained At the Old Bailey 
Sessions for March, (1840), he was indicted f r larcenv, in aiding and assist- 
ing Moss in the commission of the above robberv. The trial did not termi- 
nate until after nine o'clock at night, when the Jury returned a verdict of 
" Guilty," and the Court sentenced him to be transported for seven years. 



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GOLDEN ISLAND, attempt to settle a Colony at, by the 

Scotch, in 1698 

In 1698, in the reign of king William III. a colony of the Scots nation attempted 
to settle, but finding it barren, they possessed themselves of an isthmus 
on the opposite shore of the continent so strong, that they could not have 
been dispossessed by the Spaniards, had not the English ministry, at that 
time, contributed to their calamities. 

GOTHEBORG, or GOTTENBURG, attack made upon by 

the Danes 1788 

The fortifications of this town are so weak, that the Danes, who attacked the 
Swedes in 1788, under the pretence of an alliance with Russia, must have 
taken it, with the king of Sweden in person, but for the interference of Mr. 
Elliot, the British Minister, under whose mediation an armistice, and after- 
ward a convention, were concluded between the two contending powers. 

GOUDHURST, Church of, severely damaged 1637 

The Church of Goudhurst, in the county of Kent, was so severely injured by a 
storm of thunder and lightning, in August, 1637, that its tall steeple was 
obliged to be pulled down. 

GRANADA, or GRENADA. 

The whole Exports of Granada, in 1770, were more than £506,000. sterling. 
Before the year 1763, this was a neutral island, when the English became 
possessed of it by the peace. In 1771, this island received a very consider- 
able loss by a fire at St. George's town, the capital of the island, which it had 
scarcely recovered before another happened, November 1, 1775, which burnt 
down the whole town, and the loss was estimated at above £500,000. In 
1779, the island was taken by the French, under Count d'Estaing, but 
restored to Great Britain at the Peace. This island also suffered greatly in 
1795 from the French, and revolted negroes ; many fine plantations were 
destroyed, and some of the principal inhabitants cruelly massacred. 

GRANADILLOS, (Carabee Islands), ceded to the English, 

by the Peace in 1763 

GRAPES, cultivated in Flanders 1276 

Brought to England, and planted at Blackhall, Suffolk, 1552. 

GRAVELINES, demolished by the English 1384 

Gravelines was fortified by the Emperor Charles V. 1528. The French were 
defeated near this place, by the Spaniards, 1558. Taken by the French, 1644. 
By the Austrians, 1652; and re-taken by the former, in 1658, who were 
confirmed in the possession of it by the Peace of the Pyrenees. It was 
entirely laid in ashes in 1694. 

GR AVESEND, the Town of, burnt down in 1 727 

The fair of, for one week, from October 23, was granted by king Edward III. 
In the reign of Richard II. the French and Spaniards came up the Thames, 
burnt and plundered it, and carried away most of the people. To compen- 
sate the town for this loss, it obtained, that the inhabitants of this place 
and Milton should have the sole privilege of carrying passengers from hence 
to London by water at 4*. the whole fare, or 2d. a head, which was con- 
firmed by Henry VIII. who also raised two platforms here and at Milton. 
Coaches ply here at the landing of people from London, &c. to carry them to 
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tliey have' been visited by the Custom House Officers, Upon the burning of 
the town, £5000. was granted by Parliament in 1-73-1 for re-building its 
church. 

GREEK introduced into England in . . . 1491 

GREEK CHURCH, St. Giles', erected in 1677 

This Church, (or Chapel) formerly stood in Crown-street, St. Giles', (at that 
time named Hog-lane), leading from Tottenham Court-road, to the Seven 
Dials. 

From a Greek inscription over the west door, engraved on a stone slab, in 
five lines, we are informed, (from the translation) that 

" In the year of salvation, 1677, this temple was erected by the Greeks, 
in the reign of the Most Serene Charles the Second, and when the Lord 
James was Prince and Royal Duke, and the most Rev. Lord Henry Compton, 
High Priest (Bishop of London) at the expense of the above-mentioned, and 
of other the High Priest and Nobles, and with the concurrence of our humi- 
lity,' Samuel' Me son of* * * * of the island of Melos." 

It is generally known that all this quarter of the town was built in the 
reign of King Charles II. ; and Soho-square, is stated by Maitland and StJow 
to have been originally named King-square, although it is now called Sbhb- 
square; and we doubt not, but that Greek-street derived its name from its 
contiguity to the Greek Church. It is supposed, from the diminution of the 
Greek people residing in London, that they were not sufficient in number to 
form a Congregation; for, in 17-58, the Church was transferred to the French 
refugee Protestants, who at this time resided in this quarter, but who 
attended Divine worship at the Chapel in Spring Gardens. 

The Greek Church, with its dependencies the alms-houses, was, not long 
since, in the possession of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ; but it has since been 
sold, and the poor who ocoupied those alms-houses, are now removed to the 
country establishment of that parish. 

GREEN", Saxon, invented ...........: 1744 

GREEN DYE for Cottoil invented 1777 

The inventor was Dr. R. Williams. 

GREENLAND, (WEST) discovered 1585 

Called by Forbisher, or rather Queen Elizabeth, Meta Incognita. It was first 
discovered'by one John Davis, an Englishman, in 1585, from whom the strait 
between the N. continent of America and Greenland takes its name. The 
most southerly point of land is Cape Farewell. The inhabitants of this 
country 1 are barbarous, and live in Winter about' eight families together, in a 
very dirty manner, in narrow 5 low huts arid caves: their summer habita- 
tions are slight tents, made of sea dog's skins. Here the Danes, who claim 
the- sovereignty of the country, have a few colonies, and have sent Mission- 
aries thither, with some success; the most remarkaTJle of these was Mr. 
Paul Egecle, who went first among them in 1723, and has published a 
Greenland Dictionary, in Danish and Latin, and besides other small pieces 
for the instruction of the Greenlanders, has also translated the Four Evan- 
gelists into their language, and printed them at Copenhagen. The fishery is 
the only valuable thing about Greenland. 

GREGORIAN CALENDAR, The, used in 1582 

The Gregorian Calendar Was , first used' in the Catholic States of Europe, 1582; 
in most of the others, 1710 ; in England and in Sweden, 1752. 

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GREY, EARL, invested with the Blue Ribbon of the Order 

of the Garter, May 27 1831 

Earl Grey was invested by His Majesty, (William IV.) with the Blue Ribbon of 
the Order of the Garter, at a Chapter of the Order, held for that purpose at 
St. James's. 

GRIFFITH JENKINS ESTATE, (The) alleged Sale of 1807 

The alleged purchase of the Griffith Jenkins Estate by Mr. Serjeant Wilde, and 
which led to his having been excluded from the Mess of the Western 
Circuit, took place in 1807. Lord Grey declined to give him the Solicitor 
Generalship on these grounds. A decision of the Vice-Chancellor declared 
the purchase to have been a fraudulent one. 

GRIST MILLS invented in Ireland 214 

GRODNO, appointed time of Diets to be held at, 1673 

In this year it was ordered that every third Diet should be holden here, at which 
time 400 ducats are usually paid for four apartments in a house for six 
weeks only. In 1753, almost the whole town was burnt down. 

GROSVENOR SQUARE, the centre house of, raffled for, 

June 10, 1739 

The above premises were raffled for by Guinea Tickets, valued at £10,000. 

GROSVENOR BRIDGE, over the Dee, opened, Octo- 
ber 17, 1832 

The Grosvenor Bridge, over the Dee, formally opened by the Princess (now 
Queen) Victoria, then on a visit to Eaton Hall, the seat of the Grosvenor 
family. Not thrown open to the public generally till New Year's Day, 1834. 
First stone laid October I, 1827. Total cost of, £49,900. Largest arch 
200 feet span; rise forty-two feet ; form circular. Architect, Mr. Hartley. 
Contractor, Mr. James Trubshaw. 

GUADALOUPE, the French began to send Colonies to the 

Island of. 1632 

Since that time they have been continually improving and fortifying it, and yet it 
was taken by the English in 1759, who found it extremely pleasant and 
fertile; but it was restored to the French by the Treaty of Peace in 1763. 
The most remarkable curiosity in Guadaloupe is the burning mountain, 
called by the French " la Souffriere j " it is seated in the South part of Ca- 
besterre ; and that called the Piton, or Pike, which is elevated above the 
rest of the mountains, is twenty-four yards high, and 160 in circumference. 
It consists of a heap of large white calcined stones, and on the top there is 
a mouth of about thirty-six yards in diameter; the edges are covered with 
large stones, mixed with ashes and pieces of sulphur, and there proceeds 
from it, from time to time, clouds of black thick, sulphureous smoke, mixed 
•with sparks of fire. Besides this, there are other places which continually 
emit smoke with sparks of fire, which do not prevent the air from being very 
cold. The negroes often go in quest of the sulphur, which they purify and 
sell. 

GUALDA, a small town in Italy, almost entirely destroyed 

by an Earthquake , 1751 



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GUANIHANI, or ST. SALVADOR, now (CATTIS- 
LAND. 

It was the first land Columbus discovered on the 14th of October, 1492, whence 
he called it St. Salvador, his crew having given themselves over for lost in 
an immense ocean, till they saw this island. 

GUARDS for the King's person instituted in 1486 

Had their pay advanced in April, 1737. 

GUILLOTINE, The, first used in France 1792 

It was known in Italy in the 16th century. 

GUILDHALL, Grand Dinner given at, July 9, 1814 

This Dinner was given by the Corporation of London, to His Grace the Duke of 
Wellington. 

GUILDHALL, magnificent Dinner given at, on the passing 

of the Reform Bill, July 11 1832 

This splendid banquet was also given by the Corporation of London, to Lords 
Grey and Brougham, on presenting them with the Freedom of the City, and 
at which were present His Majesty's Ministers, and several other persons of 
distinction, in celebration of the passing of the Reform Bill, July 11, 1832. 

GUINEA. 

The first slave trade on this coast by the English, was opened by John Hawkins, 
assisted by a subscripton of sundry English gentlemen ; he sailed from Eng- 
land with three ships, purchased negroes, sold them at Hispaniola, and re- 
turned home richly laden with hides, sugar, and ginger, 5th Elizabeth, 1563. 
It was first carried on by the Spaniards, at the suggestion of Bartholomew de 
las Casas, as a substitute for the Indians who had hitherto been used for 
working the mines. 

GUISE, in Picardy, the last siege of, in 1650 

The town of Guise had in its time sustained several sieges. The last was by 
the Archduke Leopold. 

GULLY, Mr. Action against, March 28, 1834 

An action was brought at York, against Mr. Gully, the Member of Parliament, 
by a Mr. Ridsdale, for an assault. The Jury returned a verdict for the 
Plaintiff — Damages £500. 

GUN-POWDER PLOT discovered, November 5, 1 605 

GUNPOWDER invented by Schwartz, a German 1330 

Made in England, 1413} used in Spain, 1344; mercurial gunpowder, invented 
by A.J. Forsyth, a Scots Clergyman. 

GUNS, great, invented 1330 

Used by the Moors at the siege of Algesiras, 1344: at the battle of Cressy, 1346, 
when Edward III. had four pieces of cannon, which gained him the battle : 
they were also used at the siege of Calais, in 1347 : in Denmark, 1354; at 
sea, by Venice against Genoa, 1377: used in Scotland, 1400: by the Eng- 
lish against Berwick, 1405: used in Spain, 1406: used by the Russians, 
against Felling, in Livonia, 1482: by the Swedes, 1495 : made in England 
of iron, 1547: of brass, 1635: invented to shoot whales, 1735. Firing with 
locks was first practised by Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, Bart. 



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GWALXQB, the fortress of, taken 1 780 

The ancient and celebrated fortress of Hindostan Proper, is in the province of 
Gohud, It stands on a vast rock, about four miles in length, but narrow 
and of unequal breadth, and nearly flat on the top. The sides are so steep 
as to appear almost perpendicular in every part : for where it was not natu- 
rally so, it has been scraped away ; and the height from the plain below is 
from 200 to 300 feet. The rampart; conforms to the edge of the precipice all 
round; and the only entrance is by steps running up the side of the rock, 
defended on the side next the country by a wall and bastions. The area 
within is full of noble buildings, reservoirs of water, wells, and cultivated 
"land, so that it is a little district within itself. In a word, this place is con- 
sidered as the Gibraltar of the East. It was taken, however, by Major 
Popham, who performed this exploit by an unexpected nocturnal escalade. 

GYULA, a town in Hungary Proper, taken by the Turks ... 1566 

Gyula was formerly fortified, but being taken by the Turks, at the above date, is 
now dismantled. 

HABEAS CORPUS ACT passed : 1641 

.The suspension of this Act has taken place on different occasions. — Suspended 
May 27, 1679; again 1715, for six months ; 1716, for six months ; J722, for 
twelve months; 1744, for six months ; 1779, for six months ; 1794, 1795, 
1798, 1799, and 1800, for nine months; 1801, six weeks; in 1808, in con- 
sequence of the Piebellion j again suspended, on account of the Report of 
the Green Bag Committee, March 3, 1817 ; the suspension to continue till 
July 1 ; was renewed a few days previous to the expiration of that period. 
Writs of, made issuable in vacations, and returnable immediately, 1814. 

HADDINGTON, great inundation at, October 4 1775 

Inundations from the river Tyne, on which the town is situated, are frequent, and 
sometimes very destructive: particularly that above dated, when it suddenly 
rose fifteen feet above the common run of the river, overflowed the whole East 
end of the town, did a great deal of damage to the neighbouring country, and 
■would have spread its destructive consequences still farther, had it not been 
for some high dykes, which obstructed its course a little below the -town, 
giving way. 

HAIR POWDER, the taxing of, began 1795 

The origin of wearing powder in the hair, in England, took its rise from some of 
the ballad singers at the Fair of St. Germain whitening their heads, to make 
them look ridiculous. It was introduced in this country, 1614. Tax on, of 
one guinea took place, May 5, 1795. 

HAMMERSMITH GHOST, the affair of the 1804 

The particulars of ^his tragical event are as follow : — The inhabitants of the 
neighbourhood of Hammersmith had been for some days in a state of alarm, 
arising from the report that a ghost had been seen, which report so intimi- 
dated the residents of the place, that few would venture out of their houses 
after dusk, unless upon urgent business. A young man, however, who 
possessed more courage than the rest of his neighbours, determined to watch 
the proceedings of this visitant of the other world : he accordingly placed 
himself in a secluded spot, armed with a gun, and as near the spot as possi- 
ble to where the ghost had been seen. He had not remained long in his 
hiding-place, when he heard the sound of footsteps advancing, and immedi- 
ately challenged the supposed spirit : but not receiving any answer, he fired 
at the object. A deep groan was heard, and upon a light being procured, 
it was discovered that a" poor bricklayer, who passed that way from his work 



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on that evening rather later than usual, and who having on a new flannel 
jacket, was the innocent cause of this unfortunate occurrence. The young 
man was tried for murder, and acquitted. 

HANOVERIAN TROOPS, arrival of in England 1756 

At this time a scarcity next to a famine raged in England : and the Hessian 
troops, who with the Hanoverians, had been sent to defend the kingdom 
from an invasion intended by the French, remained still in England. So 
many difficulties concurring, in 1758- a treaty of mutual defence was agreed 
to between His Majesty and the king of Prussia ; in consequence of which, 
the British. Parliament voted £670,000. to His Prussian Majesty; and also 
voted large sums, amounting in the whole to near two millions a year for the 
payment of 50,000 of the troops of Hanover, Hesse Cassel, Saxe Gotha, 
Wolfenbuttel, and Buckeburg. This Treaty, which proved afterwards so 
burdensome to England, was intended to unite the Protestant interest in 
Germany. George II. with the consent of His Prussian Majesty, pretending 
that the French had violated the Convention concluded between them and 
the Duke of Cumberland at Closterseven, ordered his Hanoverian subjects 
to resume their arms under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, a Prussian 
general, who instantly drove them out of Hanover ; and the Duke of Marl- 
borough, after the English had repeatedly insulted the French coasts, by 
destroying their stores and shipping at St. Maloes and Cherbourg, marched 
into Germany, andjoined Prince Ferdinand with 12,000 British troops, which 
were afterwards increased to 25,000. A sharp war ensued. The English 
every where performed wonders, and, according to the accounts in the 
London Gazette, they were every where victorious^ but nothing decisive 
followed, and the enemy opened every campaign with advantage. 

HARLOTS, a Statute passed to compel them to wear a 

Livery 1355 

They were obliged to wear striped hoods of party colours, and their garments the 
wrong side outward: — 27th Edward III. 

HAT-TAX commenced, October 1 , 1784 

Stamps for ditto, 1796. Repealed in 1811. 

H AWKERS and PEDLARS licensed, June 24, 1697 

Restrained, 1785. New Act for, in 1810. 

HEARTH, or CHIMNEY MONEY, oppressive Tax of, 

pased 1662 

By this arbitrary measure, a tax of 2s. per annum was laid on every file place, or 
hearth, throughout England, 12th Charles II. 1662. It was abolished by 
William and Mary, 1689. 

HEGIR A, i. e. THE FLIGHT OF MAHOMET 622 

In Chronology, a celebrated epocha, from whence the Mahometans compute their 
time ; which took its origin from Mahomet's flight from Mecca, on the even- 
of the 15th. or 16th of Jr.ly, AD. 622, in the reign of Heraclius, being 
driven from thence by the Magistrates for fear his imposture should occasion 
sedition. As the years of the Hegira consist of only 354 days, they are 
reduced to the Julian Calendar, by multiplying the year of the Hegira by 
354, dividing the product by 365, subtracting the intercalary days, or as 
many times as there are four years in the quotient, and adding 622 to the 
remainder. 



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HEIDELBURG, city of sacked and plundered by the 

French 1683 

In 1692, they almost entirely destroyed it, not sparing even the Electoral burial 
place, many of the dead bodies being thrown about the streets, merely 
because some had concealed themselves in vaults, obliging the inhabitants to 
seek their safety in foreign countries : many of them came into England, and 
were transported to our American colonies. The famous tun of Heidelburg 
was repaired in the year 1727, and is generally full of the best Rhenish Wine, 
and is said to contain 204 tons of liquor. The head of this cask is flat, and 
surrounded with rails, so that several persons may walk about, or have an 
entertainment upon it. This huge cask was made in the year 1G64, by order 
of the Elector Charles Lewis. 

HELENA, ST. the Island of, discovered 1502 

This small rocky spot, in the midst of the Atlantic Ocean, is about twenty miles 
in circumference. Mr. Forster tells us, that, " Having travelled about half 
a mile from the town into the country, he was transported with one of the 
finest prospects he had ever seen, consisting of several little hills, covered 
with rich verdure, and interspersed with fertile vallies, which contained 
gardens, orchards, and various plantations : that many pastures were filled 
with cattle: that every valley was watered by a rivulet: that the soil was in 
general rich mould, from six to ten inches deep, clothed with a variety of 
plants and shrubs, and, in the Governor's garden, there were a profusion of 
roses and lilies : several walks of peach trees, loaded with fruit, and which 
had a peculiar rich flavour, different from that of our peaches. Other Euro- 
pean fruit trees throve bi*t indifferently, never bearing fruit. Vines had 
been planted several times, but had not succeeded, on account of the 
climate: and that the barley, and other kinds of corn, are frequently de- 
voured by rats, which are immensely numerous. The number of inhabitants 
does not exceed 2000, including soldiers and 600 slaves, who are supplied 
with all sorts of manufactures and other necessaries." This island 
is rendered famous by being the place chosen by the Allied Sovereigns for 
the exile of Bonaparte. It came into the possession of the English in 1672, 
soon after its capture from the Dutch by Admiral Munden, when it was 
granted by Charles II. to the East India Company, to whom it is invaluable 
as a place for their fleet to supply themselves with fresh water. 

HELIER, ST. 

It took its name from Elerius, or Helier, a holy man, who lived in this island 
many centuries ago, and was slain by the Pagan Normans, at their coming 
there. He is mentioned among the martyrs in the Martyrology of Coutances. 
His little cell, with the stone bed, is still shown among the rocks : and, in 
memory of him, a noble abbey was founded in this island. On the site of 
this abbey, now stands Elizabeth castle, a very large and strong fortification. 
It is the residence of the Governor and garrison of St. Helier, and occupies 
the whole island, which is near a mile in circuit, and surrounded by the sea 
at every half flood: and hence, at low water, is a passage to the town of 
St. Helier, called the Bridge, half a mile long, and formed of sand and 
stones. 

HENRY WILLIAM, (Duke of Clarence.) 

William Henry, Duke of Clarence, third son of George III. was the first Prince 
of the Blood Royal that ever landed in North America, 1781: or Ireland, 
1788. 

HENRY II. held the stirrup to Pope Alexander, to mount 

his horse 1 161 

Henry also did the same to Becket, 1170. 



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HEPTARCHY of England began , 454 

Ended in 824. 

HERALDRY, had its rise in 1100 

Heraldic lines for colours in coats of arms invented in 1639. 

HERCULANEUM, the ancient city of, buried in the lava 

of an Eruption of Mount Vesuvius 79 

It was discovered by a peasant in 1730, of whom the prince d'Elbceuf purchased 
a right to Search for the Curiosities : he was' stopt by Government, but the 
researches were renewed in 1736, by Don Carlos, on his becoming king of 
Naples. The Manuscripts found there, which had not been burnt, were 
unfolded by father Anthony Piaggi. 

HERETICS, (the burning of) forbidden by Parliament 1677 

Thirty of them came from Germany to England, to propagate their opinions, and 
were branded in the forehead, whipt, and thrust naked in the streets in the 
middle of winter, when none daring to relieve them, they died of hunger and 
cold, 1160. 

HERITABLE JURISDICTIONS in Scotland abolished,... 1747 

They were valued at £164,232. 16*. 

HERRING FISHERY, first practised by the Hollanders 

in ; 1164 

HERRING-PICKLING invented 1397 

W. Boekel was the inventor. 

HEXHAM, Northumberland, Monastery founded at, in ... 1112 

The liberties were so large that they procured it the name of a shire: and by Act 
of Parliament in the reign of Henry VIII. it was of itself made a county 
Palatine. It also was the See of a Bishop in 674, but the diocese was so 
harassed and ruined by the Danes, that no man could be found to accept of 
the Bishopric, and it was in consequence united to Lindisfarn i» 883. The 
town and priory were destroyed by the Scots in 1296, and pillaged again in 
1346. 

HIERES, the French and Spanish Fleets blocked up in the 

bay of, by the English 1744 

Upon the latter quitting the harbour, they were engaged by Admiral Matthews, 
before whom the combined fleet fled to the coast of Spain, and would proba- 
bly have been entirely destroyed or taken, had he not been deserted by 
Lestock, his Vice-Admiral, and several of his Captains, though some of that 
squadron came into the engagement, particularly the Marlborough, com- 
manded by the brave Captain Cornwall, who was killed in the engagement, 
and in memory of his gallant behaviour, the British Senate, of which he 
was a member, unanimously voted a very magnificent monument to be 
erected at the public expense in Westminster Abbey. 

HIGHGATE. 

It has its name from its high situation on the top of a hill, and a gate erected 
there about 400 years ago, to receive toll for the Bishop of London, when the 
old miry road from Gray's Inn-lane to Barnet was turned through the 
Bishop's Park, which gate is now removed. This toll was farmed by Queen 
Elizabeth at £40. a year. Some of the public houses there have, (or lately 



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HIGHGATE (continued.) 

had) a large pair of horns placed on the sign, and when the country people 
stop for refreshment, a pair of large horns, fixed to the end of a staff, is 
brought to them, and they are pressed to be sworn. If they consent, a kind 
of burlesque oath is administered, that they ivill never eat brown bread, 
when they can get white, and other things, which are altered according to 
the sexes, and which they repeat after the person who brings the horns: 
being allowed, however, to add to each article the words, — " except I like 
the other better." The whole being finished, they must kiss the horns, and 
pay a shilling for the oath. 

HIGHLAND DRESS, The, prohibited in Scotland by Law, 

Angus t 1 746 

It was restored in 1782. 

HIGH TREASON ACT, The, passed 1696 

It was improved in 1795. 

HINDOOSTAN, or INDIA, invaded 1398 

The name India, by which this country, as far as it was known, is distinguished 
in the earliest Greek histories, appears to be derived from Hind, the name 
given to it by the ancient Persians, through whom, doubtless, the knowledge 
of the country was transmitted to the Greeks. The word- Hindoostan is, 
indeed, entirely of Persian origin, compounded of Stan, a region, and Hind, 
or Hindoo. From a pure Hindoo government, it became at last a Maho- 
metan state, and continued to be so, under various dynasties, till the 
beginning of this century. The first irruption of the Mahometans was in 
the year 1000. From this period, it is to be observed, that the provinces 
of Hindoostan were held rather as tributary kingdoms, than as provinces of 
the same empire: and that the conquest of theDeccan, in particular, was for 
age's an object of considerable importance to the Emperors. In 1398, the 
Mogul Tartars, under the conduct of Timur, or Tamerlane, invaded Hin- 
doostan : but the conquest was not effected'till 1525, by Sultan Baber, one of 
his descendants, who from this circumstance, was, in reality, the founder of 
the Mogul dynasty: and hence Hindoostan has been- called the Mogul 
Empire, and its chief, the Great Mogul. The illustrious Acbar, his son, 
failed in. his attack upon the Deccau : an attempt, in which many- of his' 
successors were equally unfortunate, and which tended, in the sequel, to the 
decline and dissolution of the Empire. In If) 15, the Emperor Jehanguire,. 
hisfs'on, received Sir Thomas Roe, as the first English Ambassador: and the 
Portuguese had, by this time, acquired considerable settlements in Bengal 
and Guzerat. In the reign of his grandson Aurungzebe, which lasted from 
1660 to 1707, the Empire attained its full extent. His authority reached 
from 10 to 35 latitude and nearly as much in longitude, and his revenue ex- 
ceeded £32, 000, 000. sterling, in a country where the productions of the earth 
are four times as cheap as in England. But, in the course of 5"0 yearsafter 
his death; a succession of weak princes and wicked ministers reduced this 
astonishing empire to nothing. Bloody contests for the empire ensued on 
the death of Aurungzebe, 11 years after which five princes of the line, who 
had' mounted the throne, were deposed and murdered; and the deo-iaded 
state of the imperial authority had introduced a disposition in all the governors 
of the provinces to shake off their dependance on the head of the empire. In 
a word, instead of finding the emperors attempting now the conquest of the 
Deccan, we perceive their- empire attacked by the powerful Nizam of that 
country, by whose contrivance Nadah Shah, the Persian usurper, invaded 
Hindoostan in 1738. The weak emperbr, Mahomed Shah, threw himself on 1 
the clemeneyjof the invader^ who entered Delhi,' and demanded £30,000,000. 
sterling, by way of ransrjm. Tumults, massacres, and famine, were the 



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HINDOOSTAN, or INDIA, invaded, (continued.) 1398 

result: 100,000 of the inhabitants were massacred, and sixty-two millions of 
plunder said to be collected. He evacuated Delhi, however, and left the 
Nizam in possession of the whole remaining power of the empire, which he 
sacrificed to his own views in the Deccan, where he established an inde- 
pendent kingdom. Mahomed Shah died in 1747, having seen the Carnatic 
and Bengal become likewise independent, under their respective nabobs; an 
independent state too, formed by the Rohillas (a_tribe from the mountains 
between India and Persia) on the east of the Ganges, within 80 miles of the 
Delhi; and the kingdom of Candahar, erected by Abdalla, one of the gene- 
rals of Nadir Shah. Ahmed Shah, the son of Mahomed, succeeded; in whose 
rei^n the entire division of the empire took place ; nothing remaining to the 
house of Tamerlane but a small territory round Delhi, with the city itself 
(no longer a capital) exposed to depredations, massacres, &c. The last 
imperial army was defeated by the Rohillas in 1749. Oude was seized by 
the grandfather of the Nabob. The Mogul empire was now become merely 
nominal, being regarded as of no political consequence, otherwise than as to 
the names and persons of its Emperors. The name and person of each Em- 
peror was of use so far, as being venerated by the bulk of the people of 
Hindoostan, which is evident, from the application made for grants of terri- 
tory, forcibly obtained by the grantee, but which required the sanction of the 
Lord Paramount, to reconcile the transaction to the popular opinion. Ahmed 
was deposed in 1753, as was his successor, and murdered, in 1760. Pie was 
succeeded by his son, Shah Aulum, who was alternately dependent on the 
contending powers, and more particularly upon the English, who obtained 
from him a grant of the provinces of Bengal, Bahar, and Orissa, with the 
Northern Circars. He was long a state prisoner ; living on the produce of a 
small domain, allowed out of veneration to his ancestors, and the use of his 
name. He was dethroned and blinded by the Rohillas; who being defeated 
byMadajee Sindia, his son, a Mahratta chief, succeeded him, and lived in the 
same deplorable state. After this, Hindoostan consisted but of six principal 
states, which hold as tributary, numerous inferior states. These sis princi- 
pal states are, the British ; the Poonah Mahrattas ; the Berar Mahrattas ; 
Nizam Ally, Soubah of the Deccan ; Mysore, or the dominions of Tippoo 
Sultan 5 and the Seiks. The British possessions are, Bengal, the greater 
part of Bahar, part of Allahabad, part of Orissa, the northern Circars, the 
Jaohire in the Carnatic, Baramahal Dindigul, and some considerable coun- 
tries to the North and South of Calicut, on the coast of Malabar, with 
Bombay, and the island of Salsette. The allies of the British, who may be 
considered as dependent on them, are the Nabob of Oude : the Nabob of the 
Carnatic, including Tanjore, Madura, Tinevelley, and Marrawars: the 
Rajahs of Travancore : and the territory of Cochin. The Indian territory 
held by England either in direct subjection, or through the intervention of 
dependent allies, containing more than 20,000,000 of inhabitants, and yields 
an annual revenue of £8,000,000. sterling. Exclusive of the Europeans, 
the inhabitants of Hindoostan are computed at 10,009,000 Mahometans, and 
100,000,000 Hindoos. The Hindoos are divided into tribes or casts, the 
four principal of which are, the Bramins, Soldiers, labourers, and Mechanics : 
and are subdivided into a multiplicity of inferior distinctions. There are 
Bramins of various degrees of excellence, who have the care of religion 
allotted to them. The Bramins vary much in their pursuits, and in their 
degrees of knowledge : acknowledge the errors that have crept into their 
religion, and own one Supreme Being : but laugh at the idolatry of the 
multitude, and insist upon the necessity of working upou the weaknesses of 
the vulgar. The generality of the Bramins are as ignorant as the laity: and 
such as are not engaged in worldly pursuits, are a very innocent people, who 
promote charity as much as they can, but are very superstitious; those who 
engage in the world are generally the worst of all the Gentoos ; for, per- 
suaded that the waters of the Ganges will purify them from their sins, and 

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HINDOOSTAN, or INDIA, invaded, (continued,) 1398 

being exempt from the titmost rigour of the Courts of Justice (under the 
Gentoo Governments,) they run into much greater excesses. The soldiers 
are called Rajah Poots, (descended from the Rajahs.) Fighting is their profes- 
sion, and they readily enter into the service of any that will pay them, and 
readily follow the same; but, should their leader fall in battle, they will fly 
from the field, without any stain on their reputation. The English East 
India Company have many battalions of them in their service, who are called 
Sepoys, and are clothed and disciplined in the European manner. The 
Hellachores, who cannot be called a tribe, being rather the refuse of all 
tribes, are a set of unhappy wretches, destined to perpetual misery, and 
who are obliged to perform the vilest offices of life. In such detestation are 
they held, that, on the Malabar side of Hindoostan, should one of them by 
chance touch an Hindoo of a superior tribe, the latter would draw his sabre, 
and cut him down on the spot, without the least compunction, or fear of 
punishment. 

Previous to closing the detail relating to Hindoostan, we shall advert for 
a few moments to the dreadful custom which prevailed there, of the self 
immolation of widows on the death of their husbands : — 

Mr. Holwell says, " I have been present at many of these sacrifices: in 
1743, I was at one near Cossimbuza, when a widow, about eighteen, with 
three children, the eldest not four years of age, was strongly urged to live, 
for the sake of the future care of her infants. Notwithstanding this, and 
though the agonies of death were described to her in the strongest colours, 
she put her finger into the fire with a calm and determined countenance, and 
held it a considerable time. She then, with one hand, put fire into the palm 
of the other, sprinkled incense on it, and fumigated the Bramins. Being 
then told that she would not be permitted to burn, she resolutely answered, 
that death was in her own power, and that if she were not allowed to burn, 
she would starve herself. Her friends were obliged, at last, to consent to 
the dreadful sacrifice of this lady, who was of high rank," In 1781, another 
of these sacrifices took place near Benares, but of an inferior cast. Mr. 
Hodges, (who witnessed it,) says : — " Repairing to the spot, on the banks 
of the river, where the ceremony was to take place, I found the body of the 
man on a bier, covered with linen, already laid at the edge of the river. 
After waiting a considerable time, the wife appeared, attended by Bramins, 
and music, with a few relations. The procession was slow and solemn; the 
victim moved with a firm step, and perfect composure of countenance, ap- 
proached close to the body, where she halted. She then addressed those 
near her, without the least change of voice or countenance. In her left hand 
was a cocoa nut, containing a red mixture, in which she dipped the fore- 
finger of her right hand, marking those near her to whom she wished to 
shew any particular mark of regard. She appeared to be about twenty-four 
years of age; her dress was a loose robe of white flowing drapery, which 
extended from the head to the feet. The pile was composed of dried branches, 
leaves, &c, and had a door on one side: by this door stood a man with a 
lighted brand. From the time the woman appeared, to the conveying of the 
body to the pile, occupied half an hour, which was spent in prayer with the 
Bramins, and conversation with her relations ; the body being deposited in 
the pile, she bowed to all around her. The door was then closed, and the fire 
put to the combustibles, which were instantly in flames. This part of the 
ceremony was accompanied with the shouts of the multitude, who had now 
become numerous, and which seemed a mass of confused rejoicing. In other 
parts of India, (the Carnatic) the custom is more horrible: having dug a pit, 
they deposit a quantity of combustible matter, which is set on fire, and the 
body being let down, the victim throws herself into the flaming mass. In 
other places, a pile is raised extremely high, and the body, with the wife, is 
placed upon it, and then the whole is set on fire." In the Code of Gentoo 
Laws, translated by Mr. Halhead, is the following remarkable passage con- 
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HINDOOSTAN, or INDIA, invaded, (continued.) 1398 

death, to burn herself in the fire with his corpse. Every woman, who thus 
burns herself, shall remain in paradise with her husband three crore and fifty- 
lacks of years, by destiny. If she cannot burn, she must, in that case, 
preserve an. inviolable chastity: if she remain always chaste, she goes to 
paradise; and if she do not preserve her chastity, she goes to hell." This 
Code of Laws, were written in the Sanscrit language, and is very copious. 

On the 1st of July, 1831, a petition from the principal natives of India, 
was presented by the Marquess of Lansdown to the House of Lords against 
the practice of burning Widows in India. 

HISPANIOLA, or ST. DOMINGO, discovered in 1492 

One of< the largest Antilles islands, in the West Indies. It partly belonged to 
the Spaniards, Tmd partly to the French. It was styled by the natives Aitii, 
and the Spaniards, when Christopher Columbus first discovered it, called it 
Hispanio'a, or the Spanish island. The city, which he founded in 1494, 
being dedicated to St. Dominic, the name was first extended to that quarter 
of the island, and in process of time to the whole : so that it is now generally 
called in our Charts, &c. St. Domingo. 

In October, 1791, a dreadful calamity befel the French part of this island; 
an almost general insurrection took place among the negroes, by which, a 
great number of lives were lost, and nearly 200 sugar plantations burnt. 
This was accompanied by a Civil War between the republicans and royalists ; 
the latter called in the English, who took possession of Jeremie and Cape 
St. Nicholas Mole. In 1795, the Spaniards, in adjusting their disputes with 
France, surrendered their portion of the island to that country. 

HITH, HIDE, or EAST HITHE. 

In this town were once five parish churches, which are all demolished but one, 
for the town has at times suffered very great losses. As its first rise was 
owing to the decay of its neig-hbours, Lyme and West Hith, which were so 
choaked with sand that their ships came hither, the same fate befel this also, 
and made it almost useless. In the reign of Henry IV. numbers of its inha- 
bitants were cut off by a pestilence, 200 of their houses consumed by fire, 
and five of their ships sunk at sea, with the loss of 100 men; so that the 
people were going to abandon the town, had not the king by his Charter 
generously released to them, for five turns next following-, their service of 
five ships of 100 men and five horse, which they were to have furnished out, 
and kept at their own charge, in the king's wars, for fifteen days. 

HOLBORN paved 1417 

HOLLAND, (NEW) or BOTANY BAY, Orders in 

Council for making a Settlement there, in 1786 

New Holland, the largest island in the world, and formerly supposed to be part 
of that imaginary continent called Terra Australis Incognita. Different 
parts of the country have been called by the names of their discoverers, as 
"Van Dieman's Land," '"Carpentaria," &c. ; and though the original 
appellation of the whole was New Holland, it is now applied by Geographers 
to the North and West parts of the country. The eastern part, called New 
South Wales, was taken possession of in His Majesty's name (George III.) 
by Captain Cook, though many other navigators had previously touched 
here, and to whom this vast tract seems to have been perfectly unknown till 
that celebrated navigator made his voyages, and by fully exploring that part 
of the coast, gave his country an undoubted right to the possession of it, 
which has since been taken, under the name of NEW South Wales, and now 
forms a part of the British dominions. 



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HOLLAND, (NEW) or BOTANY BAY, &c. (continued) 1786 

On the 6th of December, 1786, Orders were issued by His Majesty in 
Council for making a Settlement on New Holland, establishing a Court of 
Judicature in the Colony, and other regulations necessary on the occasion, 
and the sanction of Parliament was given in 1787- The first squadron 
appointed consisted 1 of the Serius frigate, Captain Hunter; the Supply armed 
tender, Lieutenant Ball; three store ships, for carrying provisions and 
stores for two years ; and lastly, six transports to carry 778 convicts, of 
which 558 were males, with a detachment of marines in each. On the 18th 
of January, the supply arrived at Botany Bay, so called, from the great 
quantity of herbs found on the shore, and which was afterwards changed for 
Port Jackson, another part of the island, about fifteen miles to the north- 
ward, as more favourable to a Settlement. Subsequent voyages were made, 
and there is now a regular Colony, represented to be in a very flourishing 
state, but after surmounting- great difficulties ; and on the 7th of February, 
1788, a regular form of government was established on the coast of New 
South Wales. On the landing of Governor Philips on the shore of Botany 
Bay, an interview took place with the natives. They were all armed, but on 
seeing the Governor approach with signs of friendship, alone and unarmed, 
they readily returned his confidence by laying down their arms. Another 
Settlement, named Norfolk Island, was founded in October, 1790, and 
another party sent thither, which consisted of forty-four men, and sixteen 
women. 

HOLLAND, rising of the People in a body at, No- 
vember 15, 1813 

The people of Amsterdam rose in a body, proclaiming the House of Orange, and 
their example was immediately followed by the principal towns of the other 
provinces. The French authorities were deposed, and a Provisional Govern- 
ment appointed, who sent off Baron Perponcher and Mr. Fagel to England, 
to invite home the hereditary Prince of Orange, and solicit assistance.- 

HOLT MINERAL SPRINGS discovered 1728 

HOLY ALLIANCE, The, began June 21 1816 

The Holy Alliance was formed by the Emperors of Russia, Austria, and the king 
of Prussia, joined by other Sovereigns, by which they bound themselves to 
be governed by Christian principles in their political transactions : signed at 
Paris, September 26, 1816. The King of the Netherlands also agreed to 
the Convention. 

HOLY WATER first used in churches 120 

HOPS, the use of, petitioned against in, 1428 

In this year, the use of Hops was petitioned against as a wicked weed, by Parlia- 
ment. First used in malt liquors in England, 1525; the duty for those 
produced in Kent and Sussex, in 1792, yielded £170,000. ; in 1793, £162,112. 
195. 5d.; in 1794, £190,196.7*. Ad.; 'in 1795, £82,323. 19s. Ad.; in 1798, 
£46,322. 1-55. 2d.; and in 1799, it yielded about £77,279. 55. Ad. 

HORSE GUARDS instituted 1550 

The regiments of Life Guards and Horse Guards, were disbanded by order of 
Government in 1788 ; a pension was granted to each man on this occasion 
by way of compensation, with liberty to enter the regiments of Royal Horse 
Guards then newly raised under different regulations : the honour of serving 
in the former troops, with certain privileges they enjoyed, was deemed of 



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such importance that the situation of private was purchased for the sum of 
£100. Their barracks was situated in what was then called the outskirts of 
the town, viz. Riding-house lane, Mary-le-bone, near Portland Place. 

HORSE-SHOES introduced ■ into general use in the 9th 
century. 

HORSE TAX commenced in , 1785 

Increased in 1796. 

HOTTENTOTS, vaccination of 1808 

Upwards of 600 of them were vaccinated by the Missionaries in Africa. 

HOUGHTON COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS, The, 

sold to the Empress of Russia 1779 

HOUR GLASSES, invented at Alexandria, b. c 140 

They were introduced at Rome 158, B. c. 

HOUSE TAX, commenced in ., 1778 

HUDSON'S BAY, discovered 1610 

The place takes its name from the discoverer Captain Henry Hudson. This in- 
trepid mariner, in searching- for a north-west passage to the South Sea, 
discovered three straits, through which he hoped to find out a new way to 
Asia by America. He had made two voyages before on the same adventure, 
in 1607 and in 1608, and the third and last in 1610, when he entered the 
straits that lead into this new Mediterranean, the bay known by his name, 
and coasted a great part of it. He stayed there till the ensuing spring, in order 
to prosecute further discoveries in 1611, but his crew mutinied, seized upon 
him, and seven more who were most faithful to him, and committed them to 
the icy seas in an open boat, and Hudson and his companions were never 
more heard of; but the ship and the rest of the men returned home. Other 
attempts were afterwards made in 1612 and 1667- In 1746, a Captain Ellis 
wintered as far north as fifty-seven degrees and a half; and a Captain Chris- 
topher attempted farther discoveries in 1761. In 1670, a Charter was 
granted to a Company, which does not consist of above ten persons, for the 
exclusive trade to this bay, and for planting the country ; and they have 
acted under it ever since, with great benefit to themselves, but little compa- 
rative advantage to the kingdom at large. Of late years however, the fur 
trade from the inland parts, has been carried on to a much greater extent 
than it was before. This has been chiefly occasioned by the interference of 
the Canada traders who had effectually supplanted the Company on the sea- 
shore. In consequence of this, the Company, in 1773, began their inland 
voyages, and now the Canadians, and the Europeans from Hudson's Bay, 
frequently meet together. 

HUGUENOTS, the name of, given them in 1560 

The name of Huguenot was given by way of contempt to the Protestants of 
France, and took its rise from the following occurrence; — at Tours, the 
place where they were first denominated, the people had a notion, that an 
apparition or hobgoblin, called King Hugon, strolled about the streets in 
the night-time ; from whence, as those of the reformed religion met in the 
night to pray, &c. they called them Huguenots; that is, the disciples of King 
Hugon. 



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HULL, (Yorkshire), Grand Dock at opened, September 22, 1778 

Hull was founded, in 1296, and incorporated by the name of Kingston, 1299. 
The Grand Dock at Hull, said to be the large stin England, was opened at the 
time just mentioned for the reception of ships. In 1667, King Charles II. 
granted it two marts a year, viz. July 10, and December 10, and five days 
after each. Its other fair is on October 10 ; and its markets are Tuesday and 
Saturday. 

HUMAN SKELETON, discovery of a, 1839 

The remains of a human being were discovered under singular circumstances, 
arising out of a mode of living little known, that is, of a class of people, who 
wade through the Common Sewers in search of what might have escaped 
th r ough the drains. Two men belonging to this class proceeded to the 
Sewer by the river side, at the end of Essex-street, Strand, into which they 
walked upwards in it to seek for money, or other property which might have 
escaped as above described : and, in the course of their journey, picked up 
no less than 7*. 6(2. .An unusual course was then taken by them, and they 
proceeded as -far as Temple Bar. At the end of Shire-lane they found the 
skeleton of a man in a sitting posture, the skull lying by its side, and the 
legs separated from it. The skeleton was placed in a shell, and conveyed 
to " The Ship," in Essex-street. At a subsequent part of the day, inspector 
Mullins, of the F. Division, accompanied by Serjeants Selway and Pocock, 
went up the Sewer, knee-deep in mud, in order, if possible, to get some 
clue by which this case might be unravelled; but their exertions were not 
attended with much success. They found a shoe, part of a pair of leather 
breeches, and the remains of a leather apron. The body, and the rest of 
the clothes, were supposed to have been eaten by the rats. These rats were 
of an immense size. 

The inspector made soundings by the different gutters, and the last spot 
was the cheesemonger's, at the corner of Picket place: after which, they pro- 
ceeded onwards, to the end of Shire-lane. The place is far above the reach 
of the tide, and the only opinion that these facts warrant is, that the de- 
ceased was one who followed the same occupation as the persons before 
mentioned, and that having got very far into an unfrequented part of 
the sewer, he had either lost his way, and was destroyed by the rats, or that 
he had sat down and was suffocated by the effluvia which the Inspector 
found to prevail. 

HUNG, DRAWN, and QUARTERED, the punishment 

of,'first inflicted 1241 

The first infliction of this punishment took place at the date above mentioned, on 
a pirate. It still forms part of the sentence for High Treason : but the 
barbarous part of it was dispensed with during the reign of His Majesty, 
George III. 

HURRICANE, the dreadful one in England, on De- 
cember 23 , 1790 

This hurricane was accompanied with thunder and lightning, by which houses 
were destroyed, various public edifices unroofed, and immense trees torn up 
by their roots. 

Another dreadful hurricane took place in the West Indies, July 23, 1813; woods 
were blown down, and a great part of the city of St. Pierre, in the island of 
Martinique, was laid in ruins, forty-two vessels stranded, hospital, barracks, 
&c. blown down; — at Dominica the Court House, Government House, and 
Hospital, with seventy sick destroyed, and all the ships in the roads blown to 
sea, with many wrecks : — At St. Kitts eighteen sail were lost ; — At Barba- 



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does many vessels were driven ashore and lost: — its influence extended to 
Jamaica, Bermuda, &c. Another at the above places, 25th and 31st of Sep- 
tember. 

HYDRAULIC CHEMISTRY invented 1746 

HYDE PARK, Sale of 7 1652 

After the execution of Charles I. in the year 1649, the- Parliament ordered the 
Crown lands to be sold. But Hyde Park, "with Hampton Court, &c. was 
especially excepted in the Act passed for that purpose. However, three 
years after, viz. 1652, it was determined that they should be sold to raise 
money for the Exigencies of the State, as will be seen by the following 
laconic Resolution passed December 1, 1652: — " Resolved, that Hyde Park 
be sold for ready money." — Perfect Passages, 26th November to December 
3, 1652. 

Particulars of the Sale of Hyde Park. — Lot 1. — " By indenture, dated 20 June, 
between Thomas Cooke, Esq. and others, (trustees and contractors, autho- 
rized and appointed by an Act of Parliament, for exposing to sale divers 
castles, &c. belonging to the late King, Queen, or Prince, exempted from 
sale by a former Act) of the one part, and Richard Wilcox of Kensington, 
Esq. of the other part, the trustees, in consideration of £4141. 11*. sold to 
Richard Wilcox, 

" That parcel of ground called the Gravel Pitt Division, adjoining or 
lying near to the great Gravel Pitts, upon Acton Road, being part of that 
jmpaled ground, called Hide Parke, lying within the several parishes of St. 
Martin's-in-the-Fields, St. Margaret's Westminster, and Paddington ; and 
those two ponds lying between the two upper pooles or Middle Division, and 
the pooles intended to be comprehended within Kensington Division ; 
bounded on the great road to Acton on the north, the ground lying near the 
Gravel Pitts, and part of Finch's ground on the west; with Kensington 
Division on the south, and the Middle Division on the east, and containing, 
by estimation 112 acres, 3 roods, 3 perches, except all conduits, pipes, &c. 
for conveying water through the premises, which premises aie in the parti- 
culars thereof, mentioned to be parcel of the possessions of Charles Stuart, 
late King of England, and of the yearly value of £149. 7*. And all the 
woods being within this division, which, in the particulars are valued at 
£2428. 2s. 6rf.— Claus. 1654, p. 37, No. 10. 

Lot 2. — " By indenture, dated 1 1 October, between Thomas Cooke, Esq. 
of the one part, and John Tracy of London, merchant, of the other part; the 
trustees, in consideration of £3906. 7s. 6d. sold to John Tracy, that piece of 
ground, called Kensington Division, bordering upon Kensington Towne; and 
those two pooles or ponds to be enclosed with the same, lying and being be- 
tween the poole designed for Gravel Pitt Division, and the poole in the lower 
corner of Middle Division ; and that parcel of meadow ground lying in the 
south-west part of this division, inclosed for the use of the deere, but mea- 
sured in with the rest of the division: the whole being bounded on the east 
with Middle Division, on the north with Gravel Pitt Division, on the west 
with part of the house and ground usually taken to belong to Mr. 
Finch of Kensington, and on the south with the highway leading from 
Knightsbridge through Kensington Towne, aforesaid; containing together, 
in the whole 177 acres, 1 rood, 17 poles; all conduits, &c. excepted, of the 
yearly value of £280. and all woods, &c. which are mentioned to be of the 
value of £261. 7s. 6rf. — Glaus. 1653, p. 6, n. 6. 

Lot 3. — " By indenture, dated 11 October, between Thomas Cooke, Esq. 
and others, trustees of the one part, and Anthony Deane of St. Martin's-in- 
the-Fields, Esq. of the other part. The trustees, in consideration of £9020. 
85. 2c?. granted and sold to Anthonv Deane, that parcel of ground called the 
Banquetting House Division ; and also a parcel of enclosed ground lying on 
the north-east corner of this division, formerly used as a meadow, called 



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HYDE PARK, Sale of, (continued) 1652 

Tyburne Meadow, bounded with the Old Lodge Division on the south, with 
part of the way leading from Brentford Road and Acton Road on the east, 
with the great road to Acton on the north, and with the Middle Division on 
the west; and also that building intended at the first erection thereof for a 
banquetting house, situate near the south-west corner of this division, con- 
taining together in the whole 100 acres, of the yearly value of £130. and the 
materials of the banquetting-house are mentioned to be worth in the gross, 
£12,5. 12s. ; and the wood to be worth £419. 5*. And also a parcel of ground 
called the Middle Division, lying between two divisions of the said Parke, 
viz. the Banquetting-House Division and Gravel Pitt Division, and three 
pooles within this division, that is to say, two at the tipper corner thereof, 
next to a place called Bayard's Watering, and one other, at the lower corner, 
betwixt the pooles set out to go with the Old Lodge Division and Kensing- 
ton Divison, bounded with Banquetting House Division on the east, with 
Acton Great Road on the north, with Gravel Pitt Division on the west, and 
part of Kensington Division on the south-west; containing in the whole S3 
acres, 2 roods, and 38 poles, of the yearly value of £110. the woods, &c. 
worth £1225. 18s. Ad. And also that parcel of ground called the Old Lodge 
Division, and those four pooles, together with a parcel of ground inclosed 
without the same division, called the Spittle Mead, bounded on the east with 
part of the way from Brentford Great Road to Acton Great Road on the 
north, with Banquetting-House Division on the west, with Middle Division 
and Kensington Division, and with Knightsbridge highway on the south : 
with that small parcel of ground formerly taken out of the Parke, and used 
as a fortification, being at the corner of this division, called Parke Corner, 
containing 147 acres, 3 roods, 16 poles. 

" And several tenements, &c. near Knightsbridge, and all the Old Lodge, 
with the barn and stable belonging, which are mentioned to be of the yearly 
value of £225. 6s. 8d. The materials of the Lodge are valued at £120. clear 
of all charges of taking down the same, and the woods, &c. at £765. 6*. 2d. 
and the deer of several sorts within the said Parke, which are valued at 
£330."— Claus. 1654, p. 42, n. 24. 

From the above particulars of Sale, a survey having been made at the 
time, we learn that the Park contained about 621 acres, and produced in 
the whole the sum of £17,068, 6s. 8d. 

HYDE PARK CORNER, Fortification erected at 1642 

At Hyde Park Corner stood a large Fort with four bastions, erected in 1642, 
when the city and suburbs were fortified by trenches and ramparts, in anti- 
cipation of an attack by the royal army; another fort was also erected at 
Oliver's Mount, the site of Mount- street. The enthusiasm prevailing at this 
period, was carried to such an extent, that the whole population appear to 
have assisted in the trenches, detachments from all trades relieved each 
other at intervals, the work proceeding night and day without intermission; 
even women and children partook of the general feeling, which is facetiously 
alluded to by Butler, Hudibras, Part II. Canto 2; and in a note by Nash, it 
is stated, that, " Ladies of rank and fortune, not only encouraged the men, 
" but worked with their own hands. Lady Middlesex, Lady Foster, Lady 
" Anne Waller, and Mrs. Dunch, having been particularly celebrated for 
" their activity;" 

HYDE PARK CORNER. 

Walnut-tree walk, which extended nearly the whole length of the Park from 
Hyde Park Corner towards Cumberland Gate, consisted of two rows of 
magnificent walnut trees, shading a broad gravel walk, near Grosvenor gate; 
these trees formed a circle, the area of which will be readily imagined 
when the reader is informed that the reservoir of the Chelsea Water Works 
which was placed in the centre of this circle, stood ninety fest from the 



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nearest tree. This splendid grove was consigned to the axe during the war, 
(about the year 1800.) the wood being required by Government, to be used 
in the manufacture of stocks for soldier's muskets. 

HYDE PARK, serious accident in, June 28, 1 806 

On the 28th of June, 1806, a serious accident happened in Hyde Park, to a 
horse-dealer named Moulton, of Kensington, who when driving a spirited 
horse in a gig, accompanied by a boy, imprudently attempted to water the 
horse in the serpentine, when the animal plunged into deep water, and sunk, 
thereby drowning himself, the man, and the boy. 

Another melancholy loss of life took place in Hyde Park, by the breaking 
of the ice at the Serpentine, on December 25, 1835. 

HYDE PARK. 

The entrances to Hyde Park are five, which are open from six in the morning till 
ten at night, viz. : — Hyde Park Corner gate, Stanhope gate, Grosvenor gate, 
Cumberland gate, and the gate near Kensington. The gate at Piccadilly, 
appears to have been the original entrance to the Park, from the circum- 
stance of the Old Lodge having occupied the site of Apsley House, built by 
Lord Bathurst, subsequently tenanted by the Marquess of Wellesley, and. 
now in the occupation of His Grace the Duke of Wellington; this entrance 
was much improved in 1826-7, and exhibits great elegance of architectural 
ornament from the designs of Decimus Burton, Esq. It is composed of three 
arched carriage entrances, with two for foot-passengers, connected by a 
screen of handsome fluted Ionic columns supporting an entablature, exhibit- 
ing a frontage of about 107 feet. The central entrance is decorated with a 
beautiful frieze, representing a naval and military triumph, designed by Mr. 
Henning, jun. The iron gates were cast by Messrs. Bramah and Sons. 

Stanhope gate was opened about the middle of the last century. 

Grosvenor gate was opened in 1724, upon the petition of the inhabitants 
of the neighbourhood, on condition of their keeping the Lodge in repair, and 
paying the keeper's wages. 

Cumberland gate was opened about 1774-5: when the Circus, (Cumber- 
land Place) as it was then called was built, and the inhabitants of that 
neighbourhood began to increase, it was found that an entrance to the Park 
at this spot was most desirable, a subscription was immediately set on foot, 
and leave being obtained, the gate was built, consisting of a mean brick arch 
and small narrow entrance on each side for foot-passengers : still, however, 
it was a decided improvement : this corner of the Park having become a place 
to deposit all manner of filth thrown over the wall. Being still inconvenient, 
it was taken down, at the expense of Henry Philip Hope, Esq. in 1822, and 
replaced by two elegant ones, affording sufficient space for carriages, and also 
four separate entrances for foot-passengers, exhibiting an instance of liberality 
seldom recorded. This undertaking cost Mr. Hope the sum of £2000. In 
1826-7, stone Lodges of the Doric Order were erected at all the gates, from 
designs by Mr. Burton, for the residence of the Keepers; two were erected 
at Stanhope gate, one of which being occupied as an office, by the Board of 
Works, for the use of their officers. 

ICELAND, the Island of, almost destroyed by an irruption 

of lava 1783 

This island was almost destroyed by a violent irruption of lava, which burst from 
what were called Fire-spouts. The country to a great extent was desolated, 
rivers dried up, and a number of the inhabitants, and most of the cattle 
perished. A vast quantity of ashes, sand, and other volcanic matter, covered 
the countries adjacent whenever the wind blew from Iceland ; and even in 
Germany, Holland, Britain, &c. a thick smoke or vapour was observed 
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ICELAND, the Island of, almost destroyed by an irruption 

of lava, (continued) 1783 

during the months of July, August, and September. Mr. Stanley, an 
English gentleman, visited this country in 1789. 

In 1772, this island was visited by Dr. Solander, and Von Troil, a Swedish gen- 
tleman, and who gave an opinion, that of the two, it is more inhospitable 
than Greenland or Siberia. Von Troil, in writing to a friend, says, — 
" Imagine to yourself a country, which, from one end to the other, presents 
to your view only barren mountains, whose summits are covered with snow, 
and between them fields divided by vitrified cliffs, whose high and sharp 
points seem to vie with each other to deprive you of the sight of a little 
grass which scantily springs up among them. These same dreary rocks 
likewise conceal the few scattered habitations of the natives, and no where a 
singletree appears. Whatever presented itself to our view, bore the marks of 
devastation ; and our eves, accustomed to behold the pleasing coasts of England, 
now saw nothing but the vestiges of a fire, heaven only knows how ancient!" 

When an irruption is about to take place, the ice bursts with a dreadful noise ; 
after which issue forth flames and smoke, from the latter of which proceed 
lightning and fire balls. This is common to the smoke of all volcanoes; but 
in Iceland the volcanic lightning seems to be more terrible than in other 
parts of the world. Stones are also thrown out of these volcanoes to an 
incredible height and distance, insomuch that one, weighing 290 pounds, is 
said to have fallen at the distance of twenty-four miles from the mountain 
which emitted it. In 1756, the ground was covered with snow to the depth 
of three feet on the 26th of June ; and the next year the frosts were very 
intense in May and June. The island of Iceland is said to have been, 
formerly, well known to the English and Irish, but the histories of the 
country go no farther back than the year 861, when a Norwegian pirate 
landed on the island, which he named Snio-land or Snow-land, on account of 
the great quantities of snow with which the country is covered. The accounts 
he gave soon brought other adventurers, by one of whom the country was 
named Iceland, which appellation it has ever since retained. No settled 
inhabitants, however, were found on the island till the year 874, when a 
company of Norwegians having remained there all the winter, determined to 
continue in it for the future. These were quickly followed by other colo- 
nies from different nations, who instantly began to contend as violently for 
this dreary and desolate spot, as if it had been the finest country in the 
world. To prevent, or rather put an end to the fatal effects of this conten- 
tion, a kind of king was chosen in 928, on whom great powers were nomi- 
nally conferred. His real authority, however, was so trifling, that the chiefs 
waged war with each other as they thought proper, until at last they were 
all enslaved by a few enterprising men, who ruled in such a tyrannical 
manner, that in 1261 they put themselves under the protection of the king 
of Norway, after which they became subject to Denmark along with it. 

Some years ago a small island rose up from the sea in the neighbourhood of Ice- 
land, probably thrown up by the volcanic fire of Hecla having taken another 
direction. This island was no sooner emerged from the bottom of the ocean, 
than the king of Denmark claimed it as his property ; but the sea paying no 
regard to the rights of terrestial monarchs, soon resumed the sovereignty by 
swallowing it up again. 

<< ICH DIEN," The motto of, first used 1346 

The motto of " Ich Dtf.N," was first used by the Prince of Wales, commonly 
called the Black Prince, after the battle of Cressy. Having killed John, 
king of Bohemia, who wore it on his shield, to denote that he was subser- 
vient to Philip, king of France, whose pay he received, Edward (on the 
death of John,) took from his head the plume, and put it on his own, to 
denote his obedience to his father. It has in consequence ever since been 
borne by a Prince of Wales. 



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ILLUMINATION, on the restoration of the health of 

George III. March 10, 1789 

The year 1788 closed with gloomy and desponding prospects owing to the state 
of the King's health, and the rage of party, which seemed ripe to hurl every 
tiling into a state of anarchy and confusion. In the early part of October, the 
first symptoms appeared of a severe disorder which afflicted the King. On 
the 6th of November, they were very alarming; and on the 13th, a Form of 
Prayer for his recovery was ordered by the Privy Council. The year 1J89 
opened with violent debates in both Houses of Parliament on the mode of 
properly proceeding to business in order to settle the Regency during the 
King's indisposition. This ferment continued till the 3rd of February, when 
certain Lords were appointed as Commissioners to supply the place of the 
King, as the third branch of the legislature, until a Regent should be 
appointed. A bill was immediately brought into the House of Commons, 
and afterwards sent to the Lords, for appointing the Prince of Wales Regent 
under certain restrictions, which met with violent opposition in both houses. 
The bill was in its last stage, when on the 10th of March, His Majesty sent 
a message to Parliament acquainting them with his happy recovery. 

On the 23rd of April, 1789, a general thanksgiving for the King's reco- 
very took place at St. Paul's Cathedral, at which His Majesty, and the whole 
of the Royal Family were present. Our limits will not allow us to enter 
fully into the particulars of the general joy on the announcement of the 
happy event; suffice it to say, that the illuminations which took place at 
night were such as had never been surpassed before in this, or perhaps any 
city in the world. In the year of 1810, the King's malady unfortunately 
returned: and in the month of November, in the same year, he was declared 
incapable of fulfilling the important duties of his situation. 

ILFRACOMB, Grant of Parliament for repairing the Pier 

there, in. 173 1 

The harbour, with the quay, warp-house, light-house, pilot -boats, and tow-boats, 
were formerly maintained at the expense of the ancestors of the Lord of the 
Manor. Its quay was formerly S50 feet in length, but by time, and the vio- 
lence of the sea, all went to decay; for the remedying of which, the Parlia- 
ment passed an Act, for both repairing and enlarging the. piers, harbours, 
&c. &c. 

IMPEACHMENT, the first of a Chancellor, and the first by 

the Commons 1386 

IMPRESSED SEAMEN'S BILL introduced 1740 

Ameaded in 1812. 

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT BILL, brought in, 1835 

This Bill was introduced into the Commons, and passed by them, for the aboli- 
tition of Imprisonment for Debt. Partially abolished, 1838. 

INCEST and ADULTERY made capital for the first 

offence, May 14 1650 

INCLOSURES in England restrained ,. 1521 

INCOME TAX passed, 1799 

Repealed, 1802. Renewed, 1803. Increased, 1806, and again repealed. Re- 
newed for a year, April 11, 1815. Repealed March 18, 1816. 



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INDEPENDENTS, Origin of made known in, 1616 

A Sect of Protestants known in England and America; so called from their 
independence of other churches, and their maintaining that each church, or 
congregation, has a sufficient power to act and perforin every thing relating 
to religious government within itself, and is no way subject or accountable 
to other churches, or their deputies 3 and therefore disallow parochial and 
provincial subordination, and form all their congregations upon a scheme of 
co-ordinacy. Presbyterians and Anabaptists are now agreed with them ; the 
Anabaptists always were. Their first Meeting-House, founded in England, 
was that by Henry Jacobs, in 1616. 

INDIES, (THE WEST) discovered by Columbus 1492 

The name given to a great number of islands in the Atlantic Ocean. When 
Columbus discovered them, he considered them as part of those vast regions 
of Asia, comprehended under the general name of India, to reach which, by 
a course due West across the Atlantic Ocean, had been the grand object of 
his voyage ; and this opinion was so general, that Ferdinand and Isabella, 
king and queen of Castile, in their ratification of an agreement granted to 
Columbus upon his return, gave them the name of Indies. Even after the 
error which gave rise to this opinion was detected, and the true position of 
the New World was ascertained, the name has remained, and the appellation 
West Indies is given by all the people of Europe to these islands, and that 
of Indians to the inhabitants, not only of the islands, but of the two conti- 
nents of America. They are likewise called the Caribbee Islands, from the 
Aborigines of the country ; and the sea in which they lie is sometimes 
called, by modern geographers, the Archipelago of the Caribbees. By the 
French they are called the Antilles; and nautical men distinguish them, 
from the different courses taken by ships, into the Leeward and Windwaid 
Islands. 

INDIGO first produced in Carolina, 1747 

INDULGENCES. 

Indulgences first began under Pope Leo III. First disposed of for money, 1190. 
Sold publicly by the Roman Pontiff after 1200. 

INFLUENCE OF THE CROWN abridged by Parlia- 
ment 1782 

INOCULATION FOR SMALL POX, introduced into 

England 1721 

Inoculation had been practised by the poor inhabitants of Arabia, and even of 
Wales, time out of mind : but had never attracted the notice of Physicians 
till the beginning of the last century. In the year 1717, Lady Mary Wortley 
Montague, wife of the English Ambassador at Constantinople, had her son 
inoculated there at the age of six years ; he had but few pustules, and soon 
recovered. In April, 1721, inoculation was successfully tried on seven con- 
demned criminals, in London, by permission of George I. It was also tried 
before the preceding year in Scotland, on a gentleman of the name of Boyle, 
by his countryman, who was surgeon to the Lady before mentioned, at 
Constantinople. In 1722, her Ladyship had a daughter, of six years of age 
inoculated; soon after which the children of the Royal Family, that had not 
had the small pox, were inoculated with success; then followed some of the 
nobility, and the practice soon prevailed. "Vaccine inoculation made gene- 
rally known by Dr. Jenner, of Berkeley, in 1798. (See Cow Pox.) 



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INQUISITION, Court of, began 1204 

The Inquisition at Naples, was abolished in 1782. In Tuscany, 1785. In Spain, 
1812. 

INSCRIPTIONS first collected for publication 1505 

INSOLVENT ACT, The first, passed in 1649 

The most considerable ones were, in 1743.— 1761 :— 1763:— 1769:— 1772:— 
1774:— 1776:— 1778: — 1781.— 1784:— 1797:— 1801:— 1804.— 1809 :— 
1810:— 1813:— and 1814. 

INSURANCE on ships and merchandize, is conjectured by 

Suetonius, to have been invented by Claudius 43 

Insurance on shipping, in England, began, 1560. 

INSURANCE on houses, &c. duty first laid on, in 1782 

The Duty being 1*. 6d. on each £100. insured; 6d. additional, 1797. 

INSURANCE secured by law . 1601 

INSURRECTION of the Negroes at St. Domingo, Sep- 
tember 179 1 

This insurrection adds another to those dreadful scenes of bloodshed which has 
occurred at St. Domingo. The negroes rose in a body, to the vast number of 
35,000, against the Whites, when 300 of them were massacred. Another 
took place in 1794. 

INTEREST of money was 2d. per Week for 20s. in 1260 

It was 45 per Cent, in 1307. The first law in England establishing it at 10 per 
Cent was 1546. The good pious people of the time of Edward VI. repealed 
this law, as unlawful and most impious; but it was restored by the wiser 
sort of Queen Elizabeth's reign. In those days the Monarchs could not 
borrow without the collateral security of the Metropolis. Reduced from 
10 to 8 per Cent, in 1624; by the Rump Pailiament to 6 per Cent, and con- 
firmed at the Restoration to 5 per Cent. 1714; from 4 to 3 per Cent. 1750. 

INUNDATION, (The great one), in Holland, and Ger- 
many, in 1717 

INUNDATION, of the River Waag, from excessive rain ... 1813 

In the beginning of September, 1813, the river Waag, which runs through part 
of Hungary, and falls into the Danube, from excessive rains, overflowed its 
banks, undermined and carried away a high mountain, destroyed sixty 
villages, with the crops, flocks, bridges, &c. more than 1200 persons per- 
ished, besides many thousand head of cattle: all the towns in the neighbour- 
hood of that river were damaged, and part of the extensive district of 
Trenchin laid in ruins. The river Drave, which rises in the Tyrol, and falls 
into the Danube, by the rains and high winds, was raised to a tremendous 
height, it swept away six villages, and the suburbs of a town ; a congrega- 
tion, while celebrating divine service, was buried in the ruins of the church, 
and the Minister, and 240 persons perished. The Danube, in the neighbour- 
hood of Widdin, rose to a great height, swallowing up an island with 2000 
Turkish soldiers. 

INVERNESS, the old Castle of, destroyed 1746 

The old Castle of Inverness, wtss destroyed by the Highlanders. 



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IPSWICH ELECTION, committal of Persons for Bribery 

at 1835 

At this Election, several persons were committed to Newgate, for Bribery. 

IRELAND, prohibition of Weekly Breakfast Meetings in, 

January 10, 1831 

In consequence of the agitated state of Ireland at this time, the Lord Lieutenant 
issued a proclamation, prohibiting the Weekly Breakfast Meetings at 
Hobnes's Hotel, of Mr. O'Connell, and other agitators. 

IRELAND United to England in 1801 

The original inhabitants of this country are supposed to have been of the Celtic 
stock ; it was formerly divided among a number of petty sovereigns. Strong- 
bow, Earl of Pembroke, at the request of Dermot, king of Leinster, invaded 
Ireland, and landed near Waterford, August 23, 1170. King Henry II. set 
sail from Milford Haven, with a large army on board 440 transports, for the 
conquest of Ireland. He landed near Waterford, August 23, 1171, and com- 
pleted the conquest of the whole island, 1172. In 1314 the Scots fomented 
a rebellion, and Edward Bruce, having expelled the English, was proclaimed 
king of Ireland, 1315. The Scots were driven out by the English in return, 
1318. All the Irish were ordered home, 1423. The kings of England were 
called lords of Ireland, till 1542, when Henry VIII. took the title of king. 
Erected into a kingdom by a bull from Pope Paul IV. 1555. Invaded by the 
Spaniards, 1582; again by ditto, at Baltimore, 1601. Admitted to a free 
trade by the British Parliament, 1779 ; and released from subserviency to 
the English Privy Council, 1782. Harrassed by the Peep-of-Day Boys, 
1789. Invaded by the French, 1797. Broke out into open rebellion in May, 
1798, which was suppressed in August following. Again, when the French 
made an unsuccessful landing at Killala Bay, and were all taken prisoners, 
1798. Union with England proposed and opposed, 1799. Debated 1800. 
First Meeting of the Union Parliament, January 22, 1801. 

IRISH POOR LAW BILL proposed..... 1837 

IRON discovered by the burning of Mount Ida, b. c 1406 

Iron was cast at Bilboa, in Spain, 989. At Backstead, in Sussex, 1544, Iron 
was also discovered ut Virginia, in America, 1715. 

IRON BULLETS first used in England 1550 

IRON WIRE. 

Iron wire, English, before 1568, was all made and drawn by main strength alone, 
in the Forest of Dean, and elsewhere, until the Germans introduced the 
drawing it by a mill. The greatest part of iron wire, and ready-made wool- 
cards were hitherto imported. 

IRON-MILL for stilting-bars, the first in England, was set 

up at Dartford 1590 

A new method of making bar iron, from pig iron, by Mr. Cort of Gosport, in 
1785, which is superior to Swedish iron. 

ISLE OF MAN, its sovereignty annexed by an Act of 

Parliament to Great Britain 1765 



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ISTHMIAN GAMES, The, b. c 1326 

They were instituted by Sisiphus, king of Corinth, 15 years after the rape of 
Ganymede. 

ITALIAN BOOK KEEPING, Method of, published in 

England t 1566 

JACK, (Queen Charlotte's favorite Swan,) death of 1839 

Old Jack, as he was called, was hatched about the year 1770, on the piece of 
water attached to Old Buckingham House, and for many years was a great 
favourite of Queen Charlotte's, and who frequently condescended to feed 
him. 

JAMAICA, the Island of, discovered by Columbus 1494 

This island was taken by the English, in the year 1656, under the command of 
Penn and Venables. An extraordinary Gazette was published, containing 
official details of an extensive and destructive insurrection among the slaves 
in the western district of the island of Jamaica, in the month of December. 
February 22, 1832. 

JAVA, dreadful massacre of the Chinese merchants at the 

island of by the Dutch 1740 

The Chinese, who were some of the expertest merchants there, brought them in 
considerable revenues by the duties they paid, and yet grew vastly rich, and 
entered, as the Dutch pretended, into conspiracies to dispossess them of the 
island; so that the latter were obliged to secure themselves by a general 
massacre of the former, which they accordingly put in execution, though they 
had delivered up all their arms, and the Dutch had a well fortified town. It 
is reported that not only the Governor, but many of his soldiers, and others 
concerned in this dreadful massacre, in which 20,000 men, women, and chil- 
dren, were destroyed, became afterwards immensely rich, from whence it was 
shrewdly suspected, that the wealth of that people was the grand induce- 
ment for taking this step, notwithstanding the Dutch in Europe pretended to 
be alarmed at the inhumanity of the action, and sent orders to Batavia for 
trying the governor upon this fact. 

JEDDO, or YEDDO, at Japan, almost destroyed 1658 

In 1658, a fire happened at this place, which, in the space of forty-eight hours, 
burnt down 100,000 houses, and in which a great number of the inhabitants 
perished. The Emperor's palace was reduced to ashes; but the whole has 
since been re-built. The royal palace is in the middle of the town, and is 
defended by walls, ditches, towers, and bastions, Where the Emperor re- 
sides are three towers, nine stories high, each covered with plates of gold ; 
and the hall of audience is supported by pillars of massy gold. Near the 
palace are several others, where the relations of the Emperor live. The 
Empress has a palace of her own. Besides, all the vassal kings have each 
a palace in the city, with a handsome garden, and stables for 2000 horses. 

JEFFREY, ROBERT, left on the dessert Island of Som- 
brero, December 13, 1807 

This disgraceful transaction was committed by Captain W. Lake, at the place 
above mentioned, one of the Caribbee islands, in the American Ocean, but 
which has no settled inhabitants. He was tried for his cruelty by a Court 
Martial, who found him guilty of the charge, and sentenced him to be dis- 
missed His Majesty's service. February, 1810. 



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JEHUD, or JOUD. 

After Timur had passed the Indus, in 398, the Chiefs of these mountains came 
to make their submission to him, as Ambisires, the king of the same country, 
did to Alexander about 1730 years before. 

JENKOPING, The castle of, in Sweden, destroyed by fire... 1737 

Its castle has been several times demolished, and repaired; but was at last de- 
stroyed by fire, with the arsenal. 

JERUSALEM, built, b. c 1800 

Destroyed by Titus, 70 A. D. ; re-built by Adrian, 130; again destroyed, 136; 
taken by the Saracens, 622; taken from the Christians by Saladin, 1190; 
taken by the Crusaders, July 14, 1099, when 70,000 infidels are said to have 
been massacred. It was a famous city when the ancient Jews inhabited the 
country. It stands on a high rock, whose ascents on all sides are exceeding 
steep, except that on the North, and surrounded with a deep valley, encom- 
passed with hills. It has considerably changed its situation. Mount Calvary, 
which was formerly without the city, is now in the middle; and Mount Sion, 
which stood near the centre, is now without the walls ; these, however, with. 
the fortifications, seem pretty antique ; the private buildings are mean, and 
thin of inhabitants. The resort of pilgrims is the only thing which at present 
renders it considerable, and the furnishing them with pi'ovisions and lodgings 
is the chief business of the inhabitants. For protecting the pilgrims against 
the depredations of the Arabs, and receiving the tribute from them, a 
bashaw, with a guard of Janizaries, always resides here. On Mount Calvary 
stands the church of the holy sepulchre, which pilgrims principally visit, 
being a very stately structure, in which almost every Christian nation has a 
chapel. Over the middle of the temple is an open cupola at which the light 
is received, and under the cupola stands the Holy Sepulchre. In this church 
also are twelve or thirteen places, consecrated on account of some actions 
done in them relating to the death and resurrection of our Saviour ; and 
annually on Good Friday, our Lord's passion is solemnized in this church, 
and the several parts of it acted ; and here is seen the miraculous cleft of the 
rock, made by the earthquake, when our Saviour gave up the ghost. 

JERSEY. 

In 1781, a body of French troops landed in this island, surprised the Lient.- 
Governor, and compelled him to sign a capitulation ; but Major Pierson, the 
commander of the English troops, refused to abide by this forced capitula- 
tion, and attacked the French in the town of St. Helier. The French were 
compelled to surrender prisoners of war ; but the gallant Major was killed 
in the moment of victory, 

JESUITS, or (THE SOCIETY OF JESUS,) Order of, 

founded, 1538 

This religious Order in the Romish church, founded by Ignatius Loyola, a native 
of Guipuscoa, in Spain, who, in the year 1538, assembled ten of his compa- 
nions at Rome, principally chosen out of the University at Paris, and made 
a proposal to them to form a New Order : when, after many deliberations, it 
was agreed to add to the three ordinary vows of chastity, poveity, and obe- 
dience, a fourth, which was to go into all countries whither the Pope should 
please to send them, in order to make converts to the Romish church. Two 
years after, Pope Paul III. gave them a Bull, by which he approved this New 
Order, giving them a power to make such statutes as they should judge con- 
venient ; on which, Ignatius was created General of the Order, which in a 
short time spread over all the countries of the world, to which he sent his 
companions, while he staid at Rome, from whence he governed the whole 



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JESUITS, The, expelled from various Countries, (continued.) 

Society. This Society had rendered themselves so obnoxious, during the 
last two centuries, by their arts and intrigues, that they have been sup- 
pressed in all the kingdoms of Europe; expelled in France, May 5, 1602; 
England, 1604; Venice, 1606; Portugal, September, 1759; Bohemia and 
Denmark, in 1766; Spain, 1767; Naples, 1768; Rome, 1773, by Pope 
Clement XIV.; Prussia, 1776; revived in Russia, 1784; restored at Rome, 
by Pope Pius VII. August 7, 1814; and again banished from Russia, on the 
6th of May, 1820. 

JEWS, The Seventy Years Captivity of, began b. c. 606 

The Persecutions of the Jews have been many, at different periods. Those about 
Cyrene, headed by one Andree, murdered about 100,000 Greeks and Romans, 
eat their entrails, and covered themselves with the skins of the dead, after 
Christ, 115 years. In 135, 580,000 were destroyed by the Romans. First 
arrival of in England, 1079. Imagining to obtain the divine clemency, at the 
celebration of the Passover, they sacrificed a lad twelve years old, the son of 
a tradesman at Paris, by whipping the flesh from his bones, and then cruci- 
fying him. The perpetrators were executed, and the rest banished, 1180. 
They have in consequence been held in the greatest detestation. Jews mas- 
sacred, Sept. 3, 1189. Seven were condemned to pay the king 20,000 marks, 
or suffer perpetual imprisonment, for circumcising a Christian child at 
Norwich, and an attempt to crucify him, 1235. Above 200 apprehended for 
crucifying a child at Lincoln, when eighteen were hanged, and the rest fined, 
1255. There were 700 killed in London, for endeavouring to force a Chris- 
tian to pay more than 2s. pr week for the loan of 20*. in 1262. Every Jew, who 
lent money on usury, commanded to wear a plate upon his breast, to notify 
the same, or quit the kingdom, 1274. There were 267 hanged and quartered 
in 1277, for clipping. Crucified a child at Northampton, for which fifty of 
them were drawn at the tails of horses, and hanged, 1277. All the syna- 
gogues ordered to be destroyed, 1282. Every Jew in England apprehended 
in one day, their goods and chattels forfeited to the king, and 15,660 of them 
ordered to depart, being allowed only money for sustenance, 1287. Restored 
by Cromwell, after being banished 364 years. A general massacre of them 
at Verdun by the peasants, who, from a pretended prophecy, conceived that 
the Holy Land was to be recovered from the Infidels by them. In 1317, 
500 Jews took shelter in a castle, defending themselves to the last extre- 
mity, throwing their children at the enemy from a want of weapons : they 
afterwards killed each other. Banished from France, 1394. From Spain, 
to the number of 150,000, 1492: upon which they retired to Africa, Portu- 
gal, and France. It was against them that the Inquisition was there first 
established. Not a Jew in England, from 1610 to 1624. An Act passed to 
neutralize them, 1753: repealed on the petition of all the cities in England, 
1754. Sixty killed by a floor giving way, at the celebration of a wedding, at 
Mantua, among whom were the bride, and the bridegroom's mother, June 3, 
1776. Four executed for murdering Mrs. Hitchins, and her servant, De- 
cember 9, 1771. 

JEWELS, pawned by Charles I. to Holland 1629 

Charles I. pawned his jewels to Holland, and redeemed by the sale of iron ord- 
nance, in 1629. 

JIONPOUR, The Bridge of at, built 1567 

A small city of Hindoostan Proper. It is now chiefly in ruins, although it for- 
merly commanded the country from the Ganges, quite to Lucknow. This 

Wo, 12. n 



90 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

JIONPOUR, the Bridge of at, built (continued,) 1567 

place was, at one time, the seat of an empire. Chaja Jehan, vizir to Sultan 
Mahummud Shah, during the minority of his son,j Mamood Shah, assumed 
the title of Sultan Shirki, or King of the East, took possession of Bahar, and 
fixed his residence at Jionpour. The bridge over the Goomty is built of 
stone, and consists of sixteen pointed arches. On the top of the bridge are 
many little shops on both sides, built of stone ; and on such sound principles 
is this bridge founded, as to have withstood, for a length of time, the force of 
the stream, which, in the time of the rains, is very great. The inundations 
have been known to rise frequently over the bridge, insomuch that, in the 
year 1774, a whole brigade of the British army (that is, 10,000 men,) passed 
over it in boats. 

JOURNALS of the House of Peers, first taken 1550 

JUBILEE, the last Grand in Rome, in 1759 

Established in 1300, by Boniface IX; continued to be celebrated at the end of 
every century, till Clement VI. who reduced it to once in every fifty years ; 
Pope Urban VI. to the thirty-third year; and Paul II. to every twenty-five 
years. 

JUBILEE, The Grand National 1809 

The commencement of the 50th year of the reign of His Majesty (George III.) 
was celebrated as a day of Jubilee all over the kingdom, a public thanks- 
giving being also composed for the occasion, and ordered to be read in all 
churches and chapels, and large funds were raised for the relief of prisoners 
for small debts. 

JUDGES appointed, and the Kingdom divided into three 

Circuits, three to each 1 176 

A Lord Chief Justice was executed for favouring despotism, in 1388. A Judge 
committed the Prince of Wales for assaulting him on the Bench, 1412. 
Judge Bennett fined £20,000. for bribery, 1616. Threatened with impeach- 
ment, and put in bail. Judge Berkeley taken off the Bench and committed 
by the Commons, 1641. Three impeached, November 23, 1680. Their 
salaries augmented, and themselves appointed for life, instead of during 
pleasure, 1761. Enlarged, 177 2 - Some sent to the East Indies, 1774. The 
salaries of the Puisne Judges enlarged, 1779. 

JURIES first instituted by Ethelred 979 

In former times, Juries were fed both by Plaintiff and Defendant; from whence 
the law of denying any sustenance to a Jury after hearing evidence. In 
1808, when the attempt was made to introduce Juries into the Civil Courts 
in Scotland, the proposal met with great opposition from Lord Eldon, Sir 
Hay Campbell, and other members of the Committee on the Scots Judicature 
Bill. 

JURISDICTION, temporal over the Princes, never attempt- 
ed by the Popes since the time of Boniface, the end of 
the xnith century. 

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE first appointed 1076 

Itinerant appointed, 1176. Their power settled as at present, 1590. 



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JUSTINIAN published his Codex of the Civil Law 529 

Four years after, he published his work, of the same nature, called " The 
Digest." 

KAMTSCHATKA discovered by the Russians 1739 

KASAN. 

It was formerly an independent kingdom, subject to the Kalmue Tartars, to 
whom the great Dukes of Moscow, with the other petty principalities of 
Russia, were tributary. But Ivan Vassilievitch I. the founder of the Russian 
greatness, toward the end of the XXth century rescued his country from the 
Tartar yoke ; and, in 1552, the second Duke of the same name conquered 
Kasan, which now forms the three Russian governments of Kasan, Simbirsk 
and Penza. 

KENT EAST INDIAMAN, loss of the, by fire, Fe- 
bruary 28, 1827 

" The Kent," a beautiful ship, of 1350 tons, commanded by Captain Henry Cobb 
bound for Bengal and China, having on board a crew of 148 men, including 
officers, twenty military officers, 344 soldiers, forty-three women, and sixty 
children belonging to the 31st regiment, and twenty private passengers, 
making a total of 641 souls, was lost on the night of the 28th Feb. The 
particulars are as follow : — One of the officers going below to ascertain that - 
all was fast, went into the hold with a light, in the patent lantern, accom- 
panied by two sailors ; but it burning dimly, the officer took the precaution 
to hand it up to be trimmed ; upon its being returned to him, he discovered 
one of the spirit casks adrift, and sent the seamen for some billets of wood 
to secure it, and, in their absence, the ship having made a heavy lurch, the 
officer dropped the lamp: and eagerly endeavouring to recover it, let go the 
cask, when it suddenly stove, and the spirits coming in contact with the 
light, the whole became one entire blaze. 

The spot where the fire broke out being surrounded by water-casks, a 
faint hope was cherished that all danger would in a short time cease ; but 
thick dingy volumes of smoke arising, which soon ascended through the 
hatchways, all further hope of safety vanished. The cry of fire from every 
tongue, and the strong smell of pitch, was a confirmation beyond all doubt. 

At this eventful moment, horror was depicted on every countenance • and 
Captain Cobb, with a decision which was highly honourable to him, ordered 
the lower deck to be scuttled, and the ports to be opened for the free admis- 
sion of the waves ; and although the order was promptly executed, some of 
the sick soldiers, and several children, had perished from suffocation. On 
the opening of the lower ports, the sea rushed in with irresistible rapidity, 
bearing down every thing opposed to its progress. 

There was now no appearance of escape ; on the one hand stood death by 
fire, on the other, by water; and the scene of horror at this moment is 
beynnd all description; imagine, for a moment, the deck covered with nearly 
700 human beings, some sea-sick, others running about in search of husbands, 
or children; others standing in silent resignation, or insensible to danger; 
some yielding to frantic despair, and some were imploring the interposition 
of the Most High ; whilst many of the sailors, seated themselves on the 
magazine, with the melancholy wish that an explosion would take place, and 
put an end to their sufferings. 

All hope seemed now gone, and the more firm awaited the issue of 
impending fate with manly fortitude; others in death-like stupor, whilst 
many were engaged in prayer. At this awful instant, a voice from the fore- 
top cried out — " a Sail !" The announcement was received with three cheers 
from those on deck, the signals of distress were hoisted, and in a short time 
the vessel bore down upon the Kent, which proved to be the Cambria, a brig 



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KENT EAST INDI AMAN, loss of the by fire, (continued) 1827 

of 200 tons burthen, commanded by Captain Cook, and bound to Vera 
Cruz. 

Arrangements having- been made for their departure from the ship, the 
long boat was lowered, the ladies being first placed therein, with as many of 
the soldiers' wives as it could safely carry. This having been done, and the 
removal of the men completed, directions for the departure of the officers 
from the ship were commenced, Captain Cobb being the last person to leave 
the vessel, and who with the rest, got safely on board the Cambria. 

Thus perished the Kent, adding one more to the vast catalogue already 
engulphed in the voracious ocean. 

KIDDERMINSTER, the Carpet Manufactory there, esta- 
blished in 1735 

In 1735, a carpet manufactory was established with success, so as to employ, in 
1772, above 250 looms. Here are upwards of 700 looms employed in the 
silk and worsted; and above 1600 hands employed as spinners, &c. in the 
carpet looms only in the town and neighbourhood; and upwards of 1400 
hands are employed in preparing yarn, -which is used in different parts of 
England in carpeting ; and it is supposed, not less than 2000 hands are 
employed in the silk and worsted looms in the town and neighbourhood. 
The silk manufacture was established in 1755. 

KILLICRANKIE. 

The pass of Killicrankie, Perthshire, Scotland, is celebrated for the decisive vic- 
tory obtained by the Highlanders, under the command of Viscount Dundee, 
who was killed in the moment of victory, over king William's army, under 
General Mackay, in 1789. Here also a body of Hessians, in 1746, made a 
full pause, refusing to march farther ; for it appeared to them as a very- 
habitable country. 

KILKENNY, the Statute of, passed, 1364 

KINGS, Four, entertained by the Lord Mayor of London, at 

one Table 1364 

They were, the king of England, (Edward III.) the king of France, the king of 
Scotland, and Cyprus. 

KING'S EVIL, The. 

The cure for this disorder, was supposed to be the touch of the King of England. 
The first who touched for it was Edward the Confessor, in 1058. It was 
abolished by George I. 

KING'S SPEECH, the first delivered to Parliament," was 

by Henry I. in 1107 

KINGHORN, death of Alexander III. at, March 16 1285 

Near this place Alexander III. King of Scotland, was thrown from his horse, and 
killed. 

KINGSTON, the Town of, at Jamaica, built, after the great 

fire in 1692 

KING GEORGE SOUND, discovered.. 1778 

So called by Captain Cook, on his first discovering it : but the natives called it 
Nootka, the name now generally adopted by the English. 



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KIOF, or KIOW. 

Once a Duchy belonging to the great Dukes of Russia, and Kiof was their 
capital, and principal residence. This country was conquered by the Tartars, 
and came again into the possession of the great Dukes, but was overrun and 
possessed by the Cossacs, under the protection of Poland. In 1664, the 
natives, discontented with John Casimir, king of Poland, submitted to 
Russia. 

KIRIE ELYSON first brought into the Litany 590 

KISSING THE POPE'S FOOT first practised 709 

KNARESBOROUGH, The Sweet Spaw at, discovered 1620 

Knaresborough is famous on account of four medicinal springs discovered there, 
near each other, and yet of different qualities. — 1. The Sweet Spaw, or 
Vitriolic Well, in Knaresborough Forest, three miles from the town, which 
was discovered at the above date. — 2. The Stinking Spaw, or Sulphur, 
which tinges silver with the colour of copper, but is very foetid, and there- 
fore used only in bathing. — 3. St. Mungo's, a cold bath, four miles from 
the town. — -4. The Dropping-Well, which is in the town, and the most 
noted petrifying spring in England, so called by reason of its dropping from 
the spungy rock hanging over it. The ground which receives it, before it 
joins the well, is, for twelve yards long, become a solid rock. From the 
well it runs into the Nid, where the spring water has made a rock that stretches 
some yards into the river. 

KNEE, The, ordered to be bent at the name of Jesus 1275 

KNIGHTHOOD, by the King, forbidden by the Parlia- 
ment, 1640 

KNIGHTS and CITIZENS obliged to reside at the places 

they represented 1413 

KNITTING OF STOCKINGS invented in Spain, about... 1550 

KNIVES first made in ENGLAND 1563 

They were made by Thomas Mathews, on Fleet-bridge, London. 

LABOUR OF HUSBANDMEN in England. 

The following were the wages for the labour of Husbandmen in England, from 
1568, to 1788, viz.:— 

s. d. 

In 1568 4 per Diem 

1620 4\ 

1632 6 

1647 10 

1662 : , 6 

1688 8 

1698 8 

1716 • 9 

1740 10 

1760 1 

178S ": 1 4 



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LACE, FLANDERS. 

More valuable than gold — one ounce of fine Flanders thread has been sold in 
London for £4. ; such ounce made into lace may be here sold for £40. which 
is ten times the price of standard gold, at the rate of weight for weight. 

LADRONE ISLANDS. 

These are islands of the South Sea, about 1800 miles East of Canton. They 
were discovered by Magellan, a Portuguese, who found out the South-West 
passage to the East Indies in 1520. He touched first at the island of Guam, 
where the natives stole some of liis goods, which caused him to give these 
islands the name of Ladrone, or Thievish Islands. 

LADYE'S CHAPEL, The, Southwark, Meeting of Pari- 
shioners respecting, February 10, 1832 

At a Meeting of the Parishioners of St. Saviour's, Southwark, it was decided by 
a majoiity of 380 to 140, that the ancient edifice of " Our Ladyje's " 
Chapel should not be taken down. 

LANARK, NEW, Cotton Mills founded at, 1784 

The cotton mills at Lanark were entirely the creation of the enterprising and 
well-known Mr. David Dale. In 1784, he founded the mills and village of 
New Lanark, with some few acres of ground adjoining. The ground was at 
that period almost a mere morass, situated in a hollow den, and of difficult 
access, Its only recommendation was the very powerful command of water 
that the Clyde could be made to afford it ; in other respects, the distance 
from Glasgow andbadness of the roads were rather unfavourable. The first 
mill was begun in April, 1785, and a subterraneous passage of nearly 100 
yards in length was also formed through a rocky hill, for the purpose of an 
aqueduct to it. In the summer of 1788, a second one was built, and was 
nearly roofed in, when on the 9th of October, that year, the first one was 
totally consumed by an accidental fire, but was again re-built and finished in 
1789. The proprietor has since erected two others, all of which are meant 
to be driven by one and the same aqueduct. In March 1786, the spinning 
commenced, and notwithstanding the severe check by the total destruction 
of the first mill, the manufactory has been in a constant progressive state of 
advancement. In March, 1791, from an accurate account then taken, it ap- 
pears there were 981 persons employed at the mills; whereas, in November, 
1793, there were 1334. 

LANCASTRIAN EDUCATION, System of the, promul- 
gated by in 181 1 

The Lancastrian system of Education was invented by Mr. Joseph Lancaster, a 
Quaker, and promulgated by him through Great Britain and Ireland, in 1810 
and 1811. 

LANCASTER, Duchy Court of, established 1376 

LAND CARRIAGE of Fish supported by Parliament 1764 

LAND-TAX, the first in England 991 

Amounted £82,000. in 1018. Every hide of land taxed 35. in 1109. Established 
one in 1695. 

LAND-TAX, as established at the Revolution in 1688 

The Land-Tax was established at the time of the Revolution, from which period 



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LAND-TAX, (continuad) 1688 

it has yielded, to the year 1800, above £227,000,000. The proposed augmen- 
tation and equalization of this tax rendered it a subject of much interest to 
the public. It may not be unacceptible to many of our readers to be informed, 
that the cause of the disproportion of its operation proceeds from its having 
been originally a kind of voluntary contribution, levied for the service of the 
state, in the reign of His Majesty, king William. The sum formerly agreed 
to be raised by it (the sum of £2,000,000.) was divided into five hundred 
and thirteen parts, being the number of the Members for England and Wales; 
and it was left to the option of these counties to pay as many of these parts 
as they thought proper, or could afford, the consequence was, that some of 
them, celebrated for their loyalty, took upon themselves the payment of 
immense sums, while others, although equally capable of bearing the burthen, 
contributed very sparingly indeed. For instance, Middlesex agreed to pay 
eighty parts, Essex and York, twenty-four each, and Norfolk and Kent 
twenty-two each; whereas Westmorland and Cumberland would subscribe 
only one each, Rutland two, and Durham three : in this manner it has ever 
since been voted from year to year, down to the present time. 

LANTERNS invented by King Alfred 890 

LATIN ceased to be spoken in Italy about 581 

LAUDERDALE'S, LORD, unsuccessful Embassy to Paris, 

October 8, 1806 

LAW PROCEEDINGS required to be in English 1730 

Latin entirely abolished in the Courts of Law, in 1731. 

LAWNS and THREAD GAUZE manufactured 1784 

Manufactured at Paisley, to the value of £164,385. 16s. 6 d. 

LAWS OF THE LAND first translated into Saxon 590 

Published in 610. 

LAWS OF EDWARD THE CONFESSOR composed... 1065 
LAWYERS. 

In the time of Edward III. the number of attornies was limited to between three 
and four hundred for the whole kingdom : now there are more than sixteen 
thousand, and their agents, within the bills of mortality. Our ancestors 
formerly were content with plain countrymen for their stewards, but now 
they must be attornies: formerly a nobleman had only occasional recourse to 
law agency, now almost every peer must have a law agent, but not because 
his Lordship's or his Grace's estates or concerns are more important. 

LEADEN PIPES for conveying water invented 1236 

LEAGUES OF THE GRISONS, established in 1473 

The League of the Grisons, in Switzerland, consisted of three sub-divisions, 
namely, the Upper League, that of the house of Gad, and the League of the 
Ten Jurisdictions, each forming a sovereign independent republic, but united 
for their common defence in 1473. They have a General Assembly, which 
is composed of the deputies of every province, like the States-General of the 
United Provinces. 



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LEATHER first taxed ; 1339 

LE CLERC, GENERAL, sailed for St. Domingo, De- 
cember 14 1801 

General Le Clerc sailed for St. Domingo, with a force of 28,000 men, French, 
and other expeditions. He landed at St. Domingo, February 3, 1802. 

LEFOOGA, the Island of, visited by Captain Cook in ...... 1776 

The Island of Lefooga, one of the Friendly Islands, situated near Hapaee, in the 
South Seas, was visited by Captain Cook as above, and who considered this 
island, in some respects, as superior to Annamooka, the plantations being 
more numerous and extensive, 

LEGACIES taxed 1708 

Advanced in 1796. 

LEITH, a Fleet of Merchantmen wind-bound at in, 1781 

In the year 1731, a large fleet of ships of the line, and about 500 merchantmen, 
remained for several weeks wind-bound, and were supplied with provisions 
of every kind from Edinburgh market without any rise in the price. 

LENCICI A, or LENCZICZ, laid in ashes 1294 

A city of Great Poland, which was laid in ashes by the Lithuanians; in 1656 it 
also underwent the same fate from the Poles, when the Swedes were in pos- 
session of it, and all the inhabitants, especially the Jews, were put to the 
sword. 

LEON, taken from the Moors, .722 

A city of Spain, built by the Romans, in the reign of the Emperor Galba, and 
called Legio Septima Gemina, whence its present name. It is the See of a 
Bishop, immediately subject to the Pope; and in theCathedral, famed for its 
beauty, lie buried thirty-seven kings, and one Emperor. It was the first 
considerable city taken from the Moors, and fortified by Pelago, from which 
time it became the royal residence of the first Christian kingc of Spain, till 
the year 1029. 

LEON, burnt by the Buccaneers in 1684 

A city of Mexico, in America, and is the See of a Bishop. It 1684 it was burnt 
by the Buccaneers, for refusing to pay the contributions exacted of the inha- 
bitants. Dampier was among these sea robbers, but had not the command 
of the expedition. 

LEO IX. the first Pope that kept up a standing army.... 1044 

LEOPOLSTADT, the fortress of, built in 1663 

A regular fortification, in Upper Hungary, situated on the Wag, in a morass, 
built in 1663, by the Emperor Leopold, instead of the dismantled New- 
hausel, for the defence of the country against an invasion. It was dexterously 
relieved by Count Starenberg, in March, 1707, when just ready to fall into 
the hands of the Hungarian malecontents. 

LETTERS OF MARQUE, issued against Spain, July 21, . 1739 

War declared October 23, 1739. Letters of Marque issued by the Americans 
against Great Britain, March 22, 1776. Again in 1812. 



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LEVEL, (the celebrated Bedford), commenced in 1649 

This tract of fenny land consisting of about 300,000 acres, in the counties of 
Norfolk, Suffolk, Huntingdon, Northampton, Lincoln, Cambridge, and the 
Isle of Ely, was, after divers expensive attempts to drain them, in the reigns 
of Henry VII. and Charles I. undertook to be drained, and were completed 
as far as 100,000 acres. 

LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, The, granted in Denmark . 1770 
LIBRARY, the first private one, the property of Aristotle, b. c 534 

The first public library of which we have any certain account in history, was 
founded at Athens, by Hipparchus, 526, B.C. The second of any note was 
founded at Alexandria, by Ptolemy Philadelphus, 284. It was burnt when 
Julius Caesar set fire to Alexandria, 47 B.C. (400,000 valuable books in M.S. 
are said to have been lost by this catastrophe.) The famous library at Per- 
gamus, founded by Eumenes, and which was about the same time with the 
Alexandrian library, and Ptolemy became so jealous of it, that he forbid the 
exportation of papyrus from Egypt, which occasioned the invention of parch- 
ment. The first library at Rome was established, 167- That at Constanti- 
nople, founded by Constantine the Great, about A.D. 335; destroyed in 477. 
A second library formed from the remains of the first at Alexandria, by 
Ptolemy's successors, and computed to have consisted of 700,000 volumes, was 
totally destroyed by the Saracens, who heated the water for their baths, for 
six months, by burning books instead of wood, by command of Omar, Caliph 
of the Saracens, 642. The Vatican at Rome, by Pope Nicholas V. 1446 ; re- 
built, and the Library considerably improved, by Sixtus V. 1588. The 
Imperial of Vienna, by Maximilian I. about 1500. The Poyal of Paris, by 
Francis I. about 1520. The Escurial, at Madrid, by Philip II. 1557. Of 
Florence, by Cosmo de Medicis, 1560. The Bodleian, at Oxford, founded 
40th Elizabeth, 1598. The Cottonian, formerly kept at Cotton House, West- 
minster, founded by Sir Robert Cotton, about 1600; appropriated to the 
public use and benefit, 13th William III. 1701 ; partly destroyed by fire, 
1731 ; removed to the British Museum, 1753. The Radcliffeian, at Oxford, 
founded by the will of Dr. Radeliffe, who left £40,000. to the University for 
that purpose, 1711. At Cambridge, 1720, to which George I. gave £5000. 
to purchase Dr. Moore's Collection. 

LICENCES for Public Houses first granted 1551 

For brewers, and Exciseable articles, enforced, 1784. 

LIEUTENANTS, LORD, of Counties, instituted in Eng- 
land 1549 

LIFE PRESERVER, The, invented in 1809 

The invention of Captain Manby, for saving the lives of ship-wrecked seamen. 
It consists of a shot, frequently a barbed one with an eye inserted, which is 
fastened by means of a platted hide, to a rope, and thrown by a small 
mortar over the vessel which is in distress. By this means a communication 
is secured between the vessel and the shore, and either a boat or a cot may 
be hauled to the assistance of the persons on board the ship ; or the rope 
being fastened round their waists, they are drawn in safety to the shore. He- 
has also invented a cot, which may be sent to the ship from the shore, for 
the removal of helpless women, children, and sick and wounded persons. 

LIGHTS of the Zodiac discovered 1659 

No. 13. o 



98 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

LIGHTS, (The Northern) first appearance of 1716 

A body of light appeared in the North-east, which formed several columns, or 
pillars, and threw the people into great consternation; it lasted from the 
evening of March 6, till three o'clock the next morning. 

LIGHTS first used in Churches in the day-time 409 

LIGHTNING, a flash of, penetrates the Theatre at Venice, 

August, 1769 

It took place during a representation, and when 600 people were in the house, 
several of whom were killed ; it put out the candles, melted a lady's gold 
watch-case, the jewels in the ears of others, which were compositions, and 
split several diamonds. In 1222, the lightning and thunder were so dread- 
ful as to throw down several churches. In 1233, in the month of February, 
it thundered fifteen days together, with rain and floods that destroyed the 
fruits of the earth. In 1360, it destroyed many men, beasts, houses, &c. 

LILLY, (THE WATER,) of Limerick, burnt at Sea, 

October 23 1836 

Nine lives out of ten were lost. 

LIMA, founded in the beginning of the year 1535 

The city of Lima, in South America, and capital of Peru, was founded by Francis 
Pizzaro, at the above period. It has an University, and gives its names to 
the principal audience of Peru. Earthquakes are very frequent here, and 
some have done this city a great deal of damage, particularly that of 1746, by 
which it was almost destroyed. The inhabitants are so rich, that, when the 
Viceroy, sent from Spain, in 1682, made his public entry into the city, they 
paved the street he was to pass through with ingots of silver. 

LIMITATION of the Crown, Act passed 1701! 

LIMITATION respecting Estates, Act passed 1769 

LINENS first made in England... 1253 

Now began the luxurious to wear linen, but the generality woollen shirts. Table 
linen very scarce in England in 1386. In this year, a Company of linen 
weavers from the Netherlands, were established in London. Linen staining 
first known in London, 1579. 

LINOIS, ADMIRAL, repulsed at Vizagapatam, Feb. 28 ... 1805 

By the English Admiral, Sir Nathaniel Dance. 

LISSA. 

In 1656 the town of Lissa, in Great Poland, was deserted by its inhabitants, for 
fear of the Polish troops, who plundered and laid it in ashes. It was also 
destroyed by the Russians in 1707> but afterwards re-built and very much 
improved. 

LITANIES first used in Churches 443 

Litany first used in England, in English, 1543. 

LITERARY PROPERTY, Statue in favour of, passed 1709 



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LITHUANIA, LITTLE, in Regal Prussia, destruction at 

by the Plague in 1710 

This place was, in 1710, almost totally stript of its inhabitants by a Plague, 
which king William Frederick new peopled with 20,000 Switzers, &c at the 
expense of five millions of rix-dollars : and again in 1732, with 12,500 Saltz- 
burghers, at the charge of three hundred and fifty thousand, who have culti- 
vated and greatly improved this waste spot of ground. 

LITIZ, in North America, Settlement of Moravians formed 

at ...: 1757 

There is now, beside an elegant church, and the houses of the single brethren and 
single sisters, which form a large square, a number of houses for private 
families, with a store and tavern, all in one street. 

LITURGY, The, composed and confirmed, &c. . . 1548 

The English Liturgy was composed, approved, and confirmed in Parliament, 
anno 1548, the offices for the Morning and Evening Prayer being then in the 
same form as they stand at present, excepting that there was no Confession 
and Absolution, the office beginning with the Lord's Prayer. In the Com- 
munion, the Ten Commandments were omitted; the Offertory was made 
with bread and wine mixed with water ; and in the prayer for Christ's church 
militant, thanks were given to God for his wonderful grace declared in his 
saints, in the Blessed Virgin, the Patriarchs, Prophets, Apostles, and 
Martyrs ; and the saints departed were commended to God's mercy and peace: 
to this the consecratory prayer, now used, was joined as a part, only with 
some words now left out, petitioning that the bread and wine might be to us 
the body and blood of Jesus, the beloved Son, &c. In Baptism, besides the 
form of the cross made on the child's forehead, another was made on his 
breast, with an abjuration of the devil to go out of him j after which the 
child was dipped three times in the font, if well, but otherwise, only 
sprinkled.- Besides these, some other ceremonies were omitted in the Office 
for the sick, as is supposed, in 1551, when the form was altered at the soli- 
citation of Calvin. The last review of the Liturgy was in 1661, and the last 
act of uniformity, enjoining the observance of it, is 13 and 14 of Car. II. 
cap 4. The Liturgy was first read in Scotland, in 1638. 

LIVERPOOL, or LEVERPOOL, besieged in 1644 

So late as the year 1565, it was a mere fishing hamlet, containing only 138 house- 
holders and cottagers : while twelve barks, containing 223 tons, and navi- 
gated by seventy-five men, made up the sum of its maritime riches, and 
formed the embryo of its present commercial greatness. Respecting the 
Antiquities of this town, hardly any thing is known with certainty ; the 
only monument of the kind now standing is an old tower near the lower end 
of Water-street, the remains of which have long been used as a prison. The 
date of its erection is involved in obscurity ; but it was long the residence of 
the Earls of Derby. In 1644 the town, then in the hands of the Common- 
wealth, was besieged by Prince Rupert, nephew to king Charles I. and 
taken after a vigorous defence of one month, during which they often re- 
pulsed the besiegers with great slaughter. It was not till the year 1699, 
that Liverpool became a distinct parish ; for before that time, it was no more 
than a hamlet to the parish of Walton, about three miles off, having only a 
parochial chapel of ease, the present church of St. Nicholas : it is now, how- 
ever become, with respect to extent of commerce, next to the Metropolis ; as 
by estimates which have been made, it appears that Liverpool navigates one- 
twelfth part of the shipping, and has one-fourth of the foreign trade of Great 
Britain ; one-half of the trade of London, and one-sixth of the general 
commerce of the kingdom. The Slave Trade, (now happily abolished) formed 
a considerable branch of the commerce of this port, and is computed to have 



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LIVERPOOL, or LEVERPOOL, Docks of, (continued)... 1644 

employed one-fourth of the ships belonging to it ; that it had five-eighths of 
Great Britain's share of this iniquitious traffic, and three-sevenths of that of 
Europe. The trade to Ireland is very considerable, as also to the Isle of 
Man. The Docks of Liverpool form a prominent feature of the town, and 
give this port a decided preference over most others: it has thirteen Docks; 
five Wet Docks, retained by large flood-gates, so that the ships are kept 
constantly afloat; three others, which are left dry at low water, and called 
Dry Docks. The Old Dock, (the first made at Liverpool) is 200 yards long, 
and about eighty wide, with flood-gates twenty-three feet high, and thirty- 
four wide. Its site was a Pool, which, tradition says, was formerly fre- 
quented by a bird of the cormorant kind, called a Liver, and that hence the 
town was called Liverpool, and the liver adopted as its crest. The second 
made was the Salt-house Dock, having a length of quay 640 yards, with 
flood-gates of the same dimensions as those of the Old Dock. The next 
made was George's Dock, 250 yards long, and 100 broad, with flood-gates 
twenty-five feet high, and thirty-eight wide ; at the expense of £21,000. 
Next to the former was King's Dock, 290 yards long, and ninety broad: 
with flood-gates twenty-five feet high, and forty-two wide, cost £20,000. 
The last of these Docks is named the Queen's Dock, and is 270 yards long, 
and 130 broad: it has also flood-gates similar to the preceding : these were 
erected at a cost of £25,000. Each Dock has a master, who has a salary of 
100 guineas per annum, and whose duty is to superintend the arrangement 
of the flood-gates, also the docking and unlocking of the ships at tide- 
time, &c. &c. 

LOAD-STONE, Polar attraction of, known in France be- 
fore 1180 

LOCUSTS, found in St. James's Park, August 4 .' 1748 

The county af Palestine was infested with such swarms of locusts, that the air 
was darkened by them; and, after devouring every thing of a vegetable 
nature, they died, and caused such a stench that it brought on a pestilential 
fever, in 406 ; in the month of August, 873, such a prodigious swarm of 
large grasshoppers, or locusts, settled upon the lands of France, that in one 
night, they devoured every green thing even to the leaves and bark of 
young trees ; they died soon after, and another dreadful fever was the con- 
sequence, arising from the noxious effluvia thereof 5 infested Germany in 
1749; and Poland, in 1750. 

LOGARITHMS invented by John, Lord Napier, of Mer- 

cheston, Scotland, 1614 

LOG-LINE in Navigation used 1570 

LOGWOOD, first cut in the Bays of Honduras and Cam- 
peachy 1662 

During a long period, no European nation intruded upon the Spaniards in these 
provinces, or attempted to obtain any share in this branch of trade. But, 
after the conquest of Jamaica by the English, one of the first objects of the 
settlers on that island was the great profit arising from the logwood trade, 
and the facility of wresting some portion of it from the Spaniards. Their 
first attempt was made at Cape Catoche, the south-east promontory of Yuca- 
tan. When most of the trees near this cape were felled, they removed to 
the island of Trist, in the bay of Campeachy ; and, in later times, their prin- 
cipal station has been in the bay of Honduras. The Spaniards, alarmed at 
this encroachment, endeavoured by negociation, remonstrances, and open 



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LOGWOOD, the cutting of, &c. (continued) 1662 

force, to prevent the English from obtaining any footing on that part of the 
American continent. But, after struggling against it for more than a cen- 
tury, the disasters of an unfortunate war extorted from the Court of Madrid, 
in 1763, a reluctant consent to tolerate this settlement of foreigners in the 
heart of its territories. This privilege was confirmed by the Definitive Treaty 
of 1783; by which, however, it was "stipulated, that nothing in this conces- 
sion should be considered as derogating in any respect from the sovereignty 
of His Catholic Majesty ; that, if the English had erected any fortifications 
in the country, they should be demolished, and none erected in future, and 
they should confine thomselves within certain districts. But by a convention 
signed in 1786, these limits were extended, beginning from the sea, and 
continued to the source of the river Jabon, to cross from thence in a straight 
line, and to descend to the point where it would meet the line already settled 
in 1783. By this convention, moreover, the English were not only permitted 
to cut logwood, but mahogany, or any other kind of wood, or produce of the 
country; with certain exceptions, however, against the establishing of any 
plantations of sugar, coffee, &c: they were likewise permitted, with restric- 
tions, to occupy the island called Casina, St. George's Key, or Cayo Casina. 
The British settlement in this country had formerly been considered as foreign ; 
but in 1790, by an Act of Parliament, they were allowed the same advan- 
tages, in their exports and imports, as a British colony. 

LOLLARDS proscribed by the English Parliament 1406 

LOMBARDS. 

The Lombards, a people which some say took their name from their long beards, 
or, as others, from their long halberts, which they call Barden. They dwelt 
at first in the country now called the Middle March e of Brandenburg, but 
were invited into Italy by the Emperor Justinian, to serve against the Goths ; 
and to reward their services he gave them Norica, and part of Upper Panonia, 
in 548. From hence in 558 they passed into Italy, and their chief was de- 
clared king by the army at Milan in 560. This kingdom subsisted by the 
name of Lombardy till 772, when Charlemagne took Desiderius king of the 
Lombards, and became master of its territories, which, besides the countries 
just mentioned, included all the territories of Venice, the bishopric of Trent, 
part of Tyrol, the country of the Grisons, the Republic of Genoa, and of 
Tuscany, 

LOMBARDY. 

This kingdom anciently comprised almost the whole northern part of Italy, viz. 
Piedmont, Milan, most of the Venetian territories, Mantua, Parma, Modena, 
&c. It was erected by the Longobards, or Lombards, a nation of Germany, 
upon the declension of the Roman Empire, Albion, their first king, began 
his reign in 56S, being succeeded by twenty-one princes of his family, who 
kept possession of Lombardy about 200 years; but their last king Astulphus 
being at war with the Pope, and besieging Rome, Pepin, king of Fiance, 
came to that Prelate's assistance, and raised the siege; and in the year 760 
his son Charlemagne put an end to the kingdom of the Longobards, and laid 
the foundation of a new empire, comprehending Germany, France, Italy, and 
part of Spain, having been solemnly declared Roman Emperor at Rome, De- 
cember 25, in the year 800. 

LONDON, Grand Dinner of the Merchants of, August 4, ... 1808 

This splendid banquet was given by the Merchants of London, to the Deputies of 
Spain, at the City of London Tavern. 



102 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

LONDON SESSIONS, the, of 1831 

At these Sessions, which commenced on the 29th of June, 1831, not a single 
individual ! had been committed for trial, which proved a maiden Session. 

LONDON, The Common Council of, entertained at St. 

James's Palace by George 1 1727 

LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY, THE, 

finished 1338 

The London and Birmingham Eailway, finished and opened throughout to an in- 
creasing commerce, both of passengers and goods ; by tbis line is completed 
the entire distance of railway from London, to Manchester and Liverpool. 

LONDON EAST INDIAMAN, The, run down by the 

Russell Man of War, December 28 1778 

By this accident, 100 persons perished. 

LONDON, LORD MAYOR OF. 

London fortified by the Romans, 50: walled, and a palace built, 294: made a 
bishoprick, 653: repaired by Alfred, 8S5: greatly damaged by fire, 982, 
1027, and 1130 : not paved, 1090: houses of timber, thatched with straw : 
but to prevent fire, ordered to be built with stone, and covered with slates,. 
1192: but the order not observed: a Charter by king John to the Londoners 
to choose a Mayor out of their own body annually, (the office being formerly 
for life,) to elect and remove their Sheriffs at pleasure, and their Common 
Council men annually, 1208: a common hunt first appointed, 1226: Alder- 
men first appointed, 1242: the houses still thatched with straw: Cheapside 
lay out of the city, 1246: all built of wood in 1300: their privileges taken 
away, but restored on submission, 1366 : the first Lord Mayor sworn at 
Westminster, that went by water, 1433: Lord Mayor's Show instituted, 
1453: feast ditto, 1501: a Sheriff fined £50. for kneeling too near the Lord 
Mayor, when at prayers at St. Paul's Cathedral, 1486 : the Thames water 
first conveyed into the city, 1582 : the city chiefly built of wood, and very 
irregular, 1600 : the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs arrested at the suit of two pre- 
tended Sheriffs, April 24, 1652: the greatest part of the city destroyed in 
the great fire of 1666: Messrs. Pilkington and Sute, the City Sheriffs, sent 
prisoners to the Tower for continuing a Poll, after the Lord Mayor had 
adjourned it, 1682: the Charter of the City declared forfeited to the Crown, 
June 12, 1682: the privileges of the City taken away, but restored in 1688: 
built the Mansion House, 1737: furnished and inhabited, 1752: repaired 
London bridge, 1758, when the Government granted them £15,000. and per- 
mitted them to pull down the gates, viz. Ludgate, Aldgate, Cripplegate, 
Aldersgate, Moorgate, and Bishopsgate, which were all taken down in Sep- 
tember, 1760: began Blackfriar's Bridge, 1760: the Common Council 
ordered to wear blue mazarine gowns, September 14, 1761 : lost their cause 
against the Dissenters serving as Sheriffs, July 5, 1762: the City remon- 
strates on the King's paying no attention to their Petition for a redress of 
grievances, and was censured, March, 1770: Brass Crosby, Esq. (the Lord 
Mayor) and Alderman Oliver, sent to the Tower by the House of Commons 
for committing their Messenger, March, 1771 : regulation of admitting the 
Livery at Guildhall, by Mr. Stone's scheme, 1774: the Common Council dis- 
continued the wearing of their mazarine gowns in court, 1775 : Newgate, the 
County Gaol, taken down, and a massive building erected a little South of, in 
1776 : from the year 1763, to the year 1776, the Corporation of London 
expended the foliowing sums for public uses, which shews the opulence of 
the city, viz. : — in new paving, repairing old pavement, lighting, cleansing, 
&c. and purchasing old houses to widen streets, £200,000. For the New 



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LONDON, LORD MAYOR OF, (continued.) 

Bridge at Blackfriars, £200,000. &c. &c. : the city abandoned to the mercy 
of an ungoverned mob, when the Gaol of Newgate received damage to the 
amount of £S0,000. July 3, 1780: re-built the Compters of London, near 
Newgate, which cost £20,473. 1789: the Court of Aldermen rescinded the 
standing order made in 1785, that baptized Jews should not be, admitted to 
the freedom- of the City. The decision was now come to in the cause of 
Messrs. Saul, who for thirteen years had been petitioning for leave to carry 
on business in the city, 1839. 

LONDON BRIDGE built 1016 

Burnt 1136. Re-built with timber, 1165: finished with stone after thirty-three 
years' labour, 1209: re-built with stone, 1212: houses of took fire at both 
ends, when the people thinking to suppress it, were hemmed in, and leaping 
over into boats and barges several sunk, and 300 persons were drowned, 
1214: its water works invented and begun, 1582 : a great fire on it, Febru- 
ary 11, 1632: houses taken down, 1758: the temporary bridge burnt, April 
11, 1758 ; made passable again for carriages in ten days: the water works on, 
burnt 1779: Toll ceased, 27th March, 1782: streets of London new paved, 
and signs removed, 1764. The first pile for the New Bridge was driven, 
•March 15, 1824. The coffer dam of the bridge having been completed, the 
first stone was laid, April, 27, 1825, and the construction of the piers pro- 
ceeded very rapidly, the first arch being keyed in on the 4th of August, 
1827. It being necessary that the . centres should be strongly supported 
during the progress of the work, each centre of the bridge consisted of nearly 
800 tons of timber and iron. The New London Bridge was finally completed 
on the 3lst of July, 1831, having occupied nearly seven years and a half in 
in its construction, and was opened on the 1st of August, in the same year, 
by His Majesty, William IV. 

The New London Bridge consists of five arches; and is built 180 feet 
higher up the river than the former one. The least of the arches is larger 
than any other stone arch erected in this form: the centre one is 152 feet, 
with a rise of twenty-nine feet six inches above high water mark. The 
arches next the centre are 140 feet in span ; and the abutments are each 130 
feet in span. The road is fifty-three feet wide between the parapets ; the 
footways occupying nine feet each. The length of the bridge, from the 
extremities of the abutments, is 928 feet; within the abutments, 872. The 
bridge is built of granite, and the entire quantity employed is 120,000 tons. 
The New Bridge is free of toll; the expense having been paid partly by the 
Corporation and partly by the Government ; the Corporation being allowed 
to lay a tax (to last for twenty-six years) of ten pence per chaldron on all 
coals entering this port. 

Waterloo bridge was built in six years; and Westminster and Blackfriars, 
in eleven years. 

LONGINICO, or LANGANICO, anciently OLYMPIA. 

Olympia was formerly a famous city, and near which the Olympic Games used 
to be celebrated, in the plain of Olympus. These famous sports were first 
instituted by Pelops, in honour of Jupiter, and afterwards restored by Atreus 
and Hercules. These were held every fifth year for the space of five days 
with great solemnity, and a numerous resort of people from all parts; whence 
the era of measuring time by Olympiads was introduced in Greece, and these 
began A. M. 3228, and before Christ 776. 

LONGITUDE at Sea, reward promised for the discovery 

of 1714 

Mr. John Harrison, the inventor of the timekeeper, was the individual who 
obtained the reward of £20,000. offered by the 14th of Queen Anne, for a 



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LONGITUDE at Sea, reward offered for the discovery of, 

(continued) 1714 

means of determining the longitude at sea within half a degree of a circle, or 
thirty geographical miles: and also of the gridiron pendulum. He was born 
at Foulby in Yorkshire, in 1698, and was the son of an humble carpenter, 
whom he assisted in his business till he was twenty years of age. He was 
from childhood much attached to wheel machinery; and when, in his sixth 
year, confined to bed by a severe illness, he had a watch placed upon his 
pillow, that he might amuse himself by contemplating its movements. His 
opportunities of acquiring knowledge were few: but he eagerly availed him- 
self of every opportunity of improvement, and often passed whole nights 
over his books, models, and drawings. His fourth, and best timekeeper was 
in the form of a pocket watch, about six inches in diameter; and was finished 
in 1759. 

LOOKING-GLASSES of silver, invented by Praxiteles, 

b. c 70 

Made only at Venice, in 1300. 

LORDS LIEUTENANTS of Counties instituted, July 4 . 1549 

LORD HOWE'S GROUP, (Islands of the Pacific Ocean) 

discovered in 1791 

An extensive group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, discovered by Captain 
Hunter, who, from the mast head, could distinctly descry thirty-two of them, 
some of considerable extent. They appeared thickly covered with wood, 
among which the cocoa nut was very distinguishable. 

LORRAIN. 

A late province of Prance, is divided into three parts, viz. Lorrain Proper, the 
Duchy of Bar, or Bar-le-Duc, and French Lorrain, consisting of the bishop- 
ricks of Metz, Tool, and Verdun, the last confirmed to Fiance by the peace of 
Munster in 1648 ; the rest of Lorrain, in the possession of the French, was 
restored to the Duke, and confirmed to him by the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 
1659, but the French reserved to themselves the liberty of garrisoning some 
towns, and marching through Lorrain into Alsace when they pleased. Louis 
XIV. seized Lorrain again in 1670, and kept it till the Peace of Ryswick, in 
in 1698, when it was again restored to the Duke, a few small towns excepted, 
with the understanding that the fortifications of Nancy, the capital of 
Lorrain, should be destroyed. The French King possessing himself again of 
Lorrain, in 1702, was obliged to restore it to the Duke by the Treaty of Rat- 
stadt in 1714. In the last war between France and the Emperor Charles VI. 
which ended with a peace, concluded in 1735, a stipulation in the prelimi- 
naries of it was, that king Stanislaus, father of the Queen of France, should 
have the dominion of the Duchies of Lorrain and Bar, the county of Falken- 
stein excepted, with the title of Duke during life; and that after his decease, 
it should be for ever united to the Crown of France; in consideration of 
which, on the other hand, Duke Francis Stephen was to have the Grand 
Duchy of Tuscany, or Florence, after the death of the then reigning Duke, 
which happened in 1737 : and this his father-in-law the Emperor Charles 
VI. undertook in 17^6 to see performed. Accordingly Stanislaus took pos- 
session of Lorrain and Bar, which he held till his death, when it reverted to 
France; Duke Francis at the same time taking possession of Tuscany. This 
province now forms the three departments of Meurthe, Moselle, and the 
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LOTTERIES, the first public one in England 1569 

This was for repairing the fortifications of the coast of England, and was drawn at 
the West-end of St. Paul's Cathedral. The first mentioned by historians 
for sums ofmonev, in 1630; established 1693; that for the British Museum, 
in 1758; for Cox's Jewellery, 1774; for the Leverian Museum, 1784; for 
the Poets' Gallery of Pictures, 1798; and for the Pigot Diamond, 1801. 

LOUIS XVIII. the entry of into London, April 20 1814 

Louis XVIII. being about to return to Prance, after the banishment of Bonaparte 
to the Island of Elba, previous to which he had resided many years in 
England, made his entry into London on the 20th of April, 1814, accom- 
panied by the Prince Regent in his State carriage drawn by the cream- 
coloured horses, preceded by six of the royal carriages containing the princi- 
pal Officers of the Households, both English and French, and escorted by 
the First and Second regiments of Horse Guards, the officers and privates 
wearing white cockades. An immense number of English gentlemen, also 
followed on this occasion, who exhibited similar favours : whilst different 
corps of volunteer cavalry and infantry lined the road nearly from Stanmore 
to London. The Prince Regent having met His Majesty at Stanmore, about 
three o'clock, the procession moved towards town, and arrived at Grillon's 
Hotel, Albemarle street, where His Majesty was met by their Royal High- 
nesses the Dukes of York and Kent, and the Foreign Ambassadors, who 
paid their respects on this occasion. A general illumination took place in 
the evening. 

LUBLIN, in Little Poland, greatly damaged by fire, in 1656 

In the year 1240, the town was destroyed by the Tartars, and afterwards long in 
the possession of the Russians : greatly damaged by an accidental fire in 
1447, and 1606: and burnt down by the Swedes in 1656. An extraordinary 
Diet was held here in 1703. 

LUCIUS, the first Christian King of Britain, who reigned 

77 years .7 179 

Before the Romans came into this island, the Britons, who at that time were in 
possession of the country, were divided into several nations, each of them 
governed by their own kings: and when Britain became a member of the 
Roman Empire, many of their tribes had their proper kings, who were suf- 
fered to govern by their own laws, provided they consented to become tribu- 
tary. Thus were Cogidunus and Prastitagus, mentioned by Tacitus. Lucius 
founded the first Christian church in London, at St. Peter's, Chornhill, which 
was made the See of an Archbishop, till removed to Canterbury. He died 
in the year 181, leaving the Roman Empire heir to his kingdom: and Coilus, 
the father of Helena, mother of Constantine the Great. After the Romans 
had quitted Britain, upon the irruption of the Goths into Italy, during - the 
reign of Honorius, that is, in 410, the kingly government returned to the 
Britons, who chose for their king Constantine. 

LUXURY, restricted by an English Law in 1337 

In this year a law was enacted, which prohibited more than two courses at the 
tables of the prelates and nobility, and two kinds of food to each course, ex- 
cept on particular festivals. It also enacted, that all who were not possessed 
of a free estate of £100. per annum from wearing furs, skins, or silk; the 
use of foreign cloth was confined to the Royal Family alone. An edict was 
issued by Charles VI. of France, which says, " Let no one presume to treat 
with more than a soup and two dishes," 1340. 

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106 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

LYCURGUS, the Spartan Lawgiver, established his body of 
Laws in Lacedemonia b. c. 

LYONS, in France, founded b.c. 43 

Opposed the National Convention, by whom it was fiercely besieg-ed in the year 
1793. Lyons is the most considerable in the kingdom, next to Paris, with 
an Archbishop's See. It is seated in the centre of Europe, on the conflu- 
ence of the rivers Rhone and Saone. The townhouse, the arsenal, the Roman 
amphitheatre, the hospital, and the numerous palaces, are worthy of a 
traveller's attention. The Cathedral is a superb structure. 

MACHINE PAPER MAKING, invented and patented, 

April 20 1801 

Invented and patented by John Gamble. Patent afterwards assigned to Henry 
and Sealy Fourdinier, by whom the invention was much improved; and by 
great exertions, and at a vast expense, brought into general use. There are 
now 240 machines, equal to 1200 vats, in operation; the annual saving, 
effected by which, is estimated at £586,240. By this invention, manual 
labour is entirely dispensed with : the paper must not even be touched by the 
hand. The machine alone conducts it from the state of pulp to that of perfect 
paper, of a texture, strength, and quality far superior to any ever made by the 
hand of man. It is of a width before unknown, of length unlimited, and of 
any thickness from that of a bank-note to pasteboard. Every twelve hours it 
can produce the astonishing quantity of 106,900 square feet. Messrs. Four- 
dinier proved lately, to the satisfaction of a Committee of the House of 
Commons, that they had lost by the prosecution of this valuable invention, 
no less than £51,865. 12s. 10c?. ; but, to this moment, they are without any 
reward from the country, for the great benefits they have conferred upon it. 

MADEIRA, the Island of, discovered 1344 

The Island of Madeira, according to Mr, Ovington, was discovered by an English 
gentleman, in 1344, and conquered by the Portuguese in 1431. They set 
fire to a forest with a design to warm themselves, which continued burning 
for several years: and the ashes rendered the soil extremely fertile, espe- 
cially in wine, which it now produces in great quantities, and keeps best in 
the hottest climate under the torrid zone. For this reason the inhabitants of 
the Caribbee Islands that can afford it drink little else, and the Madeira wine 
that is brought to England is thought to be worth little, unless it has first 
been a voyage to the West Indies. 

MADRAS, settled by the English, about 1640 

Madras, or Fort St. George, a fort and town of the peninsula of Hindoostan, on 
the coast of Coromandel. It is the principal settlement of the English East 
India Company, and a fortress of very great strength, within which is a well- 
built city. There is also a second city, called the Black Town, separated 
from Madras by the breadth of a proper esplanade only : and, although near 
four miles in circuit, fortified in such a manner as to prevent a surprise from 
the enemy's horse: an evil to which every town in the Carnatic is subject, 
from the dryness and evenness of the country. Madras was taken by the 
French in 1746, but restored by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Indeed, it 
was hardly defensible, until the destruction of Fort St. David, in 1758, 
pointed out the necessity of fortifying it. The fort was planned by Mr. 
Robins, the real author of Lord Anson's Voyage: and it is, perhaps, one of 
the best fortresses in the possession of the British nation. 

MADRID built b.c 936 

Remained an obscure village, in 1515. 



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MAGIC LANTERNS invented by Roger Bacon 1252 

MAGISTRATES, Arrangements of, on change of Officers... 1839 

Sir Frederick Roe having resigned his situation of Chief Magistrate of Bow- 
street, Mr. Hall, of Hatton-Garden, was appointed in his place, on a salary 
of £1200. per- annum. Mr. Minshull also retired, after a service of twenty 
years, on a superannuation allowance. It was further arranged, that Mr. 
Twyford be appointed second Magistrate, at Bow-street, and Mr. Jardine, a 
barrister on the Western Circuit, third Magistrate. The two latter gentle- 
men were each to have a salary of £1000. per annum. The approval of the 
last-named gentlemen, as the future Magistrates at Bow-street, was made 
known by a letter from Lord John Russell. 

Mr. Bennett, of Hatton-Garden Office, to be superannuated, and Mr. 
Coombes and Mr. Greenwood to act as Magistrates there. The Magistrates 
also received the following appointments from the Home Secretary, viz : — 

Bow-street. — Goodson, door and office keeper; Fall and Mace, first and 
second ushers to the Court; Tyrrell, the jailer, to retain his situation; Davis, 
the under-jailer, to be messenger at Queen-square Court; the superseded 
Officers to receive a superannuated allowance, with the exception of Shackell, 
to whom was offered an Inspector's situation in the Metropolitan Police Force, 
with the prospect of promotion. 

Marlborough-street. — Plank, to retire on a well-earned pension : suc- 
ceeded by Thomas Clements, now Chief Usher. Richard Mace, second 
Usher of Bow-street. 

Queen -square. — Chief Usher, Smith: Webster, second Usher ; Davis, 
of Bow-street, Messenger : and Glibbery, of Worship-street, Door and Office- 
keeper. To resign. — Handley, Dawkins, Hall, and Woodbury. Cain, still 
to retain the office of jailer. 

Worship-street. — To be two officers, senior and junior Usher, Jailer, 
Office-keeper, and Messenger. Three Officers to be discharged upon a 
pension, and one removed to Queen-square. Four Policemen to take out 
Warrants and Summonses. 

Thames Police Court. — Blaby and Ellis. Thomas Sporle, to act as 
door-keeper. Moore, the jailer, Constable of the Court, and to act as here- 
tofore. Mackenzie, from Hatton-Garden, to be Messenger of the Court. 

MAGNA CHARTA, signed bv King John, and the Barons 

of England, June 19 1215 

MAGNA ChARTA, the great Charter of the Liberties of the People of England, 
signed at Runny-Mead, where king John, in 1215, affrighted by the great 
army of his barons, who met him here, settled those Charters of their liber- 
ties, called Charta Magna, and Charta de Foresta. Nothing could be more 
solemn or impressive than the manner of its subsequent publication. King 
John, with most of the nobles and chief prelates of the land, each holding a 
candle in his hand, assembled to hear the sentence of excommunication pro- 
nounced against those who should infringe it. When the candles were lighted, 
the king gave his to a prelate who was near to him, saying, " It becomes not 
me, being no priest, to hold this candle; my heart shail be greater testi- 
mony." The candles were then thrown on the ground; and while they lay 
smoking there, a solemn curse (excommunication from fire and candle), was 
pronounced against all impugners of the Charter; the King with a loud voice, 
exclaiming, — " As God me helps, I will, as I am a man, a Christian, a 
knight, a king, crowned and anointed, inviolably observe all these things." 
The bells were then rung ; and all the people shouted for joy. 

MAGNET AND RED ROVER, Accident to the, Oc- 
tober 17 1836 

The Magnet and Red Rover, were Margate steam boats, and the accident happened 
off the Nore, in a fog : in consequence of which, the latter vessel was sunk. 



10S THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

MAGNETS, artificial, invented in England 1751 

MAGNIFYING GLASSES invented by Roger Bacon 1260 

MAHOMET, the False Prophet, death of, June 17 63 1 

Mahomet, the False Prophet, flies from Mecca to Medina, in Arabia, in the 44th 
year of his age, and the tenth of his ministry, when he laid the foundation of 
the Saracen Empire, and from whom the Mahometan Princes to this day claim 
their descent. His followers compute their time from this era, which, in 
Arabic, is called Hegira, i. e. the Flight. (For a further account, see 
" Hegira.") 

MAHOMET began his opinions 604 

MAIL COACHES first established to Bristol in 1784 

To other parts of England, and an act to regulate and encourage them, and exempt 
them from tolls, 1785 3 repealed in 1813. 

MAIMING AND WOUNDING made capital 1670 

MALMSBURY, LORD, sent Ambassador to Paris, De- 
cember 1796 

Received at Paris, December 22, 1796. His Lordship returned from Paris, 
whither he had been sent to offer terms of Peace, but did not succeed, De- 
cember 29, 1796. Ordered to quit France, on svispicion of having encouraged 
the Royalists, September 18, 1797. 

MALTA, the Island of, surrendered to the Maltese and 

British, after a long siege, September 5, 1800 

The Order of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, afterwards called Knights of 
Rhodes, and now of Malta, owes its origin to the Benedictine Order. 

About the middle of the eleventh century, certain merchants from Amalfi, 
who traded with Syria, obtained from the Caliph of Egypt, permission to 
found a monastery according to the Latin Ritual at Jerusalem, which was 
occupied by Benedictine Monks brought from Italy. Close by this monastery, 
called St. Mary of the Latin Church, an hospital for poor and sick pilgrims 
was built, and dedicated to St. John the Almoner, afterward to St. John the 
Baptist. The Order at first consisted of lay brethren, employed by the 
monks to take care of the hospital, who were distinguished by a black mantle 
adorned with a white cross. They were soon obliged to arm themselves in 
defence of the pilgrims, who were attacked on the highways by the Arabian 
robbers. Having thus become military men, they elected a Captain to com- 
mand them in the field: and as they became rich they refused to acknow- 
ledge any other head, and soon renounced the authority of the monks, by 
quitting the Order of St. Benedict, in order to follow that of St. Augustin. 
Their proselytes soon became numerous. After Jerusalem was taken (1187) 
they retired to Acre, which they defended most valiently in 1290. They then 
followed John de Lusignan, who settled them at Limisson, in his kingdom 
of Cyprus, where they remained till the year 1310, when they took Rhodes, 
from whence they were expelled by Soliman in 1522. They afterwards wan- 
dered about Italy till 1525, when Charles V. made them a present of the 
Island of Malta, where Soliman again attacked them in 1566, but was obliged 
to retire after a siege of four months, with an immense loss of above 20,000 
men. The Order retained possession of Malta till 1798, when it was seized 
on by the French, who were driven out of it by the British forces, commanded 
by Colonel, now General Sir Thomas Graham: since which time it has con- 
tinued in the possession of Great Britain, and will probably continue so as 
long as we retain our present decided superiority at sea. 



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MALT TAX established 1677 

Malt liquor was used in Egypt 450 B. c : Increased in 1760. Excise on it in 
England, 1697: the duty on malt spirits for 1783, 1734, 1785 and 1786, 
amounted to £1,451,998. Is. Id. The duty on malt for 1784 and 1785, was 
£514,668. In 1788 the duties on beer yielded about £1,666,152. and on 
malt, £1,328,103.: and malt spirits the sum of £509,167- 

MANCHESTER NAVIGATION opened, June 17, 1761 

MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY, acci- 
dent at the, September 9 1837 

The Manchester train, which left Manchester at six o'clock, on the above evening, 
was staying for the purpose of dispatching the Bolton train. They had not 
been there more than a minute, when the Grand Junction train, from Bir- 
mingham, came in sight. It was expected that the Engineer of the Grand 
Junction would have stopped the propelling power, instead of which he con- 
tinued his course, proceeding on his way at the rate of thirty miles an hour, 
and came up with the Manchester engine. The effect was, that the Bolton 
carriage was smashed to pieces. The concussion was so awful, that one of 
the passengers (a female) was killed on the spot, and a number of the others 
seriously injured. The verdict of the Jury was, manslaughter against the 
engineer and fireman. 

MAN, THE ISLE OF, (Sovereignty of the) purchased for 

£70,000 1765 

The Isle of Man was formerly subject to Norway, afterwards to John and Henry 
III. of England, and then to Scotland. Governed by its lords from 1043} 
conquered by Henry IV. and by him given to the Earl of Northumberland, 
with the title of king, 1341 ; at whose attainder it was granted to Sir John 
de Stanley, 1406; in this family it continued till 1594, when it was seized by 
the Queen; granted to William Earl of Derby, 1608; fell by inheritance to 
the Duke of Athol, 1735 ; Christianity first established there by St. Patrick 
and St. Andrew, about 440; Episcopal See established, 447; conquered from 
the Scots, by Montacute, Earl of Sarum, 1314; to whom Edward III. gave 
the title of King of Man ; first Tynwald meeting about 1418 ; the proprietors 
first called Lords of Man, 1521 ; the bishoprick annexed to the province of 
York, 1541 ; island of, annexed to the Crown of England, having been pur- 
chased of the Duke of Athol for £70,000. to prevent smuggling. On the 1st 
of July, 1786, a copper coinage for the use of the island, was issued from the 
Tower of London. 

MANUFACTURES in England produced annually, the 

following sums in the year 1783 

Woollen £16,800,000 

Leather 10,500,000 

Flax 1,750,000 

Hemp 890,000 

Glass 630,000 

Paper 710,000 

Porcelain 1,000,000 

Silk 3,350,000 

Cotton 960,000 

Lead 1,650,000 

Tin 1,000,000 



110 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

MANUFACTURES, of England, (continued,) 

Iron 870,000 

Plating, steel, &c 3,400,000 



51,310,000 
Other manufactures ........ 5,250,000 



Total £56,560,000 



The manufactures of England, in 1800, were computed at £82,000,000: 
and of the United Kingdom, £89,000,000, and they have been gradually- 
increasing since that time. 

MAP OF ENGLAND, the first one, was in 1520 

The first Map of England was by George Lilly. The first of Russia, 1560- 

MAPS AND GLOBES invented by Anaximander, B.C. 600 

That of the moon's surface invented at Dantzick, 1647. Maps and Sea Charts 
were first brought to England by Bartholomew Columbus, to illustrate his 
brother's theory respecting a Western Continent, 1489. 

MARCH'S, LORD, celebrated Wheel-Carriage wager at 

Newmarket, August 29 1750 

A bet, won upon the course at Newmarket, which the Duke of Queensbury, of 
sporting celebrity, made with Count O'Taaf, that he would cause a carriage 
with four horses to be drawn a distance of nineteen miles in sixty minutes. ■ 
The carriage was constructed partly of wood and partly of whalebone, drawn 
by blood horses, and driven by two grooms of extremely light weight. 

MARINER'S COMPASS invented or improved by Goija 

of Naples, 1302 

Invented in China, 1120, B.C.; said to be used at Venice, 1260; improved at 
Naples, 1302; its variation observed, 1500; its dipping, 1576; supposed to 
be invented by Goija, a Neapolitan, who marked the Needle with a fleur-de- 
lis, the arms of the Duke of Anjou, then king of Naples. 

MARRIAGE, BANNS OF, first published in Churches ... 1200 
MARRIAGE in Lent forbidden 354 

Forbidden to the Priests 1015: first celebrated in churches, 1226. 

MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION ACTS passed 1836 

MARSEILLES, the city of, built b„c. 500 

It stands at the foot of a high rocky mountain, on a fine bay of the Mediterranean, 
and is divided into two parts, the Old and Nevv town ; between which is a 
beautiful walk of trees. It was the See of a Bishop, has an Academy of the 
Fine Arts, and an Observatory. In 1720 and 1722, the Plague caused terri- 
ble havoc there. 

MARSHALSEA PRISON, death of a Prisoner at the, 

January 7 1811 

Thomas Culver, a prisoner for debt, died there of want. 



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MARTINICO taken by the English, February 13 , 1762 

Martinico, a considerable island of North America, and one of the Caribbees. The 
French possessed it from 1635 till 1762, when it was taken by the English: 
but was again restored to the Frencl. by the peace of 1763. It has several 
safe and commodious harbours, well fortified. 

MASS first used in Latin 394 

Introduced into England in 680. 

MASSACRE OF HUGONOTS, The, August 25, 1572 

The Massacre of 70,000 Hugonots, or French Protestants, throughout the kingdom 
of France, was attended with circumstances of the most horrid treachery and 
cruelty ; it began at Paris, on the night of the Festival of St. Bartholomew, 
August 25, 1572, by secret orders from Charles IX. king of France, at the 
instigation of the Queen Dowager, Catherine de Medicis, his mother. It is 
styled in History the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. (See the opening of the 
Tombs of the Kings of France, page 54.) 

MASQUERADES, the first in Scotland, January 15 1773 

MAUNDAY THURSDAY, ceremony of commenced 1362 

MEDICINE DUTY commenced in 1783 

It was increased in 1804. 

MEDICIS, MARY DE, Queen Mother of France, visited 

England 163S 

MEDWAY. 

It is navigable for large ships to Rochester bridge, and thence for vessels and 
barges to Maidstone, the tide flowing up to that town. The distance between 
the mouth of this river, where the fort at Sheerness is erected, and 
Rochester bridge, is between sixteen and eighteen miles. In this part of the 
river, the channel is so deep, the banks so soft, and the reaches so short, that 
it is one of the best and safest harbours in the world : and ships of eighty- 
guns ride afloat at low water, within musket shot of Rochester bridge. Nor 
is there a single instance upon record, that any of the royal navy suffered 
here by storms, except in that dreadful tempest which happened in Novem- 
ber, 1703, when the Royal Charlotte was driven on shore, where she sunk 
and was lost. In 1667 the Dutch came up the Medway, and burnt the Men 
of War, which occasioned Sheerness to be built at its mouth to defend the 
entrance. 

MEDWAY STEAMER, The, burnt August 16 1837 

MERCURY, the Planet, passed over the Sun's disk, No- 
vember 25 1 769 

Visible to the naked eye, from twelve to two o'clock, at London. 

MERMAID TAVERN, Hackney, Sale of The, February 20 1833 

The sale of " The Mermaid" Tavern took place at Garraway's; it included the 
banquetting room on the lawn, the pleasure grounds, three cottages, the tap, 
the extensive stabling, and all the appurtenances, held for twentv-three 
years, at £332. 10s. per annum ; the Lessee to repair, insure, &c. Goods, 
fixtures, and effects, to be taken at a valuation. After a long discussion, in 
a crowded room, the lot was bona fide sold, as was stated, for £1000. 



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METHODIST MEETING HOUSE, the floor of a, at 

Leeds, gave way, May 29, 1 796 

Sixteen women, a man, and a child were unfortunately killed, and eighty persons 
dreadfully wounded. 

MILITARY EXECUTIONS in Hyde Park in 1747 

In the reign of Richard II. 1388, Sir Robert Tresilian, Chief Justice of the King's 
Bench, and Sir Nicholas Brembre were executed here, for high treason; and 
all military criminals who were sentenced to death by Courts Martial, were 
taken to a spot within the wall of Hyde Park, and there suffered death, by 
being shot: this spot is identified by a stone, against which the unfortunate 
delinquent was placed, and which was visible till within these few years. 
The situation of the stone is correctly laid down in a Plan of Hyde Park at 
Kew Palace; it was situated only a few yards from Cumberland gate, and 
when the entrance to the Park was enlarged for public convenience, this stone 
was found so deeply embedded in the earth, that, to prevent trouble, the 
earth was carried over, and now lies buried on the spot where it was origi- 
nally placed. 

November 26, 1747. — A Court Martial was held at Whitehall, General 
Wade being President, when Serjeant Smith was tried for desertion. He 
was found guilty of the charge, and sentenced to be hanged in Hyde 
Park; when the sentence was carried into execution on the 11th of Decem- 
ber following. He was accompanied to the place of execution by the 
Minister of the Savoy, escorted by a party of the foot-guards, when the sen- 
tence having been read at the head of the regiment, he was marched thence 
to Hyde Park, where he was hanged on a gibbet erected for that purpose, and 
buried near it. 

This is the only instance on record of an execution by the gibbet in Hyde 
Park, all other military criminals being shot; but in this case it was thought 
advisable, for the sake of example, to check frequent desertion. 

January 5, 1756, John M'Gew was shot, at the stone before mentioned, 
for desertion : on this occasion nearly 200 recruits were drawn up to witness 
the awful ceremony. 

Monday, May 24, 1756. — William Goodman was shot at the usual place 
in Hyde Park for desertion, he having committed the same crime four dif- 
ferent times, and received a pardon each time. 

Military punishment by flogging has taken place in Hyde Park : — 
August 6, 1716, two soldiers were almost flogged to death in Hyde Park, 
and turned out of the service, for having worn oak boughs in their hats on 
the 29th of May. 

MILITIA ACT, The, passed April 1 , 1757 

Again 1764, and 1781. Supplemental, 1797; — for Scotland, 1797: a clause intro- 
duced into it, authorising Courts Martial to inflict, if they think proper, the 
punishment of imprisonment, instead of flogging, 1811. 

MINISTERIAL INDEMNITY BILL, The, passed 1801 

MOHOCKS, savage and daring depredations of the 1711 

In the year 171 1, a reward was offered for the apprehension of a set of wretches 
of this description, who went about the streets of London at night, and took 
pleasure in wounding and disfiguring the men, and indecently exposing the 
women; a further reward of £100. was offered by Royal Proclamation for the 
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MONARCH AND APOLLO, The, (Steam Vessels,) sunk, 

September 5 1837 

The loss of the Monarch and Apollo was occasioned in consequence of their 
running foul of each other, by which, three lives were lost. The Coroner's 
Jury, on one of the bodies, fixed a deodand of £500. on the Monarch, on the 
ground of negligence. 

MONASTERY, the first founded, to which the Sister of 

St. Anthony retired, 270 

Monks first associated, 328. The first founded in France near Poictiers, by St. 
Martin, 360. The first in Britain in 596. Constantine IV. sent for a great 
number of Friars and Nuns to Ephesus, ordered them to change their black 
habits for white, and to destroy their images ; on their refusal, he ordered 
their eyes to be put out, banished them, sold several monasteiies, and appro- 
priated the produce to his own use. They were totally suppressed by Act of 
Parliament in 1539. 

MONEY. 

Money first mentioned as a medium of commerce in Chapter xxiii. of Genesis, 
when Abraham purchased a field as a sepulchre for Sarah, in the year of the 
World 2139; first made at Argos, 894 B.C.; has increased eighteen times in 
value from 1290 to 1789; and twelve times its value from 1530 to 1739. 
Silver has increased thirty times its value since the Norman Conquest, viz. a 
pound in that age was three times the quantity that it is at present, and ten 
times its value in purchasing any commodity. 

MONEY, The Interest of, reduced to 5 per Cent, in 1714 

The Interest of Money was 40 per Cent, in 1260; established legally at 10 per 
Cent, in 1546; reduced to 9 per Cent, in 1604; to 8 per Cent, in 1622; the 
Interest of the National Debt reduced to 3 per Cent, in 1749. (See In- 
terest. J 

MONEY-MARKET, great panic in the, December 10 1825 

This occurrence caused the failure of a vast number of Banks both in town and 
country. 

MONKEY, (death of Queen Victoria's favourite), October . 1839 

Her Majesty's monkey was a present from one of the Cobourg family, and was 
domiciled under the especial care of Mr. Cross, of the Surrey Zoological 
Gardens. 

MONUMENTS erected by order of Parliament, July 13 ... 1813 

One to General Bowes, who fell at the battle of Salamanca: one to Colonel 
Myers, who was killed at Albuera: one to Colonel Cadogan, who fell at 
Vittoria: and one to Sir J. Brock, who fell in Upper Canada. 

MONUMENT, The, London, began 1671 

Finished 1677: repaired 1786. In 1810, Lyons Levy, a Jewish dealer in 
diamonds, threw himself from the top of the Monument, January \8, when he 
was literally dashed to pieces. Nearly about the same time, a baker, named 
Leander, a native of Pleading, in Berkshire, committed suicide from the same 
spot. 

In 1839, another distressing suicide was committed by Miss Margaret 
Moyes, daughter of Mr. Moyes, of No. 3, Hemming's-row, by throwing 
herself off the top of the Monument: 

No. 15 Q 



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MONUMENT, The, Suicides at, (continued.) 

On tlie 18tH of October, 1839, the inhabitants of Fish-street hill were» 
again thrown into great consternation, in consequence of another suicide of a* 
youth, from the top of the Monument. A boy having informed police-con-- 
stable Dbgherty, 52, who was on duty in Gracechurch street, that a lad had 
precipitated himself from off the top of the Monument, the officer hastened 
to the spot, and found the body of the unfortunate youth about twelve feet 
from the railing, directly opposite the door. where the visitors enter, but life 
was extinct. On enquiry, his name was found to be Richard Donaldson 
Hawes, the son of a widow, a laundress, and who resided near Chelsea, At 
the time of his committing the act, there weretwo females on the Monument- 
with him, and a Bible was found, some of the leaves of which were turned 
down at passages relating to self destruction. The father also of the un- 
fortunate youth destroyed himself by casting himself from an elevation. 

This mode of committing suicide is not confined to England, many persons 
having thrown themselves from the column in the Place de Vendome, at 
Paris. A young gentleman, M. Politeau, having murdered his wife,- in a fit 
of jealousy, ascended the column, and terminated his existence. 

MONTHS, The, first received their names 790* 

They first received their names from the Emperor Charlemagne. They were 
altered by the French in 1792. 

MOORFIELDS levelled and first planted, 1614 

Quarters formed, gravelled and planted, 1740: division wall pulled down, 1754: 
road made to cross it, 1786: converted to Finsbury Square, in 1789. 

MORNING POST, Criminal Information against, May 4 . 1831 

The Attorney-General moved a Criminal Information against the Editor of the 
above paper for a libel on the Lord Mayor, (Key.) His Lordship not wish- 
ing to press the charge further, and the imputation on his conduct made by 
the Editor, the Rule was discharged. 

MORNING ADVERTISER, Action against for a Libel, 

December 23 1831! 

This action was brought by Captain Garth, for a libel in the Morning Advertiser 
on his character. Damages, one farthing ! There was another action for 
the same article, against the Editor of the Globe newspaper. — Damages, one? 
farthing! ■'. 

MORTALITY,, a great, in _' „ 1094 

Again, !among men, cattle, and fowls,, 1111:1.. Among men, at Oxford,, 14711.. 
Among youtdr, 1589. And at York, when; 1,1, 000 persons- died, ih> August,, 
1691,. 

MORTAR, The, placed in St. James's Park,. August 1% ...... 18 IT 

MORTARS for bombs first made in England 15A% \ 

MORTMAIN ACT passed _ 12.79* 

Another May 20, 1736. 

MOURNING,. WHITE, used in Spain for the last time In .. 1495 
MULBERRY-TREES first planted in England: 109S 



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MURDER, an Act passed for the more effectual prevention 

of, in 1754 

An Act was passed this year for the more effectual prevention of murder, which 
decreed that the murderer should be executed on the second day after the 
conviction: for which reason it has been customary to try persons charged of 
murder on Friday, by which indulgence, in case of conviction, the execution 
of the sentence is necessarily postponedtill Monday; and by the same Act k 
is ordained that the convicted murderer shall be either hung in chains, or 
anatomised. One Thomas Wilford was the first that suffered under this Act, 
which was for the murder of his wife. 

MUSEUM, THE BRITISH, purchased by Parliament, and 

vested in the Public 1 788 

On the 15th of January, 1823, His Majesty, George IV. made a donation to the 
British Museum, of his Father's Library. In His Majesty's letter, commu- 
nicating the gift, he states the Library to consist of ONE hundred And 
twenty thousand volumes; but when it came to be counted, the number 
was found not to exceed seventy thousand! ! Like most libraries it had 
been numerically overated, though in intrinsic worth it is surpassed by few. 
" The Collection of George III." says Mr. Panizzi, " is magnificent, not only 
" with respect to the choice of Works, but in point of the beauty of the 
" copies, of the value of the editions, of the number of large papers and 
" vellum books, and of other typographical rarities." 

MUSICAL NOTES invented 1070 

MUSIC on Bells, or Chimes, invented at Alost 1487 

MUSKETS first used in France, at the Siege of Arras 1414 

In general use, 1521. In the Netherlands, 1567. 

MUSLINS from India, first worn in India 167© 

In 1789, the great quantity of 334,352 pieces were sold by the East India 
Company. 

MUSLINS were first manufactured in England in 1 781 

MUTINY ACT first passed in 1689 

MUTINY, the alarming one throughout the Fleet at Spit- 
head, April 15 1797 

An alarming mutiny took place onboard the fleet at Portsmouth for an advance of 
wages by the seamen, which was suppressed by a promise from the Admiralty 
Board, but, it being delayed, occasioned a re-commencement on board the 
London Man of War, when Admiral Colpoys, and his Captain, were put into 

1 confinement for ordering the marines to tire, whereby three lives were lost. 

The mutiny subsided, May 10, 1797, when an act was passed to raise their 
wages, and the king pardoned the mutineers. (For a further account of 
this Mutiny, see Parker, the principal leader, in " Remarkable Person- 

I ages.) 

MUTINY, the general one, which broke out in the Fleet at 

Sheerness, April 12 1797 

'The Mutineers were put in irons, and many of them executed; terminated 
June 14, 1797. 

MUTINY at Vellore, in India, January 31 1807 



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NANTZ, Edict of, passea by Henry IV 1598 

An ancient town of France, in the department of Lower Loire, and late province 
of Bretagne. Large ships can come no further up the Loire than the village 
of Paimboeuf. This city is very much celebrated in history. Henry IV. or 
Henry le Grand, having, by an Edict in 1598, granted the Reformed, or 
Huguenots the public exercise of their religion, by which Protestants 
enjoyed toleration in France, was by his grandson, Louis XIV. revoked in 
1685 : an era which that body of men mournfully commemorate every year j 
and in consequence of this bad policy, 50,000 French Protestants left France, 
and came to England. 

NAPIER'S BONES invented 1617 

A method of computing by means of marked pieces of wood, were invented by Sir 
John Napier 

NAPLES. 

Naples, a kingdom in the South part of Italy, has undergone a many changes. 
The Normans became masters of it in the Xith. century : and the sovereigns 
were called Counts, then Dukes, and afterwards kings of Puglia ; but in 
1282, Peter III. king of Arragon, caused all the Normans to be massacred: 
and this massacre was called the Sicilian Vespers. After this, Puglia was 
joined to Sicily, whence the sovereigns have had the title of The King of 
the Two Sicilies for 260 years past. It has been called the Kingdom of 
Naples, from the city of that name, which is the capital. The French entered 
it again in 1504, but were driven away, and then it came under the domi- 
nion of Spain ; but the Archduke Charles, afterwards the Emperor Charles 
VI. got possession of it in 1706. In 1736 it was given to Don Carlos, by the 
Treaty of Vienna, who, succeeding to the Crown of Spain, it went to his 
brother. This kingdom is a fief of the church, and the king pays to the 
Pope every year a purse of 70,000 crowns of gold, and a white hackney. As 
this kingdom has been peopled by different nations, the mixture has produced 
strange effects : the Neapolitans possessing not only the vices of the original 
natives, but of various nations. There was a time when Italy swarmed with 
vagabonds, called banditti, who made robbing a business. Some of these 
companies were so bold and very formidable, that if they intended to murder 
any one, he seldom escaped. This was carried so far, that not only travel- 
lers were assassinated in their inns, but they sent letters to persons of 
quality, requiring them to lay such a sum of money in a certain place, unless 
they were willing to be murdered. But this terrible race of men is greatly 
decreased, and the roads more free from robberies. 

The Jews were banished out of this kingdom till the reign of Charles V.: 
but in 1740 the king allowed them to enter it again for the sake of trade; 
however, in 1743, and 1744, a terrible plague happening, the Churchmen 
persuaded the King, that it was on account of the Jews, and so they were 
expelled the kingdom again. 

NATIONAL DEBT, The, of America, was Sixteen Millions 

in 1791 

NATIONAL ANTHEM of « God Save the King," The, 

first sung, July 16 1607 

The National Anthem of — " God save the King," was first sung at an entertain- 
ment given by the Merchant Tailors' Company to James I., to commemorate 
his escape from the Gunpowder Plot. It was said to have been written by 
Ben Jonson, and set to music by Dr. John Bull. 

NATURALIZATION, first Law for, in England, in 1437, 

and 1709 



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NATURALIZATION OF JEWS, Bill passed . 1753 

It was repealed in the month of December following 1 . 

NAVIGATION ACT first passed 1381 

The Navigation Act was passed the 5th of Richard II. s. 1 , cap. 3. Again in 
1541: again for the Colonies, 1646, and 1651, which secured the trade of 
our Colonies, 1660, and 1778. Of -the Thames shipping, commenced in 
1786. 

NAVY OF ENGLAND, The. 

The Navy of England, at the time of the Spanish Armada, was only twenty-eight 
vessels, none larger than frigates. James I. added ten ships, 1400 tons, of 
sixty -four guns, the largest then ever built. In August, 1813, it was as 
follows: — In commission, 151 of the line, twenty-five from 50 to 44 guns, 
166 frigates, 115 sloops and yachts, 6 bombs, &c. 192 brigs, 37 cutters, 
60 luggers: — Repairing for service, 76 of the line, 10 from 50 to 44 guns, 
sixty-four frigates, 34 sloops and yachts, 2 bombs, &c. 9 brigs, 1 cutter, 
4 luggers: — Building, 23 of the line, 6 from 50 to 44 guns, 32 frigates, 
29 sloops and yachts, 3 bombs, &c. and 8 brigs. Making a grand total of 
1053. 

NAVY OF FRANCE, The, first mentioned in History ... 728 

They vanquished the Frisons at sea. 

NEEDLES first made in England in 1545 

They were first made by a native of India, and the art was for a time lost at his 
death; recovered by one Christopher Greening in 1560, who was settled 
with his three children, Elizabeth, John, and Thomas, by Mr. Damer, 
ancestor of one of the Earls of Dorchester, at Long Grendon, in Bucks, 
where the manufactory has been carried on from that time. 

NEGROES adjudged to be free whilst in this country 1772 

Declared free in Scotland, January 15, 1778. Termination of slavery in the 
British Colonies, 1834. 

NETHERLANDS, or LOW COUNTRIES. 

Anciently called Gallia Belgica. In the fifth century, the Francs, a people of Ger- 
many, coming to settle in Gaul, founded a new kingdom, to which they gave 
the name of France. In the ixth. century, the son of the Emperor, Lewis 
the Pious, having divided the dominions of their father, who possessed 
Germany, France, and Italy, a new kingdom was formed, comprehending 
Germany and Fiance, which extended from the Mediterranean to the Ocean, 
and contained a part of the Netherlands. It was called Lotharia, but did not 
long subsist: for it was soon divided into two; and that seated near the Me- 
diterranean was called the kingdom of Burgundy ; while the other, to the 
north had the name of Austrasia. Nor did this last long, it being divided 
into small provinces under different names, which still depended on the 
Empire of Germany, and were called Lower Germany. In process of time, 
the House of Burgundy purchased many of them, and was about to form 
them, with Burgundy, into a kingdom; but Charles the Bald, the last Duke 
of Burgundy, being killed by the Swiss in 1447, his part of the Netherlands 
devolved on his only child and heiress, Mary; by whose marriage with the 
Emperor Maximilian, the Netherlands were an acquisition to the house of 
Austria. The Emperor Charles V. king of Spain, in 1555, abdicated the 
sovereignty of the Netherlands, and, sometime afterward, the Spanish Crown, 



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NETHERLANDS, or LOW COUNTRIES, (continued.) 

in favour of his son Philip. The tyranny of this cruel bigot, Philip II. who 
endeavoured to introduce the Inquisition into the Low Countries, with -the 
harbarities of the Duke of Alva, exasperated the people to such a degree, that 
they threw off the Spanish yoke, and, under the conduct of William I. Prince 
of Orange, formed the famous league of Utrecht, in 1579, which proved the 
foundation of the Republic of the United Provinces : these Provinces are 
Zealand, West Friesland, Guelderland, Utretcht, Overyssel, and Groningen. 
After a long and dreadful war, the Spaniards agreed a truce with the Pro- 
vinces, the first article of which acknowledged them to be free and indepen- 
dent states. The war was renewed in 1621 ; but by the treaty of Westphalia, 
in 1648, Philip IV. of Spain renounced all claim to sovereignty over the 
United Provinces. On the death of Charles II. of Spain, and the subsequent 
accession of a branch of the house of Bourbon to that monarchy, it was stipu- 
lated, by the Treaty of Baden in 1714, that the Spanish Netherlands was to 
return to the German branch of the house of Austria. The Emperor Charles 
VI. left the Austrian Netherlands to his daughter Maria Theresa, Queen of 
Hungary and Bohemia, who married Francis, Grand Duke of Tuscany, after- 
ward Emperor. During her reign, her people were happy : but her son, 
Joseph II. having projected many innovations in the constitution, both in 
church and state, and enforcing them with violence, an universal spirit of re- 
volt broke out; an army of 40,000 men rose, as if by magic, to support the 
renunciation of all allegiance, which several of the provinces now openly 
made: a -congress was formed, and by the end of December, 1790, the 
Austrian forces were entirely expelled from the Netherlands. The new- 
government was not of long duration. Leopold II. the successor of Joseph, 
who died in the early part of 1790, was enabled, partly by the force of arms, 
conciliatory measures, and the mediation of the Courts of London, Berlin, 
and the Hague, to recover the entire possession of his authority in these 
provinces, to the satisfaction of the people ; the Ministers of the mediating 
Courts having guaranteed the restoration of the ancient Belgic constitution, 
as enjoyed under the happy reign of the Empress Queen Maria Theresa. In 
1792, the French overrun the Netherlands, and endeavoured to effect another 
revolution, but were driven out of the country in 1793. In 1794 they agaia 
recovered possession; and in 1795 the Netherlands were decreed to form a 
part of the territory of the French Republic. 

NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED. 

The violent proceeding of Philip II. king of Spain, particularly under the cruel 
Duke of Alva, induced the provinces of Holland and Zealand to unite them- 
selves for the support of their liberty, by a particular alliance signed April 
25, 1576, under William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, whom they invested 
with the supreme authority in all matters relating to the war. The example 
of these two provinces drew several others to unite, who at last entered into 
an alliance with them, called the Pacification of Ghent. Several towns of the 
Netherlands subscribed to this union; but they were either conquered again, 
or voluntarily receded from it; so that seven provinces only continued united 
as they do at this day. 

NEW FOREST, The, in Hampshire made 1031 

The New Forest, in Hampshire, had many populous towns and villages, and thirty- 
six mother churches, till it was destroyed, and turned into a forest, by 
William the Conqueror. There are nine walks in it; and to every one a 
keeper, under a Lord Warden, besides two Rangers, and a bow-bearer. As 
this large tract lay many ages open and exposed to invasions from foreigners, 
king Henry VIII. built some castles in it; ^nd it has now several pretty 
towns and villages. It possesses advantages of situation, with respect to the 
convenience of water-carriage and nearness to the Dock-yards, superior to 



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NEW FOREST, The, in Hampshire, (continued.) 

every other forest, having in its neighbourhood several ports, and places of 
shelter for shipping timber. This is the only forest belonging to the crown 
of which the origin is, known. Doomsday-book contains the most dis- 
tinct account of its afforestation by William the Conqueror: the contents of 
every field, farm, or estate afforested, in hides > carueates, or virgates, by 
which the extent of land was then computed, together with the names of the 
hundreds and villages, and of the former proprietors (which are for the most 
part Saxon) the rent and yearly value of each possession, and the tax which 
had been paid for it to the crown during the reign of Edward the Confessor, 
before the inhabitants were expelled, and that part of the country laid waste-* 
are all to, be found in that most curious and venerable Record. 

NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERY began in 1517 

The Newfoundland Fishery Act was passed in 1699. In the fishing season,. 
Newfoundland gives employment to at least 10,000 people every year, on 
account of the fishing banks to the East of this island, for here they cure the 
cod fish, which is carried not only to England, hut to all parts of Europe. 

NEW M ALTON, Yorkshire,, the floor of the Sessions 

House at gave way, December 9 1785 

Although 300 persons fell twelve feet deep, fortunately no lives were lost. 

NEW RIVER, brought to London from Anwell 1614 

Water was conveyed to London by leaden pipes, 21 st Henry III. 137, and took 
nearly fifty years in its completion. The whole, however, was finished, and 
the Conduit in Cheapside erected in 1285. An engine was erected at Broken. 
Wharf, to convey water by leaden pipes, 1594. The New River brought to 
London from Amwell, in Hertfordshire, at an immense expense, by Sir 
Hugh Middleton, in 1614. The New River Company incorporated in 1620. 
The City was supplied with its water, by conveyances of wooden pipes in the 
streets, and small leaden ones to the houses ; the wooden ones have been 
removed and replaced by pipes of cast iron. So late as Queen Anne's time 
there were water carriers at Aldgate pump, as now in Edinburgh, Salt 
Water made fresh by Joshua Appleby, of Durham, 1747. 

NEWSPAPER, the first published in England ... I5SS 

It was titled the English Mercury, one of which is deposited in the British 
Museum, dated July 28. A private Newspaper, called — " The Weekly 
Courant," was printed in London, in 1622, (a private one). A Newspaper 
was printed by Robert Barker, Newcastle, 1639\ After the Revolution, the 
first Daily Paper was called, " The Orange Intelligencer r" and from thence, 
to 1692, there were twenty-six Newspapers. In 1696V there were nine- 
Weekly Papers, but only one Daily, besides the Votes of Parliament, pub- 
lished in London. In 1709, there were eighteen Weekly, and one Daily- 
paper, — " London Courant." In 1724, there were three Daily, eight 
Weekly, and ten Evening Papers, three times a week. In 1792, in London, 
were published, thirteen Daily, twenty Evening, and nine Weekly Papers.. 
In the country, seventy: and in Scotland, fourteen. In 1795, there were 
thirty-eight published in London : seventy-two in the country : thirteen in 
Scotland: and thirty-five in Ireland: — in all, 158 Papers. Fourteen in 
London were Daily: ten were three times a week: two twice a week: andi 
invelve were Weekly. 

Their annual prodnce to Government in 1788, was £129,000*. 



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NEWSPAPERS in England, (continued.) 

In 1753, the number printed was 7,411,757 

1760, , 9,404,790 

1790 14,035,639 

1791, August, to 1792, there were 14,794,193 

1792, August, to 1793 17,073,621 

The year 1791 to 1792, yielded to the Government the sum of £118,498. j and 

the period from 1792, to 1793, £142,280. 3s. 7c?. 
The number conveyed by post before the improved plan by Mr. Palmer, was 
2,000,000 per annum: — after the Plan took place, in 1794, they amounted 
to near 12,000,000 per annum. Stamped, in 1713; increased 1725, 1765, 
1781, 1789, and 1798. Newspaper Stamp Duty reduced to one penny, in 
1836. 

NEWSPAPERS were first published at Constantinople, in . 1797 

The following were circulated in France, at the expense of Government in paying 

different Journalists, 1796: — livres. 

To the Editor 150,000 

Real, for the Journal des Patriots de, 1789 500,000 

Louvet, for La Sentinelle, 500,000 

For Bon Homme Richard 500,000 

Another Journal 500,000 

And in the Country, for the following: — 

At Rouseville, for l'Orateur Plebeien 540,000 

Imber la Platiere, for the Courier de Paris 400,000 

Sibuee, for 1' Ami des Loix .. 1,000,000 

Tn all, 5,440,000 livres per month, which makes 65,280,000 livres per 
annum. 

NEW STYLE ACT passed 1752 

NICE, the first General Council held at 325 

It was here the first general council was assembled by Constantine the Great, for 
the suppression of the Arian heresy. At this Council, 328 Fathers attended, 
against Arius ; and at this Council it was that the famous Nicene Creed was 
composed. A second Council was also held at Nice, when Pope Adrian pre- 
sided, and 350 Fathers attended, in 787- 

NICOPPING, Castle of, in Sweden Proper, destroyed by 

the Russians, in 1719 

NISMES, several houses at, burnt by the Catholics, in 

July, 1815 

At Nismes, several houses were burnt, and massacres perpetrated by the Catho- 
lics, July, 1815. Further violences were committed at, and the place 
quitted by the Protestants of distinction and property, May 4, 1816. 

NON-JURORS double taxed, May 27 1723 

They were obliged to register their estates. Began to pray for the King and 
Family, May, 1788. 

NORTH-W r EST PASSAGE, The, attempted by Captain 

Phipps, afterwards Lord Mulgrave 1 773 

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Navigation began, August 7,... 1761 



TEI5: NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 121 

NORWAY declares itself independent, and elects Prince 

Christian King, February, 1814 

The Ports of, were blockaded by Great Britain, in April following. 

NORWICH, dreadful pestilence at, in 1348 

In 1348, nearly 58,000 people died in consequence of this dreadful visitation; 
and, in 1505, it was almost entirely consumed by fire. It bad a flint-stone 
wall, three miles in compass, which was finished in 1309, and had forty 
towers. The city is extensive. It has twelve gates, fifty-ei^ht parochial 
churches and chapels, besides the Cathedral, with various dissenting Meeting 
Houses. The worsted manufacture was introduced here by the Flemings in 
the reign of Edward III. and afterwards very much improved by the Dutch, 
who fled from the Duke of Alva's persecution, and being settled here by 
Queen Elizabeth, taught the inhabitants to make says, baize, serges, &c. 
By an Act of Parliament in 1726, certain duties are laid on goods brought 
into the city, for the repair of its bridges, walls, gates, the stathes, wharfs, 
and roads. 

NOTARIES, PUBLIC, began in the first century. 

NOTES AND BILLS first stamped 1782 

Advanced in 1796. 

NOVA CASTELLO, in Calabria, Earthquake at, Sep- 
tember 30 1789 

Several villages near it were destroyed. 

NUNNERY, the first in England, at Folkestone, in 630 

NUTMEG TREES, were first planted in Jamaica 1782 

OAK SAW-DUST first discovered useful in Tanning 1765 

OLIVES first planted in Italy B.C. 562 

In Peru, by Anthony de Rivera, 15G0. 

OLYMPIADS, The First, in 776 

The second, in 772:— Third, in 768 .-—Fourth, in 764 .-—Fifth, in 760 .-—Seventh, 
in 752: — Tenth, in 740 :— Thirteenth, in 728: — Fifteenth, in 720: — Six- 
teenth, in 7^6: — Seventeenth, in 712: — Twenty-first, in 696: — Twenty- 
third, in 688 :— Twenty-fourth, in 684:— Twenty-fifth, in 6S0 :— Twenty- 
seventh, in 672 : — Twenty-eighth, in 688 : — Twenty-ninth, in 664: — Thirty- 
ninth, in 624:- Forty-third, in 608 :— Forty-sixth, in 596: — Fifty-fifth, in 
569:— Fifty-sixth, in 556: — Sixtieth, in 540: — Sixty-first, in 536, B.C. 

O. P. ROW, the Great, at Covent Garden Theatre, in 

September 1S09 

On the 18th of September, 1809, this Theatre opened for the season. The prices 
of admission to the Pit and Boxes having been raised, a most tumultuous 
uproar took place, which was contiuued for six nights, and with considerable 
injury to the interior; the seats were torn from their places, the chandeliers 
were destroyed, when the row terminated. 

No. 16 R 



122 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORV. 

O. P. ROW, The, at the Liverpool Theatre, July 1810 

OPERA, the first in London, in 1692 

The first Opera in London, was in York-buildings. The first at Drury-lane was 
in 1705. By Handel, in 1735. 

OPERA HOUSE at Rome, the roof of fell in, January 18... 1762 

ORANGE LODGES, suppression of the 1835 

ORANGE AND NASSAU. 

The Prince of Orange, in consequence of an invitation from the Dutch patriots, 
("See Holland, page 1&,J embarked at Deal on the 27th of November, and 
landed at Scheveling, December 1, 1813: from whence he proceeded to the 
Hague, and on the next day entered Amsterdam amidst immense rejoicing 1 , 
after an absence of nineteen years. The port at which this Prince landed, 
was the same from which Charles II. embarked on a similar occasion. The 
term Orange boven, " Up with Orange," was the watch-word, or war cry, 
when the Dutch first resisted the Duke of Alva and the tyranny of Spain, 
and again, when the counter-revolution began against the French on the 15th 
November, 1813. 

ORANGE. 

An ancient and considerable town of France. It was formerly governed by its 
own sovereigns, among whom was William III. king of England, whose heir 
Frederick William ceded it to the house of Bourbon, by the Treaty of Utrecht, 
in 1713. It is the See of a Bishop, and has an University. Maurice of 
Nassau, Prince of Orange, very well fortified its castle, which stood on an 
eminence, in 1622: but Louis XIV. demolished the works in 1660, and the 
castle in 1673. In the early ages Councils were held here. 

OR AN, in Africa, Earthquake at, October 8 1 7 90 

The greatest number of its inhabitants were destroyed. 

ORATORIO, the first in London, in :. 1732 

It was performed at Lincoln's Inn Playhouse, Portugal-street. 

ORBITS of the Planets, first determined by a Saxon 

Clergyman 1 68 1 

ORBIT, parabolic, of Comets explained 1680 

ORDEAL, The, by Fire and Water, abolished 126 1 

ORGANS brought to Europe 757 

They were brought from the Greek Empire, being a present from Constantius 
Capronymus to Pepin the Little ; were first invented and applied to religious 
devotion in churches, 757. Water organs invented by Cuming, a Scotsman, 
about 1770. 

ORGAN, The, at Exeter Hall, opened I anuary 23 1840 

The Organ at Exeter Hall was built by Mr. James Walker, of Francis- street, 
Tottenham-Court road. Opened by Mr. T. Adati s. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 123 

ORGAN, The Grand one at Haarlem, built 1738 

This organ was built by Muller in the year 1738. It has sixty stops, several of 
which are not known to our organ-builders, or to be found in any instrument 
in this country. 

The principal Organs in the different cities of the continent are thus enu- 
merated: — In the Cathedral of Seville, in Spain, there is an organ with 100 
stops, which comprise 5300 pipes. The organ at Goerlitz, in Upper Lusatia, 
has eighty-two stops, comprising 3270 pipes. That at St. Michael's, in 
Hamburg, has sixtv-seven stops (instead of sixty-four, as described by Dr. 
Burney), containing nine pipes of sixteen feet, and three of thirty-two feet, 
with four rows of keys. It was erected at the cost of £4000, At Wein- 
garten, a Benedictine monastery in Suabia, there is an organ with sixty 
stops, which comprise 6666 pipes, seven of which are sixteen feet high, and 
three thirty-two feet. It is stated that the Monks were so delighted with 
this fine instrument, that they presented the builder, Gabelaar, of Ulm, with 
as many florins, being a florin each pipe, beyond the amount of his charge. 
The old organ at York Cathedral was the largest in England : it had fifty- 
two stops, 3254 pipes, and three rows of keys. The largest organ at Rome 
is that in the church of St. John Lateran: it has thirty-six stops. There is 
one in the Cathedral at Ulm that has forty-five stops with 3442 pipes. At 
Baltimore, in the United States, there is an organ in the Cathedral which 
has thirty-six stops, with 2213 pipes, the height of the largest of which is 
thirty-two feet. 

To complete this statement, the organs at Seville, Goerlitz, &c. &c. are all 
larger than that of Haarlem ; and the new instruments at York and Birming- 
ham exceed them all. Indeed, it is a matter of dispute which of the two is 
the largest; it is admitted, however, that the pipes of the Birmingham organ 
are a little larger than that of York. The width of the Birmingham organ 
is thirty-five feet, the depth fifteen, and the height forty-five. The largest 
central pipe is thirty-five feet long, and rather less than twenty-one inches 
in diameter. The foot of the pipe is four feet in length, and weighs 2241bs. 
and the metal pipes are of large dimensions. There are four rows of keys, 
and an extensive set of pedals, or foot-keys. The builder is Mr. Hill, of 
London. The funds requisite for the erection of this noble instrument were 
raised by subscription, the estimate of the projector being given in at the very 
moderate sum of £2000. The case of the instrument is the design of Mr. 
Mackenzie. The weight of the timber alone used in the construction of this 
organ, is said to have weighed between twenty and thirty tons, and the metal 
and other materials, to at least forty tons. 

ORIANO, in Naples, almost destroyed by an Earthquake, 

October 8 1790 

ORKNEY ISLES, The, sold by Denmark to Scotland in . . . 839 

Re-granted in 1468. 

ORLEANS, The siege of raised, in 1429 

The capital of the department of the Loiret and late province of Orleannois, situ- 
ated on the north bank of the Loire, over which it has a fine stone bridge, 
and on the centre a monument of cast brass, and ornamented in the Gothic 
taste; among the figures, which are less than life, is king Charles VII. on the 
right hand, kneeling before a crucifix ; and on the left, the famous Maid of » 
Orleans, or Jeanne of Arc, who happily raised the siege of this cityin 1429, 
represented in the same suppliant posture, and both dressed in armour. A 
solemn procession is annually held at this place, on the 19th of May, in com- 
memoration of this del ' verance. (For a further Account of the Maid of 
Orleans, see " Remark ible Persons," The canal at this place was finished 
in 1682. 



124 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ORRERY, invented 1670 

Though the Art of Orrery was known at this time, it was John Boyle, Earl of 
Cork and Orrery, from whom the well-known machine for representing the 
motions and phases of the Planets in their orbits derived the name of Orrery. 
The real inventor, however, was George Graham, the celebrated chronometer 
maker. A workman, named Rowley, borrowed the original from Graham, 
and made a copy of it for the Earl of Orrery, after whom it was named by Sir 
Richard Steele. 

OSBALDESTON'S, Mr. Grand Match over the Course at 

Newmarket, November 5, 1831 

This Match was performed on the Newmarket Round Course for a bet of One 
Thousand Guineas, Colonel Charite betting Mr. Osbaldeston that he did not 
perform the distance on horseback of 200 miles in ten hours, the number of 
horses being unlimited ; various bye bets to a great amount were also made, 
one party betting 1000 to 1 that Mr. Osbaldeston did not accomplish the 
task in nine hours. The distance was, however, performed in gallant style 
in eight hours and twelve minutes, including the time for mounting, dis- 
mounting, and refreshment. What adds more particularly to the accomplish- 
ment of the undertaking is, that the greater part of the day was very unfa- 
vourable, being stormy, and attended with heavy showers. Mr. Osbaldeston's 
weight, including' saddle and bridle, was list. 31bs. — (For a correct List of 
the horses, with the time each took to perform the distance, see the Print, 
which may be obtained at Moore's Sporting Repository, the corner of West- 
street, Upper St. Martin's-lane). 

OSTEND, in Flanders, capitulation of to the Spaniards, ... 1604 

Ostend, in Flanders, endured a siege of three years, and the garrison and inhabi- 
tants, reduced by famine, surrendered on capitulation: attempted to be taken 
by the French, but the scheme miscarried with great loss to them, owing to 
the minister having been deceived by his agents, 1658 : India Company 
Chartered, 1722: suppressed by the Treaty at Vienna, 1731 : made a free 
port, June 15, 1781 : surrendered to the French, 178', and was taken by the 
English, in 1793: and in 1794, with all the Netherlands, surrendered to the 
French. 

OSTROGOTHS, their kingdom began in Italy 476 

Ended in 554. 

OSWESTRY. 

This place took its name from Oswald, King of the Northumbrians, who was 
killed here in the battle with Penda, the Pagan king of the Mercians, and 
torn limb from limb. In the years 1542 and 1567, this town suffered much 
from fire. 

OTAHEITE, or GEORGE THE THIRD'S ISLAND, in 

the South Seas, discovered 1 767 

The island of Otaheite was first discovered by Captain Wallis, who called it 
" George the Third's Island." M. de Bougainville next arrived at it in April, 

1768, and staid ten days. Captain Cook, in the Endeavour, came hither in 

1769, to observe the transit of Venus, sailed round the whole island in a boat, 
and staid three months. It has since been visited twice by the same cele- 
brated navigator, and two or three times by the Spaniards. 

OTTOMAN EMPIRE, The, be^an 1293 






THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 125 

OTRANTO, or HYDRUNTUM. 

In 1480, it was taken by the Sultan Mahomet II. who ordered the Archbishop 
that came to meet him, at the head of his clergy, to be sawn asunder : and the 
latter to be massacred at the foot of the altar. 

OUDE. 

An ancient city of Hindoostan Proper, in the soubah of Oude, the remains of 
which are seated on the Ganges, nearly adjoining Fyzabad. It is said to 
have been the first imperial city of Hindoostan, and to have been built by 
their hero Krishen. In Colonel Dow's translation of Feritsha's history, it is 
mentioned as the capital of a great kingdom, 1209 years before the Christian 
era: and it is frequently mentioned in the famous Hindoo work in Shanscrit 
the learned language of the Bramins) the Mahaberet, under the name of 
Adjudea. But whatever may have been its magnificence, no traces of it are 
left. It is considered a place of sanctity; and the Hindoos frequently come 
hither in pilgrimage from all quarters of India. 

OWY-HE, The Island of, discovered 1778 

OXENALL, near Darlington, sudden rise of an eminence 

at, 1179 

In this year the earth suddenly rose an eminence resembling a mountain, remained 
so some hours, then sunk as suddenly, with an awful noise, leaving a deep 
chasm,, which still continues. 

OXFORD ASSIZES, deaths from infection at, in 1577 

These Assizes were made memorable by the fatal distemper which occurred here, 
and which caused the death of the Sheriffs, together with 300 individuals, 
communicated by the infection from the prisoners. 

PACHA, ALY, of Janina, declares himself independent of 

Turkey, April 1820 

PACKET, one to Ireland, by Milford Haven, began 1787 

PADLOCKS invented at Nuremberg 1540 

PAINTING, the Art of, first introduced at Rome from 

Hertruria, by Quintus, B.C. 291 

He was on that account styled Pictor. The first excellent Pictures were brought 
from Corinth to Rome by Mummius, B. c. 146. In oil, said to have been 
invented by John Van Eyck, who with his brother Hubert were the founders 
of the Flemish School, 1415. The first picture was an " Ecce Homo," 
1455. In chiar' oscuro, introduced into Venice by Venetiano, 1450; into 
Italy by Antonello, 1746. — In enamel, discovered by John Toutin, a French- 
man, 1632, whose son Henry excelled in this art. 

PAISLEY, manufacture at, from 1743 to 1744 

At the above period it produced 353,407 yards, value £15,886. The manufac- 
tures carried on are chiefly in silk and thread gauze, which are brought to 
the highest degree of perfection. Here are interred Majory, daughter of 
Robert Bruce, and mother of Robert II. and the two Queens of Robert II. 
The Black Book of Paisley, kept by the Monks, was a faithful Chronicle of 
public affairs, and remarkable events. 



126 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PAISLEY, Five Persons burnt there for Witches, in 1697 

PALERMO INSURRECTION 177 

PALMYRA, The Ruins of, in the Deserts of Syria, dis- 
covered 1 678 

PANAMA settled 1516 

PAPAL AUTHORITY abolished by law 1591 

PAPER TAX, 1781, 1784, and 1798 

PAPER CURRENCY, first established at Milan, in ...... 1240 

Paper currency was established in America, May 15, 1775. 

PAPER, made of cotton, in use in 1000 

That of linen rags in 1319: the manufacture of, introduced into England, at 
Dartford, in Kent, 1588: scarcely any brown paper made in England, until 
1690: white paper first made in England, 1690: made of the asbestos at 
Danbury, in Connecticut, in North America, by a Mr. Beach, who discovered 
a fine kind there, in 1792. Stamped paper first used in Spain and Holland, 
in 1555: velvet, or floss, for hanging apartments with, first used in 1620. 
Paper was first brought from China to Sarmacand, A. H. 30, or A. D. 652, and 
was introduced at Mecca, A.H. 88, or A. D. 710. The Escurial library has 
paper as old as A. H. 400, or 1022 to 1122. 

PAPISTS obliged to register their Names and Estates 1717 

Again 1762, 1780, 1781, 1784. Their estates valued at £375,284. 15s. Z\d. per 
annum, 1719. Taxed £100,000. November 23, 1722: indulgences granted 
them by Parliament, 1778: excluded the throne, 1689. 

PARAGUAY, or LA PLATA, discovered 1525 

This country is called Paraguay from the river running through it from North to 
South, and La Plata from that rising in Peru and running through it south- 
west joins its stream with the former near Buenos Ayres. 

PARCHMENT invented bv King Eumenes, of Pergamus, 

in : b.c. 198 

PARDONS, general ones, for all Crimes, at Coronations ... 1S27 

The first was by Edward III. as above. 

PARIS first paved with stones 1168 

PARISHES in England first laid out 640 

Thev were at this time 45,000 : afterwards reduced to 9,000, besides chapels, in 
1527. In 1776, there were 14,563. 

PARISH REGISTERS were first introduced by Lord 

Cromwell's order in 1538 

PARK, the first in England, made by Henry I. at Wood- 
stock, in 1 123 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 127 

PARK, ST. JAMES'S, drained, 1537 

St. James's Park was drained at the above period, by Henry VIII. : greatly 
improved, planted, and made a thoroughfare for public use, 1668: decoy 
removed, and drains filled up, 1774. 

PARLIAMENTARY GRANTS to the King were in kind, 

30,000 sacks of Wool being in the grant 1340 

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM, Motions for it: 

In 1733, rejected. In 1745, ditto. In 1758, ditto. In 1782, by Mr. Pitt, ditto, 
by 161, to 141. In 1783, by Mr. Pitt, rejected by 293, to 149. In 1785, 
by Mr. Pitt, rejected bv 248, to 174. In 1790, by Mr. Flood, withdrawn. 
In 1793, by Charles Grey, rejected by 282, to 41, In 1810, by Mr. Brand, 
rejected by 234, to 115. 

PARLIAMENT, the first regular one, in 1204 

Parliaments were known as far back as the Saxon government ; the first regular 
one was in king John's reign 1204: the epoch of the House of Commons, 
January 23, 1265 : Members obliged to reside in the place they represented, 
1413: Peer's eldest son, Francis Russell, son of the Earl of Bedford, was the 
first who sat in the House of Commons, 1549 : that remarkable in the epoch 
in which were first formed the parties of Court and Country, was June 16, 
1621: the Long, began November 3, 1640, ended April 10, 1653: a Peer 
elected, and sat as a Member of the House of Commons, 1659 : the House of 
Commons committed a Secretary of State to the Tower, November 18, 1678: 
their Speaker refused by the King, 1679 : Bill passed for triennial ones, 
November, 1694: the first British one, met October 24, 1707: the triennial 
Act repealed, May 1, 1716 : Septenial ones, 1716: by Act George I. c. 38, 
when the Parliament there assembled, did without any Election, extend their 
privileges as Members of Parliament, for seven years, in place of three, for 
which only they had been elected to serve; the Lord Mayor and au Alder- 
man of London committed to the Tower by the House of Commons, 1771 : 
their privilege of protection from arrest for debt relinquished, 1779: the 
shortest one, from December 15, 1806, to April 25, 1807. 

PAROCHIAL ASSESSMENTS began 1370 

PARTY WALLS, regulated by Parliament 1785 

PATENT for Copper and Brass Coin in England 1 636 

PAWNBROKERS' LICENCE ACT, 1784; 1786; and 1796 

PEACE, grand display of Fire Works on the occasion of, 

April 27 1749 

This event took place in the Green Park, St. James's. 

PEACE, grand display of Fire Works on the occasion of, 

in Hyde and St. James's Park, August 1, 1814 

Monday, August 1, 1814, being remarkable as the anniversary of the glorious 
victory of the Nile, and by a singular coincidence, the centenary of the acces- 
sion of the House of Brunswick to the throne of these realms, was selected as 
the day for a grand rejoicing, to celebrate the return of Peace, and which 
was conducted on a scale of magnificence seldom before witnessed. 

A vast number of workmen had been employed for some weeks, in order 
to complete the various arrangements, and a numerous body of artists were 



128 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PEACE, Grand display of Fire Works, &c. (continued.) 

ordered to attend from the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich to superintend the 
fire-works, under the direction of Sir William Congreve, which were in tem- 
porary buildings, erected for that purpose in the Green Park : whilst the 
greatest precaution was taken to prevent any accident. 

In St. James's Park, the principal object was the Chinese pagoda, of seven 
stories, erected on a bridge thrown across the canal, ornamented by a profu- 
sion of lamps, witli fire works attached to many parts of it: several booths 
and tents were likewise pitched : whilst boats filled with elegantly dressed 
females, presented to the view of the beholder a scene seldom witnessed. 

Her Majesty and the Princesses gave a splendid entertainment to a party 
of 250 of the nobility, at Buckingham House, the front of which being brilli- 
antly illuminated, seemed uniform with the Royal Booth in the Green Park, 
which exhibited the names of some of our most celebrated men, military and 
naval: and, in the early part of the evening Mr. Sadler made an ascent in 
his balloon in the front of Buckingham House. In the course of the evening, 
an unfortunate occurrence took place which marred the general hilarity of the 
day; the fire-works having set fire to the pagoda, two of the men employed 
were so severely injured, as to cause their death on the following day; and 
five stories of the pagoda were destroyed, ere the fire could be extinguished. 

Unusual anxiety was evinced to witness a mimic naval engagement on the 
Serpentine river; this splendid sheet of water presented the singular spec- 
tacle of two hostile fleets, viz.: — an English and American, riding in proud 
defiance on its bosom, both shores being lined with a dense mass of people 
assembled to witness this novel scene. About six o'clock the action com- 
menced by a brisk cannonading from each ship in the van of the opposing 
fleets, until the whole line gradually neared each other: after a severe 
struggle the Americans were ultimately driven on shore: at dark, however, 
the British line formed and bore down upon the American fleet then lying 
at anchor, and set fire to the whole of their ships which were burnt to the 
■water's edge. The effect of this conflagration was surprizingly magnificent, 
and well calculated to afford gratification to the middling and lower classes 
of a maritime nation. The entertainment terminated at this point bv a dis- 
play of fire-works, 1 among which the water rockets, a new species of combus- 
tible, attracted much notice. 

The fair was allowed to continue during the whole of the week: the Park 
being cleared by order of the Secretary of State on Monday the 8th, and such 
was the injury done to this beautiful spot by the influx of so many visitors, 
that a lapse of two years passed away ere it recovered its pristine beauty. 

PEDESTRIAN. Thomas Standen, the celebrated walking 

Match of, July 1811 

In the year 1811, Thomas Standen undertook to walk 1000 miles in as many suc- 
cessive hours, for a trifling wager ; one mile only in each hour, and accom- 
plished it. He was at the time nearly sixty years of age. 

PEERS, French House of, Question for abolishing the here- 
ditary Peerage, December 27 1831 

In the House of Peers, the question for abolishing the hereditary Peerage was 
carried; — the numbers for the hereditary Peerage being 70 ; against it, 103. 
Majority for the abolition of the Peerage 33. 

PEER, a (the Earl of Abingdon) committed to the King's 

Bench Prison, February 9 1795 

The Earl of Abingdon was committed to prison for having uttered and published 
a libel on Mr. Serman, an Attorney. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 129 

PELEVV ISLANDS, shipwreck there of Captain Henry 

Wilson, August, 1783 

Captain Henry Wilson, of the Antelope, a packet belonging to the East India 
Company, was. wrecked there in the night between the 9th and 10th of Au- 
gust, 17'S3. This misfortune was the more distressing to the crew, as they 
were utterly ignorant what resources the islands afforded, or supposing them 
to be inhabited, what might be the disposition of the inhabitants. However, 
they found these islands inhabited, and the natives simple in their manners, 
and friendly in their disposition. Their astonishment was great on first view 
of the crew of the Antelope, which plainly shewed, that they had never before 
seen a white man. The dress of the strang-ers puzzled them exceedingly. 
When one of the crew, the Captain's brother, was deputed to wait upon the 
King, who resided at an island at some distance from that whereon they had 
saved their lives, he accidentally pulled off his hat, at which, the gazing spec- 
tators were struck with astonishment, as if they thought it had formed a 
part of his head. The conduct of the natives towards the English was, from 
first to last, uniformly courteous and attentive, accompanied with a politeness 
which surprised those who were the objects of it. Such an opinion had the 
king of the island entertained of the English, that on their departure, he 
suffered his second son, Lee Boo, to accompany them to England, wheie this 
hopeful youth unhappily died of the small-pox, in December, 1784, The 
East India Company erected a monument over his grave in Rotherhithe 
church-yard, -where he was buried. These islands were afterwards visited by 
Captain M'Cleur, who confirmed the account given of them and their inha- 
bitants by Captain Wilson. In his journal, Captain M'Cleur says, " Having 
" pitched my tent in a bay opposite to the ship, I found myself in a perfect 
" paradise, and could have been happy to have continued here the remainder 
" of my days." 

PENAL LAWS began 1381 

PENANCE enjoined as a punishment 157 

PENDULUMS for clocks invented 1656 

The oscillations of a pendulum were used by the Arabians for measuring time, 
long before Galileo's time, 1G56. 

PENNSYLVANIA, Penn's Charter for Planting. (For a 

further Account, see " Remarkable Persons J 1680 

PENNY FUND, The, made 1832 

The Penny Fund was proposed for the purpose of presenting Lords Grey, 
Althorpe, (now Earl Spencer), Brougham, and Russell, with gold cups, 
which had the great number of 300,000 subscribers. 

PENNY PIECES, the present, first issued in England, 

June 20, 1797 

PENNY POST, The, first set up in London 1681 

The Penny Post was first set up in London, by a person of the name of Murray, 
an upholsterer, who afterwaids assigned it to a person of the name of 
Dockwra. It was claimed by Government, who allowed the latter person a 
pension of £200. a year, in 1711. First set up in Dublin, 1774. It was 
considerably improved in and round LondoD, July, 1794, and raised to two- 
No- 17 s 



130 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PENNY POST, The, (continued.) 

pence, Commenced in Edinburgh, by P. Williamson, about 1770. Pur- 
chased by Government in 1/92. Postage of letters reduced to 4rf. in Decem- 
ber, 1839. The Penny Postage Act came into operation in January, 1840. 

PEPPER, early known in Europe, as growing in the Hither 
India. Black Pepper Vines discovered in Jamaica, 
in 179^ 

PERIODICALS in 1800 

Title. No. Sold. Proprietors. 

Monthly Review 5000 Griffiths. 

Monthly Magazine 5000 Philips. 

Gentleman's Magazine 4250 Nichols. 

British Critic. 3500 Rivington, &c. 

European Magazine 3250 Sewel, &c. 

Critical Review 2500 Hamilton, &c. 

Universal Magazine 1750 Bent, &c. 

Repertory 1000 Wyat. 

Annals of Agriculture 700 Young. 

Nicholson's Journal 750 Robinson. 

Dodsley's Annual Register 3000 

New Annual Register 6000 

The Farmer's Magazine, 4000 sold, Archibald Constable and Co. Edin- 
burgh: — commenced in 1800, published Quarterly. 

The Scots Magazine : — commenced in 1739, 1300 sold; Archibald Consta- 
ble and Co. 

Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal : — commenced in 1805, 2500 sold; 
Archibald Constable and Co. 

Edinburgh Review: — commenced in October, 1802; no less than 12,000 
numbers are sold Quarterly, at 6s. each, making it equal to 72,000 at Is. 
being at that time nearly five times the value of any other Periodical publica- 
tion printed in Britain ; Archibald Constable and Co. 

PERJURY punished with Pillory, in 1563 

PERSIAN TRADE, The, began 1569 

Opened through Russsia, 1741. 

PERSIAN ARMY, threw themselves into the Euphrates, in 424 

The army of the Persians fearing they should be cut off by the Romans, threw 
themselves into the Euphrates, where upwards of 10,000 of them perished. 

PERUKE, the first used in France, 1620 

Introduced into England, 1660. 

PERU discovered 1518 

PETERLOO, near Manchester, dreadful Massacre at, Au- 
gust 16 1819 

PETER-PENCE, paid to Rome 790 

Abolished 1534; took its name from being collected on the 1st of August, — St. 
Peter's Day. 



THE. NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 131 

PEVER, in Gloucestershire, singular occurrence at 1773 

A singular circumstance occurred here, by the river altering its course, when ten 
acres of land, with every thine upon its surface, were removed with the 
current. 

PHILIPPINE ISLES discovered by the Spaniards 1521 

PHOSPHORUS, artificial fire, first discovered 1 699 

Hermetic Phosphorus was made in 1677' 

PHYSIC-GARDEN, the first cultivated in England, in ... 1567 

The first cultivated in England was by John Gerrard', surgeon, of London, 1/567 : 
that at Oxford, endowed by the Earl of Danby, 1652: that in Cambridge 
began, 1763. The Physic garden at Chelsea, began 1732. 

PHYSIC, the practice of, was confined to Ecclesiastics, 

from about 1206 to about 1500 

PIER, THE NEW, at Gravesend opened, July 29 1834 

PILLAGE. 

The pillage committed in Italy by Bonaparte, and sent to Paris, consisted of sixty- 
six pieces of sculpture, and forty-seven capital paintings. Among the former 
are the following celebrated chefs-d'oeuvre. : — The Apollo, the Antinous, the 
Adonis, the Dying Gladiator, the Laocoon, the two Sphinxes, and the Tomb 
of the Muses. — Among the latter are the principal paintings of Raphael, 
Perugino, Guerchino, Annibal Carrache, Guido, Titian, and Corregio. In 
the catalogue of the articles sent to the National Library, are a Manuscript 
of the Antiquities of Josephus on papyrus: — a Manuscript Virgil of Petrarch, 
with notes in his hand writing, and 500 of the most curious Manuscripts 
which were in the Library of the Vatican. 

PINS brought from France 1543 

They were first used in England by Catharine Howard, Queen of Henry VIII. 
Previous to the invention of Pins, both sexes used ribbons, loop-holes, laces, 
with points and tags, clasps, hooks and eyes, brass skewers, silver, and gold. 

PISTOLS first used by Cavalry 1544 

PITCH AND TAR made from Pit-coal, discovered at 

Bristol 1779 

PITT'S STRAITS, in the East Indies discovered, April 30, 1760 

PITT, RT. HON. WM. declared by a Decree of the Con- 
vention, an enemy to the human race, August 1793 

PITT, RT. HON. WM. made free of London, with Mr. 

Legge 1 757 

DO 

PITT, RT. HON. WM. resigned, and was succeeded by Mr. 

Addington, the Speaker, March 17 ,.... 1801 



132 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PLAGUE, THE, b. c. 767 

The whole world visited by one, B.C. 767- In Rome, when 10,000 died in a dav, 
78 a. D.— In England, in the following years, 762, 772, (when 34,000 died 
in Chichester):— 788, 1025, 1247, 1347," (when 50,000 died in London, 150O 
in Leicester, &c.) :— 1367, 1379, 1407, (which carried off 30,000 persons. In 
1 477. (when more were destroyed than in a war of fifteen years before) : 1499 
(when 30,000 died in London): 1548, 1594, which carried off a fourth part 
of its inhabitants: 1625, and 1631, 35,417 died in London: 1665, 68,000 
persons died : — in Scotland, which swept away 40,000 inhabitants, 954, In 
France, 1367, 1632, when 60,000 died at Lyons. In Germany, 1348, which 
cut off 90,000 people. At Messina, in Sicily, in 1743 : in the Levant, 1784, 
which carried off 20,000 of the inhabitants of Smyrna: 1786, and 1791, at 
Constantinople: 1611, when 20,000 persons died: in Persia, 1773, when 
80,000 persons perished at Bussorah. In Africa in the following years: 1755, 
at Algiers: 1784, which destroyed 32,000 people at Tunis: 1792, when 
nearly 300,000 people died in Egypt: June, 1799, when 247,000 died at 
Fez: and in 1800, when 1700 died in one day. In 1793, the Yellow Fever 
destroyed 2000 at Philadelphia. 

PLAGUES, (THE TEN,) of Egypt b.c. 1494 

" PLAISTER OF PARIS, the taking of likenessses with, 

invented 1 4 70 

It was first found out by one And. Verocchio. 

PLATE ACT passed, May 1756 

Repealed in 1780. 

PLATE-GLASS Manufactory established in Lancashire, in . 1773 

First made in France, in 1688. 

PLATE, silver, (except spoons) prohibited in public houses 

in by Parliament 1696 

PLATINA, a new Metal, discovered in America, about ... 17C0 

PLAYS required by Parliament to be licensed by the Lord 

Chamberlain 1737 

Plays first performed in England, 1378: that by the Parish Clerks in 1390. Sup- 
pressed by Parliament, in 1647: restored, 1659. 

PLEADING introduced .786 

Changed from French to English, in 1362. 

PLYMOUTH DOCK YARD, extraordinary exhibition at, 

July 1, 1817 

The Tigre, of eighty guns, and weighing 1964 tons, was lifted completely out of 
the water, and placed high and dry in a cradle, to the delight and astonish- 
ment of thousands of spectators. Sixteen hundred men were employed at the 
capstan. 

POACHING, The Act to prevent, passed 1753 

POET LAUREAT, the first one, in 1487 

The salarv is £100. and a butt of wine. 



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POISONING made treason 1532 

POLAND dismantled of its Provinces, in 1 772 

This deprivation was committed by Russia, Prussia, and the Emperor of Ger- 
many. The crown was made hereditary, and it admitted citizens to civil, 
military, and epclesiastical employments, May 3, 1791. Poland was seized 
upon and divided by the neighbouring states of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. 
This event took place November 25, 1795 ; the plan for so doing was the 
invention of the king of Prussia, and who had a meeting- with the Emperor at 
Neustadt, in August, 1769, where the plan was first proposed. Poland was 
invaded hy Bonaparte in 1806 : and afterwards by the same person, in the 
year 1812, when he gave them a new constitution. But the French army 
having been totally destroyed by the Russians, in the end of that year, the 
fate of Poland is at present uncertain. 

DUKES OF POLAND SINCE THE SEVENTH CENTURY. 
Lesko I. 550. Cracus, 700. Vanda, Queen, 750. Twelve Palatines. Premislaus, 
760. Interrognum. Lesko II. 810. Lesko III, 815. Popiall. 830. Popial II. 
Interregnum. Piart, elected 842, died 861. Ziemovitz, 892. Lesko IV. 913. 
Ziemomislaus, 964. Miceslaus, 999. 

KINGS OF POLAND. 

Boleslaus I. 1025. Miceslaus II. 1034 Interregnum. Richia, widow of Micislaus, 
104L. Casimir I. 1058. Boleslaus II. 1081. Uladislaus I. 1102. boleslaus 
III. 1139. Uladislaus II. 1146. Boleslaus IV. 1173. Miceslaus III. 1177- 
Casimir 11.1194. Lesko V. 1227 Boleslaus V. 1279. Lesko VI. 1289. 
Lokstek, brother of Lesko, and Premislaus, Duke of Posnante, had the title 
of Governors till 1295. Premislaus, 1296. Uladislaus, deposed in 1300. 
Wenceslaus, 1304. Uladislaus, a second time, 1333. Casimir III. 1370. 
Lewis, King of Hungary, 1382. Interregnum of three years. Uladislaus, or 
Jagellow, 1435. Uladislaus IV. Interregnum till 1447. Casimir IV. 1492. 
John Albert, 1501. Alexander, 1506. Sigismund I. 1548. Sigismund II. 
1573. Henry Duke of Anjou, 1575. Stephen Battori, 1586. Sigismund III. 
1632. Uladislaus VII. 1648. John Casimir, abdicated. 1669. Michael, 1674. 
John Sobieskie, 1696. Frederick Augustus, 1704. Stanislaus I. forced away, 
1709. Frederick Augustus, 1733. Stanislaus, elected a second time, but 
forced to renounce it, 1736. Frederick Augustus II. 1763. Stanislaus Au- 
gustus II. (Poniatowski) carried a prisoner to Russia, 1794. Obliged to sign 
the partition Treaty, 1795. Abdicated the throne, 1796. 

POLICE ACT, THE NEW, passed August 17, 1S39 

POLICE OF PARIS, established by Stephen Boileau, Pre- 

vost des Marchands. 1270 

POLICIES of Insurance taxed, in 1782 

POLISH DIET opened at Warsaw, by Alexander, Sep- 
tember 1 1820 

POLITICIANS, the term first used in France 1569 

POLL-TAX, The, first levied in England 1378 

POOLE, Monmouthshire, accident at, August 11, 1758 

At Poole, Monmouthshire, the floor of the Sessions Hall fell, while the Court was 
sitting, and occasioned the death of several psrsons. 



134 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

POOR, The first Act for the relief of 1597 

POOR LAW, The New, passed 1834 

POOR RATES, first established in England, 1774 

They were established by Queen Elizabeth, and amounted to £3,000,000. in 1774. 
In 1812, to above £10,000,000. 

POPERY abolished in England by law 1536 

The temporal power of the Pope annihilated by order of General Miollis, March 
27, 1808. Pope Pius VII. protests against the demands of the French, who 
entered Rome, February 2, 1808. On the 17th of May, 1809, Napoleon 
Bonaparte annexed the Papal dominions to the French Empire, and reduced 
the Pope nearly to his original condition of Bishop of Rome. Formerly the 
appellation of Pope being given to all Bishops, till the time of Gregory VII. 
since which it has been exclusively given to the Bishop of Rome. 

Pius VI. was confined by Napoleon Bonaparte, after being despoiled of 
most part of his personal estate. 

By the Concordatum of January, 1813, the dominions of Pius VII. were 
restored by Bonaparte to Pius, in consequence of this prelate threatening to 
have his second marriage declared illegal, and his son, the King of Rome, 
declared illegitimate. 

On the restoration of the Papal dominions in Italy, Pius agreed to acknow- 
ledge the legitimacy of Bonaparte's marriage; and he was crowned King of 
Rome, at Paris, December 2, 1804, by this Pope: thus sacrificing a religion, 
of which he was the head, his temporal, for his eternal interest. 

Pope Pius VII. died August 20, 1823. 

Pius VII. was succeeded by Cardinal Annibal Delia Genga, (Leo XII.) who 
died at Rome, February 10, 1829. On the death of Pope Leo, a grand dirge 
was performed for the departed, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Moorfields, 
and attended by a great number of distinguished persons. The chapel was 
hung with black on the occasion, and the service performed by three Bishops, 
Drs. Bramston and Gradwall, and the Bishop of New York, January 14, 1831. 

POPULATION, The, of England. 

The Population of England in 1S21 was,— In England, 11,621,437;— Scotland, 
2,093,456;— and Ireland, 5,500,000. 

PORTER. 

An account of the number of barrels of this beverage brewed in London, by the 
ten principal houses, to Midsummer, in the years 1810, and 1813, viz: — 

1810. 1813. 

Barclay, Perkins, and Co. 235,053 . . 257,265 

Meux, Reid, and Co 211,009 .. 165,157 

Truman, Hanbury, and Co 144,990 . . 140,114 

Felix Calvert and Co 133,491 ..100,093 

Whitbread and Co 100,939 .. 135,390 

Henry Meux and Co 93,660.. 82,012 

Combe, Delafield, and Co 85,150.. 97,035 

Goodwin, Skinner, and Co 74,223.. 70,709 

Elliott and Co 44,510 . . 49,268 

Taylor 44,510.. 41,454 

A cask at Meux, Reid, and Co.'s is 65^ feet diameter, 2\ high, and con- 
sists of 314 oak staves, 2\ inches thick; contains 20,000 barrels of Porter, 
and costs £10,000. 

PORTERAGE ACT passed, June 21 1709 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 135 

PORTMAN MARKET opened, December 1830 

It was opened as a Haymarket, and also for the sale of vegetables. 

PORTSMOUTH, Virginia, destroyed by the British Forces, 

May 11 1779 

PORT ROYAL, Jamaica, destroyed by an Earthquake, 

June 7, 1692 

Port Royal experienced another disaster by lire, in 1703: and by a hurricane, 
August 28, 1722: again, by a storm, October 20, 1744: £100,000. damage 
done by fire, in 1750: very much damaged by a storm, July 30, 1784. 

PORTLAND, Isle of, damage at, December 20 1735 

One hundred yards of its north end sunk into the sea, which did damage to the 
amount of £4000. to the pier. The pier, with part of the land, nearly half a 
mile square, was washed into the sea, in February, 1792. 

PORTO BELLO, taken by Admiral Vernon, 1739 

Although the place was defended by several forts, it was taken by Admiral 
Vernon, with six ships only. 

PORTO RICO discovered 1497 

PORTUGUESE FLEET, The, escorted by the British 

Fleet, from the Tagus 1807 

The Prince Regent of Portugal fearful of Bonaparte's seizing the whole of the 
Portuguese fleet lying in the Tagus, resolved to place himself under the pro- 
tection of Great Britain. Arrangements having been made, the Admiral, 
Sir Sidney Smith, escorted the Portufluese fleet from the shores of Lisbon, 
having on board the whole of the House of Braganza. This fleet consisted 
of eight sail of the line, four large frigates, several corvettes, brigs, and ships 
of war, besides twenty-five sail of merchantmen, forming in all a fleet of 
thirty-six saH. Whilst they passed through the British squadron, our ships 
fired each a salute of twenty-one guns, which was returned by an equal 
number. 

PORTUGUESE, massacre of the, in Lisbon, January 12 ... 1808 
POST OFFICE, The Twopenny, Gerrard-street, erected in 1683 

It was improved in 1794. 

POST-HORSES first taxed 1779 

POST CHAISES invented by John Tull, for which he ob- 
tained a patent. He died in the King's Bench Prison, 
February 22, 1764 

POST HORSES AND STAGES established 1483 

The Duty on Post Horses, in 1785, yielded £147,865. 

POST OFFICES established in Paris 1462 

The Post Office of Paris was established by Lewis XI. entirely for the king and 
the Pope; established in England, 1561 ; in Germany, 1641 ; in the Turkish 
dominions, 1740 ; regulated by Parliament, and made general in England, 



136 THE XCVV TABLET OF MEMORY. 

POST OFFICES, (continued.) 

1656 ; in Scotland, 1695. {For an account of the New Post Office, see 
Public Edifices ) 

Regular Posts were established between London, and most towns of Eng- 
land, Scotland, Ireland, &c. in 1685. The Emperor Cyrus was the first who 
erected Post-bouses throughout the kingdom of Persia: — Augustus intro- 
duced this institution among the Romans, and employed post-chaises. Lewis 
XI. established post houses in France: and they were not settled in England 
till the 12th of Charles II. 

POTATOES brought to England, from America, 1563 

They were brought by a person of the name of Hawkins, and introduced into Ire- 
land by Sir Walter Raleigh, in 1586. They were not known in Flanders till 
1750. Potatoes were derived from a province of Quito, the most northerly 
province of Peru, in South America: and take their name from the village of 
Potate, in the ussiente of Hambato, in that kingdom. 

PRESIDENT, The American ship, of 60 guns, captured, 

January 15 181; 

PRESSING of Seamen commenced in 1355 

PRESBYTERIAN MEETING HOUSE, the first in Eng- 
land in 1572 

The first one, was at Wandsworth, in Surrey. It was standing- in 1817. 

PRIMROSE HILL. 

Primrose Hill is 206 feet, eleven inches, and eighty- five parts above high-water 
mark: Hampstead Heath is 427 feet, four inches, and thirty-five parts : and 
Shooter's Hill, forty-one feet, nine inches, and eighty-eight parts. The 
Observatory should have been on Hampstead Heath, instead of where it is : 
for its height above high water mark is only 143 feet, eleven inches, and ten 
parts. 

PRINCE GEORGE (Man of War,) The, burnt off Lisbon, 1758 

Four hundred and thirty-five of her crew perished. 

PRINTERS licensed, on paying Duty 1799 

Printing presses were licensed July 12, 1799. 

PRINTING, The Art of, invented about 1430 

Printing was also practised early by the Chinese. About the year 1430, Lau- 
rentius, of Haarlem, invented the Art of Printing, which he practised with 
separate wooden types : this mode was also carried on at Strasburgh, by 
Faust, in 1440 : and afterwards carried on so far as to make separate types of 
wood. Guttemburgh, of Mentz, afterwards invented cut metal types, by 
whom the first book was printed : it is a Bible, in two volumes, folio, of 
which there is a very perfect copy in the Advocate's library in Edinburgh, 
formerly the property of David Stewart, Esq. a merchant in that city. But 
the Art was carried to perfection by Peter SchoefTer, who invented the mode 
of casting the types in matrices, in 1452. Frederick Corsellis began to print 
at Oxford, in 1468, with wooden types : but it was William Caxton, a mercer 
of London, who introduced into England the art of printing with fusil types, 
in 1474. About that time Aldus cast the Greek Alphabet, for a Greek book 
was printed (Ap. Aldi) 1479: Hebrew ditto, 1478: introduced into Scot- 
land, 1509: steryotype invented by William Ged, a goldsmith of Edinburgh, 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 137 

PRINTING, The Art of, (continued.) 1430 

1740 : used at Paris, 1799 : introduced into England by Earl Stanhope, 1804: 
and greatly improved by Mr. Andrew Wilson. The first book printed with 
a date, is the " Codex Psalmorum," 1547. 

A Great Festival took place at Mentz, on the 14th, 15th, and 16th of Au- 
gust, 1837, in commemoration of the Art of letter-press printing, and which 
is ascribed, by the Germans, to one John Guttenburgh, or Guttemburg, of 
Mentz, who flourished about 1438. Caxton, who introduced the Art into 
England, set up his press in Westminster Abbey, in 1477- The first book, 
however, in the English tongue, was the " Recuyell of the Historie of 
Troye," printed at Cologne, September 19, 1471. The early English 
printers seem to have made but slow progress, for, as late as 1483, we find 
an Act passed, authorising " strangers repairing unto the realm, to bring 
printed and written books to sell at their pleasure." 

PRINTSELLERS, the property of, secured. 1777 

PRISONERS' COUNSEL BILL passed 1836 

PRIVILEGED PLACES in London, suppressed in 1696 

They were the following, viz. : — In the Minories, Salisbury-court, White-friars, 
Ram-alley, Mitre-court, Fulwood's rents, Baldwin's-gardens, the Savoy, 
Montague-close, Deadman's-place, the Clink, and the Mint. This last was 
not wholly suppressed till the reign of George I. 

PRIVY COUNCILLORS protected 1711 

PRIZE-MONEY. 

The distribution of Prize-Money by Government, is divided into eight parts, and 
distributed in the following proportions: — Captains to have three-eighths, 
unless under the direction of a Flag-Officer, who in that case is to have one 
of the three-eighths ; Captains of marines and land-forces, sea Lieutenants, 
&c. one-eighth; Lieutenants of marines, gunners, Admirals, Secretaries, &c. 
one-eighth; midshipmen, Captain's Clerk, &c. one-eighth; ordinary and 
able seamen, marines, &c. two-eighths. — Given at St. James's, April 17, 
1793. 

PROMISSORY NOTES regulated 1705 

Taxed by a stamp, in 1782. 

PROTECTORATES. 

The following Protectorates have taken place at different periods, viz. : — That of 
the Earl of Pembroke began October, 1216: ended by his death the same 
year : — Of the Duke of Bedford, began 1422, ended by his death, September, 
1435: Of the Duke of Gloucester, began April 1483: — Of Somerset, began 
1547, ended by his resignation, 1549: — Of Oliver Cromwell, began Decern^- 
ber, 1643, ended, by his death, 1658: — Of Richard Cromwell, began De- 
cember, 1658, ended by his resignation, April, 1659. He afterwards with- 
drew to France : but finally returned home, and settled at Cheshunt, where 
he died, venerable for his great age and quiet virtues, in 1712. 

After the Restoration, the bodies of Oliver Cromwell, Ireton, and Brad- 
shaw, were drawn on sledges to Tyburn, where they were hanged by the 
neck, from morning till four in the afternoon: Cromwell in a green seare- 
cloth, very fresh, embalmed; Ireton having been buried long-, hung like a 
dried rat, yet corrupted about the body ; Bradshaw, in his winding-sheet, the 
No. 18- T 



138 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PROTECTORATES, (continued.) 

fingers of his right hand, and his nose perished: the rest very perfect; the 
hangman, after cutting his head off, held it up. Their bodies were then 
thrown into a hole, and their heads set up on the south end of Westminster 
Hall. Ireton died 26th November, 1651: — Bradshaw, 31st of October, 
1659. The skull of Oliver Cromwell, was, a short time ago, in the posses- 
sion of ^— Wilkinson, Esq. of Broad-street, and may be identified by the 
following circumstances : — the heads of the three Regicides, having been 
fixed on poles and placed on the top of Westminster Hall, in progress of time, 
the pole on which the head of Cromwell was fixed, had shrunk from exposure 
to the weather, and the skull was blown to the ground on a windy night, 
being picked up by the centinel on duty, who concealed it for a time and. 
then sold it. It came into the possession of Mr. Wilkinson through a long 
line of ancestors, and is still further identified by the remains of the herbs 
used in embalming, (the body of Cromwell being the only one of the three 
which had been embalmed) having been found in the cavity whence the 
brain had been taken, and by the indention made in the skull by the pole on 
which it was fixed. 

PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION, the Petition of, June 2 . 1780 

This Petition was presented to the Commons for the repeal of an Act in favour of 
the Papists. The Association went up to the House of Commons in a body, 
to the number of 50,000 persons. This event was followed by the most 
daring riots in the city of London and Southwark for several days, in which 
some Popish chapels were destroyed, together with the Prisons of Newgate, 
the King's Bench, the Fleet, several private houses, Langdale's celebrated 
Distillery in Holborn, Lord Mansfield's house, together with his valuable 
library of books and Manuscripts. These riots were at length put a stop to 
by the interposition of the military, and many of the rioters were tried and 
executed. 

PROTESTANTS permitted to have Churches in Hungary . 1784 

They were protected in Germany. In France, in 1791. 

PROTESTANTS. 

The Protestants were in the minority in the Diet of Spires, April 17, 1530, when 
the decree for supporting the Doctrines of the Church of Rome was protested 
against : hence the term Protestants given to the Reformers. They were 
tolerated in Germany, 1624: in Bohemia, 1707: in Hungary, 1784: in 
France, 1792: in Portugal, in 1801. 

PROTESTANT DISSENTERS, Petition of the, against 

Lord Sidmouth's Bill, May 21 1811 

Six hundred Petitions were presented, signed by 100,000 males, in forty-eight 
hours. 

PROVISIONS, prices of, at different periods, as follows : 

A fat ox, \2d. : a sheep Ad. : provender for twenty horses, Ad. : and bread for 100 
men I2d. in 1177. 

Wheat 12d. the quarter: beans and oats Ad. 1216. 

A goose Ad.: lamb at Christmas &d. : all the rest of the year Ad: two 
pullets three farthings, 1299. 

A fat ox £1. As. : sheep Is. 2d,: hog 3*. Ad. : two chickens Id. : four 
pigeons Id.: twenty-four eggs Id. : wheat, beans, and peas, 20s. the quarter. 

Wheat 30*. the quarter, in 1315. 

Wine 80s, the tun, in 1316. 



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PROVISIONS, the Price of, (continued.) 

Barley 1*. the quarter in 1317. 

Wheat 1*. the quarter : malt 16d. in 1454. 

Wheat 3*. the bushel, in 1486. 

Wheat 20d. the bushel, in 1491. 

Wheat 4s. the bushel: claret 30*. the hogshead, in 1493. 

Wheat 15*. the quarter, in 1527. 

A barrel of beer, with the cask, 6d. : and four great loves for Id. in 1553. 

Wheat 14*. the quarter, in 1558 : and £6. in 1796. 

Flour 10*. the bushel, in 1596: and 18*. in 1796. 

Living seven times cheaper in 1066, than in 1796. 

Ditto six times cheaper in 1381, than ditto. , 

Ditto ten times cheaper in 1403, than ditto. 

Ditto four times cheaper in 1440, than in ditto. 

Ditto three times and a half cheaper in 1498, than ditto. 

Ditto near five times cheaper in 1560, than ditto. 

PRUSSIAN BLUE invented by a native of Berlin 1707 

PRUSSIA. 

fn the 13th century, all Prussia belonged to the Knights of the Teutonic Order. 
In 1454, that part, since denominated Polish Royal, or Western Prussia, re- 
volted to Casimir IV. king of Poland, and was afterwards incorporated into 
the dominions of the Republic. At the same time, the Knights were con- 
strained to hold the remaining part, called Eastern or Ducal Prussia, as a 
fief of the crown of Poland. In 1525, Albert of Brandenburgh, their Grand- 
Master, having become a convert to the doctrines of Luther, took advantage 
of the confusion of the Empire to betray the interests of his fraternity, and 
concluded a treaty with Sigismund, king of Poland, by which Eastern Prussia 
was erected into an hereditary Duchy, and given to him as a Polish fief. He 
married a Princess of Denmark, and transmitted this rich inheritance to his 
descendants ; one of whom, Frederick William, the great Elector, was the 
first Duke that threw off his feudal dependence on Poland. His son, 
Frederick I. in 1701, assumed the title of king of Prussia, which was soon 
after acknowledg.ed by all the Christian powers, except Poland, which did not 
acknowledge it till 1764, at the accession of Stanislaus Augustus, king of 
Poland. The successors of Frederick I. were Frederick William I. Frederick 
II. and Frederick William II. In 1772, Frederick II. compelled the Poles to 
cede to him the whole of Western Prussia, the cities of Dantzic and Thorn 
excepted; and, in 1793, the king of Prussia, by another forced cession, ob- 
tained possession of those cities, with severalconsiderable provinces, to which 
he has given the name of Southern Prussia. 

PSALMS, THE BOOK OF, printed by Faust & Schoeffer, 1457 

This is one of the first printed books on record. 

PSALMS of David translated by Sternhold and Hopkins ... 1552 

PUBLIC FUNDS originated at Florence 1344 

PUBLIC HOUSES, the power of licensing them first 

granted 1620 

The Power of licensing public houses was first granted to Sir Giles Montpesson 
and Sir Francis Michel, for their own emolument. In the city of London, 
and within the Bills of Mortality, there were 5204 licensed public houses : and 
it is calculated that the money expended in beer and spirits in those places, 
by the labouring people only, amounted to upwards of three millions sterling 
a-year. 



140 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PUMPS first invented 1425 

PURPLE DYE discovered about b.c. 300 

QUACK MEDICINES, taxed... 1785 

QUAKERS, the Religious Order of, began 1650 

QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIA- 
MENT, Act passed, 1711 

For Justices of the Peace, Act passed, in 1732. 

QUEBEC taken by the English, October 18 1759 

Quebec is not regularly fortified; but cannot easily be taken, for the harbour is 
flanked with two bastions, which at high tides are almost level with the water. 
A little above one of the bastions is a demi-bastion, partly taken out of the 
rock; and above it, on the side of the gallery of the fort, is a battery of 
twenty-five pieces of cannon: still above this is a square fort, called the cita- 
del, and the ways from one fortification to another are difficult to pass. To 
the left of the harbour, on the side of the road, there are large batteries of 
cannon, and some mortars; besides these, there are several other fortifica- 
tions, not very easy to be described. In 171 1, the English fitted out a fleet, 
with a design to conquer Canada, which failed on account of the rashness of 
the Admiral; who, contrary to the advice of his pilot, went too near the 
Seven Isles, in consequence of which he lost his largest ships, and 3000 of 
his best soldiers. October 18, 1759, it was taken by the English, under the 
command of General Wolfe, who lost his life in the battle, after he had the 
satisfaction to know the English troops were victorious. Admiral Saunders 
commanded a squadron of men of war, and did immense service in reducing 
this place : there being not a man in the navy but what was active on this 
occasion, not excepting the sailors belonging to the transport vessels. After 
this valuable acquisition, all Canada came under the jurisdiction of the 
Crown of Great Britain : and was given up by the French by the Treaty of 
Peace in 1763. 

QUEEN OF ENGLAND, (VICTORIA), and HIS R. H. 

PRINCE ALBERT, attempt on the lives of, June 10 1840 

On the afternoon of the above day, as the carriage of Her Majesty, (in which also 
was Prince Albert,) was proceeding up Constitution Hill, an individual, of 
the name of Oxford, who was seen just before, walking with his arms folded, 
and his hands under the lappels of his coat, who, on the carriage advancing 
near him, turned round, gave a nod with his head, as if with a sneer, took 
a deliberate aim at Her Majesty and the Prince, and fired. Upon doing this, 
the assassin turned his head round as if to see whether or not he was observed, 
and, keeping his right hand in the same position as when he first fired, he 
then drew a pistol with his left from his right breast, rested it upon the pistol 
in his rig-lit hand, and taking a deliberate aim, again fired. The carriage had 
then passed about two or three yards, the postillions having driven on. The 
villain was immediately taken, and the pistols seized. He appeared to be 
quite composed when firing, but rather excited when captured. After his 
arrest, he was taken to the Home Office, where he underwent a strict 
examination by the Marquis of Normanby, Her Majesty's Principal Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, and committed to the custody of the 
keeper of Newgate. 



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QUEEN DOWAGER OF ENGLAND, (ADELAIDE,) 

and suite, embarked at Woolwich, for Germany, July 5 1834 

Returned to England, August 20, 1834. The Lord Mayor, and a large party met 
Her Majesty, at the mouth of the Thames to welcome her on her return. 

QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S ANNUITY, settled 1762 

Queen Charlotte's Annuity was to be £100,000 in case of the death of His 
Majesty, George III. 

QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S ISLAND, the discovery of, in . 1767 

An island in the South Pacific Ocean, discovered by Captain Wallis. 

QUEENS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND SCOT- 
LAND, in England at one time, in 1517 

QUEENSTOWN, Canada, an American division of 800 men 

taken prisoners at, June 24, 1813 

QUIBERON, destruction of the Emigrant army at, July 21 1795 

QUICKSILVER, the use of, discovered, in refining silver 

ore 1540 

QUILLS first used for Pens 635 

QUITO, in Peru, swallowed up by an Earthquake, April 24 1755 
QUONBOROUGH, or QUEENBOROUGH. 

It was made a borough by king Edward III. in honour of his wife. He empowered 
the inhabitants to choose a Mayor and two Bailiffs yearly, and to have 
markets on Monday and Thursday. 

RAILWAY, The Birmingham, opened, July 16 1837 

RAIN, an excessive heavy one, in Scotland, for five months, 553 

A continual rain in Scotland for five months, in 918: a violent one in London, 
1222: again, 1233 : so violent, the harvest did not begin till Michaelmas, in 
1330: so heavy, that the corn was spoiled, 1335 : from the beginning of Oc- 
tober to December, 1338 : from Midsummer to Christmas, so that there was 
not one day or night dry together, 1348: again violent, 1365: in Wales, 
which destroyed 10,000 sheep, September 19, 1752: in Languedoc, which 
destroyed the village of Bar le Due, April 26, 1776 : in the north of Eng- 
land, 1789: in the Island of Cuba, June 21, 1791, when 3000 persons, and 
11,700 cattle of various kinds perished, by the torrents occasioned by the 
rain. 

RAINBOW, Theory of the, given by Dedomenis, 1611 

Improved in 1689. 

RANGERS OF HYDE PARK. 

List of Rangers after the Restoration. — When the Crown Lands were 
resumed on the Restoration of Charles II. the King g-ave this office to his 
brother Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the Deed reciting that the Earl of 
Holland was dead, and Mountjoy, Earl of Newport had by deed of the 28th 
June, 1660, surrendered all his interest in the said office. Prince Henry 
died on the 27th of September following, having held the office only two 



142 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

RANGERS, LIST OF, (continued). 

months. The death of this Prince greatly affected Charles during his whole 
life. This Prince died at the age of 20, by the small-pox. 

After the death of the Duke of Gloucester, James Hamilton, Esq. one of 
the Grooms of the Bedchamber was appointed to the office. During the 
usurpation several houses had been erected on the skirts of the Park, near 
what is now called Hyde Park Corner, and Park Lane; these were after- 
wards granted on lease to the said James Hamilton, which lease was renewed 
in 1692 to Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton: and Hamilton Place in Piccadilly is 
named after this family. New leases of part of this property were granted in 
1806, and great improvements were made here under the inspection of John 
Fordyce, Esq. Surveyor-General. 

In a Report drawn up by Sir Charles Harbord, the Surveyor-General, in 
the year 1664, he observes, that king Charles I. was very earnest with him 
for walling Hyde Park, " as well for the honour of his palace and great city, 
as for his own disport and recreation." It appears, however, that it was not 
till after the year 1670, that it was replenished with deer, and surrounded 
by a wall. The wall was renewed or repaired on the south, north, and east 
sides in 1726. 

In 1664, a grant was made to Mr. Hamilton of a portion of the Park, for 
the purpose of planting fruit-trees, but was not acted upon. 

The following grant was made two years afterwards : — " Indenture between 
" the King and James Hamilton, Esq. one of the Grooms of His Majesty's 
" Bedchamber, and Ranger of Hyde Park, and John Birch, Esq. Auditor of 
" the Excise. Reciting, that the Indenture between the same parties, in 16 
" Car. II. was cancelled. The said James Hamilton and John Birch, had 
" undertaken to plant with choice and fit apple trees, to supply His Majesty 
" with apples or cider, all that parcel of ground, containing- 55 acres, ditched 
" and severed from the said Park, lying in the north-west corner thereof, 
" bounded on the north with Uxbridge Way, on the west with lands of Sir 
" Heneage Finch, and on the south and east, by the said Park. The King 
" granted and demised the same to them for 41 years, at the rent of 5s. The 
" said Hamilton and Birch, to inclose the same at their own expense, towards 
" the Uxbridge Way and Finch's land, with v brick wall of eight feet, and 
" plant the same with pippins and red-streaks, at ten yards distance or less, 
" one tree from another, and to deliver to the Lord Steward, or Treasurer of 
" the Household, one-half of the apples there growing, in apples or cider, 
" according to his Majesty's pleasure. If in cider, His Majesty, first to 
" deliver to them casks and bottles to contain the same." — Pat. 18. Car. II. 
No. 10, April 12. — A renewal of the grant was made to Mr. Hamilton, 
(Pat. 23, Car. II. Feb. 9), since which period no other separate grant has been 
recorded. It also appears the following Rangers, until the appointment of 
the Earl of Grenvilie in 1792, were only of St. James's Park, although from 
the circumstance of the grant of the Lodge to the Earl of Jersey by King 
William, in 1700, it is most probable that their jurisdiction extended over 
both Parks, However, the grant to Lord Grenville, (Pat. 32, Geo. III. No. 
4, May 14) includes particularly Hyde Park with St. James's, and has been 
continued in the same terms to his successors. 

William Harbord, Esq. 16S4: he was M. P. for Launceston, in Cornwall, 
in 1688, and returned in the same year for Thetford, county of Norfolk. 

William, Earl of Bath, 1694. 

The Earl of Jersey, 1790. This nobleman was Ambassador to France, and 
afterwards principal Secretary of State to William III. and Lord Chamber- 
lain of the Household to Queen Anne. 

The above nobleman was succeeded in this Office by 

Henry Portman, Esq 1703 

The Earl of Essex, 17S9 

Thomas Viscount Weymouth, December 4 1739 



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RANGERS, LIST OF, (continued) 

The Earl of Pomfret 1751 

The Earl of Ashburnham 1759 

George, Earl of Orford, and the Earl of Grenville. 
Upon the surrender of his Lordship in 1794, the Earl of Euston, (after- 
wards Duke of Grafton) obtained the Office, and resigned it in 1807, being 
succeeded by Lord Viscount Sidney, On the death of Viscount Sidney, who 
died in 1831, the Office was accepted by His R. H. the Duke of Sussex. 

RAPE, the Crime of, made a capital offence 1279 

RECEIPT TAX commenced 1782 

Amended, 1784: 1791 : and 1795. 

RECORD of the Acts of the Crown began to be regularly 

kept in 1100 

The first in the English language, in 1415. 

REFORMATION, The, took place in England, 1370 

The Reformation began in England by Wickliffe, 1370: in Germany, by Jerome 
of Prague and Luther, 1530: completed by king Henry VIII. 1535: esta- 
blished by Queen Elizabeth, 1558. In Scotland, it was completed by John 
Knox, 1566. 

REFORM MEETING, the grand one at Birmingham, 

May 7, 1832 

It was computed that nearly 300,000 persons were collected at this Meeting. 

REFORM BILL, The, rejected by the House of Lords, 

October 7 1831 

The Reform Bill was rejected by the House of Lords, after a most eloquent speech 
delivered by the Lord Chancellor (Brougham). — The following are the 
numbers for and against this great national question : — 

Ayes (present) 150; Proxies 47 197 

Noes (ditto) 133 ; Proxies 29 .'„".' 162 

Majority against the Bill 35 

REFORM BILL, The, passed 1832 

On the 3rd of February, Earl Grey gave notice in the House of Lords of his 
intention to bring the subject of Parliamentary Reform speedily before the 
House. Lord Althorp also in the Commons gave notice that Lord John 
Russell would, on the 1st of March, submit a motion on a Reform in Parlia- 
ment. At the stated period, Lord J. Russell moved for leave to bring in a 
Bill to reform the Commons House of Parliament, and, after a long discus- 
sion, the debate was adjourned till the next day. The Debate continued, and 
again adjourned. Again adjourned, March 4. On the 10th of March, 
(Saturday), the House again sat for the purpose of expediting the Reform 
Bill, (when, after a debate which had lasted seven nights) leave was given to 
bring in a Bill (without the House dividing) to amend the representation of 
the people of England and Wales. Similar Bills were brought in for Scot- 
land and Ireland. 

The debate on the third reading of the Reform Bill in the House of 
Commons, adjourned, after great discussion, till the 18th of March. Again 
adjourned on the 20th to the 22nd of March. Third reading of the Reform 



144 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

REFORM BILL, The, passed {continued) 1832 

Bill carried in the House of Commons at five o'clock in the morning. The 

Ayes being, on a division, 

Ayes 355 

Noes 239 

Majority for the Bill 116 

Passed the House of Commons March 24. Brought up to the Lords on the 
26th from the Commons ; read a first time, and ordered to be read a second, 
on Thursday sennight. After some discussion on the second reading, the 
Debate was adjourned, April 9 : continued on the 10th, and again adjourned. 
On the 11th, again adjourned to the 13th, after much discussion. At seven 
o'clock in the morning, the House of Lords divided on the second reading of 
the Bill, when there appeared 

Contents present 56 ; Proxies 128 184 

Non-Contents present 49 ; Proxies 126 175 

Majority for the second reading 9 

On the 7th of May an Amendment was proposed in the House of Lords 
by Lord Lyndhurst, in opposition to Ministers, to postpone the disfran- 
chising clause in the Relief Bill ; their Lordships divided — 

When there appeared for the amendment 151 

Against it 116 

Majority against Ministers 35 

Further proceedings on the Bill were, on the motion of Earl Grey, ad- 
journed to May 10. The king, refusing to create New Peers, to carry the 
Reform Bill, Lord Grey and the Lord Chancellor, tendered their resignation, 
May 11. Great excitement at Birmingham, Manchester, and elsewhere, on 
the King's refusing to create Peers, May 12. A motion made by Lord 
Ebrington in the Commons, to address the King on the necessity of calling 
such persons only as will carry into effect, unimpaired in all its essential 
provisions, the Reform Bill ; which was carried by a majority, the numbers 
being — 

For the Motion 288 

Against it 208 

Majority for the Motion 80 

The Lord Chancellor took leave of the Chancery Bar, May 12. Great run 
on the Bank for gold, in consequence of the resignation of Earl Grey and 
the Lord Chancellor, May 14. The Duke of Wellington having informed His 
Majesty that he was unable to form an Administration, Lord Grey receives a 
communication from His Majesty, May 15. Earl Grey in the House of 
Lords, and Lord Althorp (now Earl Spencer) in the House of Commons, 
stated they still continued in the service of His Majesty, having received a 
sufficient security for passing the Reform Bill, " unimpaired in its principle 
and in its essential provisions," which communication was received with loud 
cheers, May 18. The House of Lords went into a Committee on the Reform 
Bill, May 21. The third reading of the Reform Bill carried in the House of 
Lords by a triumphant majority — there being 

For the third reading 106 

Against it 22 

Majority 84 

It was then passed without" a division, and sent to the Commons, June 4. 
Received the Royal Assent by Commission in the House of Lords, June 7, 
1832. 






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REFORM BILL, The Irish, read a third time, July 30, ... 1832 

Received the Royal Assent by Commission, August 7> 1832. 

REGENT'S CANAL, The, from Paddington to Limehouse, 

opened August 1 1820 

The Regent's Canal was begun in 1812, and opened at the above date, with an 
aquatic procession of boats, barges, &c. ornamented with flags and streamers, 
and filled with ladies and gentlemen. It commences at Paddington, and 
passes under the Edgeware road, by a tunnel 372 yards, and continues under 
the estates of the Governors of the Harrow School, and E. B. Portman, Esq. 
when it enters the property of H. S. Eyre, Esq. where the canal is partly open, 
and partly covered, and afterwards enters the Regent's Park, round the Park 
to a basin near the Jew's Harp, which is surrounded by Warehouses and 
Wharfs. The Canal branches off from the Regent's Park, a short distance 
East of the boundary of Mary-le-bone Parish through the Estates of G. 
Earle, Esq. Lord Southampton, &c. passing through Camden Town, crossing 
Hampstead and Kentish Town Roads, Maiden-lane, and Islington, and falls 
into the Thames at Limehouse. The length of the Canal is eight miles, six 
furlongs : it has a descent of about eighty-four feet from its commencement 
to its termination. There are twelve locks necessary for the purposes of navi- 
gation, and it has forty bridges thrown over it in various places. 

REGIMENTAL CLOTHING for the Army introduced 
into France by Lewis XIV. 

REGISTERS, PAROCHIAL, first appointed 1530 

REGISTERING SHIPPING in the Thames commenced... 1786 

REGISTERING OF WILLS, (in Yorkshire), The first, 

permitted, 1707 

In Middlesex, 1709. 

RENT IN ENGLAND first made payable in Money, in- 
stead of kind 1 136 

RENT made recoverable by an Act passed 1731 

REPORTS from the Recorder to be discontinued, July 15... 1837 

REQUESTS, COURTS OF, began 1494 

REVENUE, progress of the Public, since the Conquest, 
viz. : — £. s. d. 

William the Conqueror 400,000 

William Rufus 350,000 

Henry I 300,000 

Stephen.... 250,000 

Henry II 200,000 

Richard 1 150,000 

John 100,000 

Henry III 80,000 

Edward 1 150,000 

Edward II 100,000 

No. 19- tJ 



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146 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

REVENUE, Progress of the, (continued.) £. 

Edward III -, 154,000 

Richard II 130,000 

Henry IV 100,000 

Henry V 76,648 

Henry VI 64,976 

Edward IV. 

Edward V 100,000 

Richard III. 

Henry VII 400,000 

Henry VIII 800,000 

Edward VI 400,000 

Mary 450,000 

Elizabeth , , 500,000 

James 1 600,000 

Charles 1 895,918 

Commonwealth 1,517,247 

Charles II 1,800,000 

James II 2,001,855 

William III 3,895,205 

Anne, (the Union) 5,691 ,803 

George 1 6,762,643 

George II 8,522,540 

George III. (1788) 15,572,971 

George IV. (1812) 105,74S,682 

Since which the Revenue has increased and decreased. 

REVENUE, The, of the principal States in Europe, before 
the French Revolution, viz.: — 

Turkey 5,000,000 

Russia 5,800,000 

Prussia 3,600,000 

Sweden 1,000,000 

Denmark 1,000,000 

Holland 4,000,000 

Austria 12,400,000 

Hanover 900,000 

Saxony 1,100,000 

Bavaria and Palatinate 1,100,000 

France , 18,000,000 

Spain 5,000,000 

Portugal 1,800,000 

Sardinia 1,100,000 

Sicily 1,400,000 

Venice 1,000,000 

Rome (4,500,000 Roman crowns) ) 800,000 

REVENUE OFFICERS deprived of giving their Votes for 

Members of Parliament 1782 

REVIEW, the, of the Household Troops, in St. James's 

Park „ 1828 

This Review was on the occasion of Don Miguel's visit to this country. The 
Household Troops and the 72nd Highlanders were the regiments reviewed. 
The Duke of Wellington, Don Miguel, &c. &c. were present. It rained 
incessantly throughout the day, and thereby damped the splendour of the 
scene. 



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REVIEW, the grand one, in Hyde Park, July 22 1801 

At an early hour, immense crowds from the Metropolis, and the adjacent parts, 
made their appearance in Hyde Park to witness the review of those volun- 
teer and associated corps, in London and its environs, who so patriotically 
enrolled, equipped, and disciplined themselves, at their own expense, for the 
defence and safety of their country. The different corps, to the number of 
4,734 had been drawn out for a considerabletime, when, at ten o'clock, His R. 
H. the Commander-in-Chief appeared on the ground, accompanied by his 
brother, the Duke of Kent, Lord Harrington, Lord Cathcart, &c. &c. 

REVIEW, on the occasion of the Visit of the Allied Sove- 
reigns to this Country, June 20 '. 1814 

This Review took place as above, and was probably the most interesting exhibition 
that has taken place on any public occasion. The novelty of two foreign 
crowned heads, accompanied by the several leaders of their armies, together 
with the Prince Regent of our own country, and the proclamation of peace 
on the same day, proved a great source of gratification to the assembled 
thousands. 

The different regiments having taken up their position by 9 o'clock in the 
morning, and the arrangements completed by ten, the scene at this moment 
was rarely, if ever surpassed, on a similar occasion, the weather proving 
extremely beautiful at this time. At half-past eleven a salute of twenty-one 
guns announced the arrival of the royal party at the park gate, when the 
cheering of the populace was truly deafening. His Royal Highness the 
Prince Regent had now entered the Park, accompanied by the Emperor Alex- 
ander on his right hand, and the king of Prussia on his left, followed by a 
splendid Staff composed of nearly three hundred persons, of all nations, 
among whom were the veteran Blucher, the Hetman Platoff, &c. &c. &c. &c. 
The whole of the line having been inspected, a, feu de joie was given, and the 
regiments afterwards passed in review order. The illustrious Visitors having 
expressed their greatest satisfaction at the discipline and fine appearance of 
the troops, the corps marched off the ground. 

So great was the anxiety of the public to witness this splendid spectacle, 
that every tree was filled with people, in consequence of which, several 
melancholy accidents happened, by their branches giving way, and falling on 
the heads of those standing beneath, the crowd being so great as to render it 
impossible to escape them. 

The number of troops reviewed on this occasion was as follows, viz : — 

Officers. Non-commissioned Officers, Horses, 
and Privates. 

Royal Artillery 9 .. 17L 155 

Regular Cavalrv 126 2035 2035 

Volunteer Cavalry 27 372 399 

Regular Infantry 61 1417 

Militia 171 2864 

Volunteer Infantry 523 6570 



917 13,429 2589 



(Signed) CHARLES GREEN, 
Lieut.- General. 



REVOLUTION in Paris, July 27 1830 

RHETORIC, Regius Professor, established at Edinburgh, 

April 20 1762 

The first Professor, was Dr. Blair. 



148 THE NEW TABLET OF MliMORY. 

RHODES, the celebrated COLOSSUS of, thrown down by 

an Earthquake 652 

At the mouth of the harbour at Rhodes, which is fifty fathoms over, was erected 
the famous colossal statue of Apollo, esteemed one of the Wonders of the 
World: it was seventy cubits high, and ships sailed in and out of the 
harbour between its legs. Its head represented the sun, and in one hand 
it held a light-house for the direction of mariners. It was the work of the 
celebrated architect Chares, a native and citizen of Rhodes, who spent twelve 
years in making and rearing it ; but it had not stood above sixty-six years, 
before it was thrown down by an Earthquake. Some idea may be formed of 
its dimensions by its thumb, which was so large that few could fathom it; 
we are also told that the brass of it loaded 900 camels. 

RICE first cultivated in South Carolina by chance 1702 

Cultivated in Ireland, 1585 : in England, in 1690. 

RIDING SCHOOL, The Duke of Gloucester's, erected in 

Hyde Park, October 10 1768 

The above Riding House was erected by His R. H. the Duke of Gloucester, under 
a grant of the 10th of October, 1768, to hold the land during His Majesty's 
pleasure, on payment of a yearly rent of £5. It stood near the reservoir, at 
a short distance from Grosvenor Gate : it was taken down about seventeen or 
eighteen years ago, and was succeeded by a temporary wooden building built 
in 1825 by permission of Government, forthe purpose of exhibiting a picture 
of the Battle of Waterloo, painted by Sir John W. Pieneman, painter to His 
Majesty the king of the Netherlands. The picture measured twenty-seven 
feet in breadth, by eighteen feet in height, and as a work of Art, was univer- 
sally admired. This erection was also taken down in the following year. 

RIGHTS, BILL OF, established 1641 

And of succession, in 1689. 

RIOT ACT, The, passed 1715 

RIOTS in British History:— 

The Convent of Westminster Abbey destroyed . a. d. 1221 

Some riotous citizens of London demolished the Convent belonging to 
Westminster Abbey : the ringleader was hanged, and the rest had 
their hands and feet cut off, 6th Henry III. A. d. 1221. 

The Goldsmith's and Tailor's Companies fought in 

the streets of London 1262 

Several were killed on each side : the Sheriffs quelled it, and thir- 
teen were hung. 

At Northwitch: when the rioters burnt the Cathe- 
dral and Monastery 1271 

The King went there, and saw the ringleaders executed. 

At London, when Dr. Lamb was killed by the mob . 1628 

Ditto, under the pretence of pulling down houses of 

ill-fame 1688 

Four of the ringleaders were hung. 



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RIOT. At Guildhall, at the Election of Sheriffs 1692 

Several distinguished persons were concerned in this riot: they seized 
the Lord Mayor, but the City Lieutenancy raised the militia, and 
the rioters were severely fined. 

At Edinburgh and Dumfries, on account of the Union 1 707 
A great one in London, in ■•• l' oy 

This alarming riot took place in consequence of Dr. Sacheveral's trial; 
several Dissenting Meeting Houses were broke open; the pulpit 
of one pulled down, and, with the pews, burnt in Lincoln s-lnn 
fields. ' 

The Whig and Tory mobs 1715 

They were also called Ormondand Newcastle, 2nd George I. Consider- 
able mischief was done by both parties, in London. 

The Mug-House, Salisbury Court, between the 

Whigs and Tories l" lb 

One was shot dead by the master of the house: it was quelled by the 
guards, and five of the rioters were executed there, September l\. 

In Herefordshire; the rioters demolished the turn- 
pikes ; quelled after a smart engagement with 
the Constables I? 35 

Of the Spital Fields Weavers 1736 

This riot was occasioned on account of the employing workmen who 
had come from Ireland; the military and civil power were called 
in to quell the disturbance, when several lives were lost : 9th of 
George II. 

Of the Cornish tin miners, on account of the dear- 

ness of corn *-'&I 

Of the nailers, in Worcestershire 1737 

The rioters marched to Birmingham, and compelled all the iron- 
mongers to sign an agreement, to allow them an advance in their 
wages. 

Of some sailors, who were robbed, at a brothel in the 

Strand 1749 

Bein" assisted by a large body, they pulled down the house, and de- 
stroyed the furniture of several others, turning the inmates naked 
into the streets. 

In Southampton-street, in the Strand, ditto 1757 

On the same occasion. 

Of the Spital Fields Weavers ■ I 765 

At this riot the Duke of Bedford narrowly escaped being killed. 

Of the people in all parts of England, on account of 

the dearness of provisions, 1766, and 17b7 



150 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

RIOT. In St. George's Fields, to see Mr. Wilks in the 

King's Bench Prison 1768 

In this instance, the aid of the military was unnecessarily called in by 
the Justices of the Peace, when several innocent persons, parti- 
cularly a young man of the name of Allan, was fired upon, and 
killed by the soldiers. 

At Glasgow, among the cotton manufacturers 1787 

Several were killed by the soldiers, September 4. 

At Birmingham, in 1791 

This riot took place on account of commemorating the French Revo- 
lution, when several houses were destroyed, July 14. 

In various parts of Scotland, on account of the Militia 

Act, August and September 1797 

Several were unfortunately killed in this affray. 

At Maidstone, at the trial of Arthur O'Connor, and 

Others, May 22 1798 

The Earl of Thanet, Mr. Ferguson, and others, were particularly 
active in endeavouring to rescue O'Connor, for which they were 
tried and convicted, April 25, 1799. 

In several parts of England, on account of the high 

price of bread, September 1800 

Of the Weavers, near Manchester, May 24 1808 

At Liverpool, June 27 1809 

This riot was occasioned by a quarrel between a party of dragoons, and 
a Press-gang. 

In London, in consequence of the seizing of Sir 

Francis Burdett, April 9 1810 

At Sheffield, April 14 1812 

At this riot, 800 musquets belonging to the local militia were de- 
stroyed. 

In various parts of the north of England, by the Lud- 
dites, during 1811, and 1812 

Among the sailors at Lynn ; quelled without blood- 
shed 1814 

At St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, December 13 1814 

This riot was occasioned on account of a proposed increased Assess- 
ment of the Property-Tax, which was appeased by the Commis- 
sioners relinquishing their purpose. 

In Westminster, on account of the Corn Bill, which 

lasted several days, March 6 1815 



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RIOT. At Bishopwearmouth, near Durham, March 20 1815 

This riot was caused by the keelmen, who destroyed an expensive 
waggon-road, and set fire to an immense p'ie of coals. 

At the Depot at Dartmore, amcng the prisoners, 

April 8- =». 1815 

In the quelling of this riot, seven Amf- loans were killed, and thirty- 
five others wounded. 

By the seamen of Newcastle, Sunderland, and Shields 

October 21 1815 

After continuing several weeks, this riot terminated without bloodshed. 

By the miners, and men employed in the Iron Works, 

Wolverhampton, November 14 1815 

On account of wages : quelled by the military, without bloodshed. 

By the tanners in Bermondsey, April 17 1816 

Several persons were severely wounded by Mr. Timbrel, whose house 
they attacked. 

At Bridport, May 6 1816 

This riot was occasioned by the high price of bread, which was quelled 
by the exertions of the principal inhabitants. 

At Brandon, near Bury, in Suffolk, and the city of 

Norwich, May 6 1816 

At Beddeford, to prevent the exportation of a cargo of 

potatoes, May 20 1816 

At Bury, to destroy a spinning jenny, May 22 1816 

In their attempt to accomplish this, the rioters were defeated by the 
Magistrates, and the principal inhabitants. 

At Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by the Pitmen, and others, 

May 28, 1816 

In London, for High Treason,which Watson was tried 

for, and acquitted, June 16 1817 

At Manchester, in consequence of a popular Meeting, 

March 3 1817 

In Westminster, in which Sir Murray Maxwell was 

severely hurt, June 18, 19, 20 1818 

At Oxford, on enclosing an immense tract of Com- 
monable Land 1 830 

At Merther Tydvil, in Wales, June 3 1831 

This alarming riot was caused in consequence of a large body of miners 
turning out for an increase of wages, and who proceeded to great 



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RIOT, (continued.) 

excesses. The military was called out, and lives were lost on 
both sides. 

At Bristol, October 29, 1831 

This riot was one of the most outrageous almost ever remembered. On 
the approach of Sir Charles Wetherell to Bristol, (who was Re- 
corder there), escorted by the Mayor and senior Aldermen, they 
were assailed by the populace ; the confusion at the Guildhall was 
so alarming and serious, that he was obliged to make his escape 
in disguise. The Mansion House was broke open, the Riot Act 
read, several persons were killed and wounded by the military, 
the Bishop's Palace set on fire, and nearly the whole of Queen- 
square set in a blaze; the bridewell was burned down, also the 
jail, and the whole of the prisoners liberated. On the 2nd of No- 
vember, the Royal Proclamation was issued for the suppression 
of riots, and preservation of the public peace. A special Com- 
mission was issued to try the rioters, December 2, 1831. The 
Commission opened at Bristol, by Chief Justice Tyndal, of the 
Court of Common Pleas, January 2, 1832, when William Clarke, 
Patrick Kearney, Daniel Higgs, James Courtney, and James 
Mackay, were found guilty af breaking into, and attempting to 
destroy the gaol, &c. James Williams was acquitted. Thomas 
Evans Bendal, and James Smith, were convicted of setting fire to 
the Bishop of Bristol's Palace. Sentence of death was passed on 
Christopher Davis, Thomas Gregory, Richard Vines, and William 
Clarke, by Judge Tyndal; — and by Judge Bosanquet, Joseph 
Kayes, a livery servant, January 12, 1832. Nineteen others were 
put to the Bar, who were convicted, and sentenced to be trans- 
ported. Gregory, Davis, Clarke, and Hayes, executed at Bristol, 
January 27, 1832. 

At Knocktopher, in Ireland, December 14 1831 

This affray took place at Knocktopher, in tho county of Kilkenny, 
between the populace and police, while the latter were protecting 
a tithe process server from the vengeance of the mob. In the 
conflict, fourteen of the Police were killed. 

At Nottingham 1831 

A Special Commission was opened at Nottingham, by Sir Joseph 
Littledale, and Sir Stephen Gaselee, for the trial of the Notting- 
ham rioters, January 4, 1831, when nine unfortunate individuals 
received sentence of death, being found guilty of being concerned 
in the late riots, and the destruction of property thereat. George 
Beek, George Hearson, and John Armstrong, were executed at 
Nottingham, February 1, 1832. Charles Berkins, and Thomas 
Skelton, also received sentence of death, but were respited. 

At Birmingham 1839 

This Riot though not quite so alarming as the Bristol one, was the 
cause of a great destruction of property, and loss of life. 

At Newport :... 1839 

At Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1839 



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ROAD, THE CITY, between Moorfields and Islington, 

opened, June 29 1761 

Lately extended to the Bank of England, by which means a direct outlet is 
afforded from the heart of the Metropolis to the Great North Road. 

ROADS between Market Towns widened by an Act of 

Parliament, in .. 1285, 1555 

First repaired by Act of Parliament, 1524; began in the Highlands of Scotland 
by General Wade, 1746 ; and finished in 1757. 

ROCK SALT discovered about , 950 

In Poland, 1289. 

ROMAN CATHOLICS in England relieved by an Act ... 1776 

Again in 1791. In Ireland ditto, passed 1792. The Catholic Relief Bill passed 
in 1S29. 

ROMAN LADIES poisoned their husbands 331 

One hundred and seventy were executed for it. This was the first example of 
such a crime. 

ROMANCE. 

The first written, was the marriage of Theagenes and Chariclea, by Heliodorus, 
bishop of Tricca, in Thessaly, who lived in the ivth century ; it must be ac- 
knowledged it has produced a numerous issue, viz. all the Romances extant: a 
Synod convocated for the purpose of considering of the danger which might 
accrue to youth from reading this romance, although a modest and reserved 
piece when compared with modern works of the same kind, deposed the 
author from being a bishop, on account of his refusing to suppress his work. 

ROMAN EMPIRE, The. 

Rome was founded about the year of the world 3252; the fourth year of the sixth 
Olympiad, 428 years after the siege of Troy, 121 from the foundation of 
Carthage, and 752 years B. C. The beginning of the city, which afterwards 
became mistress of the world, was very trifling. Romulus, who founded it, 
appears to have been no more than the leader of a band of robbers. His 
small territory, during the first 300 years, was not above forty miles square. 
The capital of the pretended kingdom of Romulus was only 1000 paces 
square — a space hardly large enough for two farmer's yards of the present 
day. But it soon afterwards greatly increased, especially under the Re- 
public. 

The following persons were Kings of Rome, viz.: — 

Romulus 752 

Interregnum 716 

Numa Pompilius 715 

Tullus Hostilius 672 

Ancus Martius 640 

Tarquin the Elder 616 

Servius Tullius 578 

Tarquin the Proud 534 

It is remarkable that seven Kings, who were each of them elected, four 
should have been assassinated, and one dethroned: and that they should have 
reigned for so long a term as 240 years : an instance of which hereditary 
monarchy does not furnish us with an example. 

In the time of the Roman Republic, before Tarquin the Proud, the walls 

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154 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ROMAN EMPIRE, The, (continued.) 

were of mud. After his dethronement, Rome advanced, by degrees to uni- 
versal monarchy. All Italy was subdued; as were Sicily, Sardinia, Spain, 
Africa, Greece, Gaul, Britain, and a part of Germany. This Republic was 
bounded in the time of Julias Csesar, by the Euphrates, Mount Taurus, 
and Armenia, on the East : Etholia on the South : the Danube on the North 
and the Ocean on the West. Their successes struck the minds of the people 
conquered so forcibly, that the exploits of Scipio, of Sylla, and of Caesar, are 
well known. 

We shall here very briefly speak of the principal events during the Re- 
public of Rome. Tarquin being banished, and rovaltv abolished, Consuls 
were chosen annually to govern the State. The first Consuls were Lucius 
Junius Brutus, and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, 509. Alliance with the 
Carthaginians, 509. Wars with Porsonna, 508. Dictator first created, 498. 
Tribunes of the People established, 493. Coriolanus banished Rome, 491. 
Besieges Rome, 489. Is killed, 488. Three hundred Fabii killed bv the 
Veii, 477. Secular Games instituted, 459. Decemvirs, 451, Military 
Tribunes, 444. Censors, 443. Rome taken by Brennus, and re-taken by 
Furius Camillus, 390. Five years anarchy at Rome, 375. Prsetor, 367. 
Consuls taken from the Plebeians, 366 Laws against luxury, 358. War 
against the Samnites lasted 49 years, 343. Manlius Torquatus beheads his 
victorious son, for fighting contrary to his orders,' 340. Romans pass under 
the yoke, 321. Fabius Maximus Dictator, 301. War against Pyrrhus, 280. 
First Punic War, 264. Attilius Reg-ulus made prisoner, 256. Asdrubal de- 
feated by Metellus, 251. Hanibal takes Saguntum, 219. Second Punic war, 
218. Hanibal defeats the Romans at Cannse, 216. First Macedonian war, 
214. Syracuse taken by Marcellus, 212. Hanibal returns to Africa, 203. 
Scipio defeats Hanibal in Africa, 202. Second Macedonian War, 200. War 
with Antiochus, 192. Death of Cornelius Scipio Africanus, 184. Death of 
Philopcemen and Hanibal, 183. War with Perseus, 171. Perseus conquered 
by Publius Emilius, 168. Third Punic War, 149. Third Macedonian war, 
148. Corinth, and Carthage destroyed, 146. Achaian war, Greece con- 
quered, 145. War with Numantia and Spain, 141. Death of Scipio the 
Younger, 129. Carthage re-built: death of Polybius, 123. War with the 
Cimbri, 113 — with Jugurtha, 111, — with Mithridates, 94 — between Marius 
and Sylla, 88. War of Sertorius, 77: of Catiline, 63. First triumvirate, 60. 
Pompey sole Consul, 52. War between Csesar and Pompey, 49. Battle of 
Pharsalia, 48. Csesar perpetual Dictator: Calendar corrected, 45. — Twelve 
Csesars: Julius Csesar, assassinated, 44. Second Triumvirate, 43. Battle 
of Philippi, 42: of Actium, 31. Augustus, 14. Tiberius, A. D. 37. Ca- 
ligula, 41 . Claudius, 54. Nero, 68. Galba, 69. Otho, 69. Vitellius, 69. 
Vespasian, in 79. Titus, in 81. Domitian, in 96. Nerva, 98. Tiajan, 1 17. 
Adrian, 138. Antoninus Pius, 161. Marcus Aurelius, and Lucius Verus, 
180-189. Commodus, 192. Perlinax, 198. Didius Julius, 103. Niger, 195. 
Allinus, 197. Septimius Severus, 211. Caracalla, 2 17, and Geta 212, Ma- 
crinus, 218. Heliogabalus, 222. Alexander Severus, 235. Maximinianus, 
238. Gordianus, 237. Gordianus, the Son, 237 Maximus and Balbinus, 
238. Gordianus, Junior, 244. Philip, father and son, 249. Decius, 251. 
Gallus, 253. Emilianus, 253. Valerianus, 260. Gallienus, 267- Claudius II. 
270. Aurelianus, 275. Tacitus, 276. Florianus, (3 months) 276. Pmbus, 
282. Carus, 283. Carinus and Numirianus 285. Diocletianus and Maxi- 
minianus abdicate, 305. Constantius Chlorus, 306. Galerius, 311. Seve- 
rus II. 307. Maximin, 313. Constantine the Great, 337. Licinius, 323. 
Constantine the Younger, 340. Constans, 350. Constantius, 361. Julianus, 
363. Jovianus, 364. Valentinianus I. (West) 375. Valens (East) 378. 
Gratian 383. Valentinianus II. 392. Theodosius the Great, 395. After 
which the Empire was divided into Western and Eastern. The Western, (of 
which Rome continued to be the Capital), began in 74; ended 92.; and the 
Eastern, (Constantinople being the Capital) began 364; ended in 1553. They 
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ROMAN EMPIRE, The, (continued.) 

and 3000 in length. Alexis Ducas, the last of the Emperors of the East, 
was dethroned by the Crusaders, and the city sacked. They retained posses- 
sion of Constantinople till 1261, when they were driven out by the Greeks 
of the family of Paleologus, the last of whom was, in 1453, obliged to yield 
to Mahomet, Emperor of the Turks, whose descendants have retained posses- 
sion of Constantinople to this day. Rome was declared a part of the French 
Empire, April 13, 1809. 

ROMAN EMPEROR, the first that properly had the title 

was Augustus Octavius, b. c. 27 

ROMAN HIGHWAYS made in Britain 415 

ROME declared itself independent as a Republic, February 

26 1798 

The Pope's authority was in consequence annulled. 

RONCESVALLES, in the Pyrenees, Pass of the, attacked, 

July 25 1813 

The Pass of Roncesvalles was attacked by Marshal Soult, from July 25, to August 
2, 1813, in order to relieve St. Sebastian and Pamplona, but he was repulsed 
with the loss of 15,000 men, by the combined army under the Marquess of 
Wellington. 

ROSARY, or BEADS, first used in Romish Prayers, in 1093 

ROSES planted in England 1522 

They were first consecrated, as presents from the Pope, and placed over Confes- 
sionals, as the symbol of secrecy, in 1526. From this circumstance arose the 
phrase of — " under the rose." 

ROSTOCK founded 1169 

ROUND TABLE, KNIGHTS OF THE, began 516 

Revived in 1344. 

ROUSSILLON, &c. annexed to the Kingdom of France ... 1349 
ROYAL CHARLOTTE, The, burnt by accident, 1800 

The Royal Charlotte, of 100 guns, was burnt, by accident near Leghorn, March 
16, 1800, when only 150 persons were saved. 

ROYAL NAVY, of England, the first so called, (for which 

see a further account^ at page 117) 1512 

ROYAL GEORGE, loss of The 1782 

On the 29th of August, 1782, it was found necessary that the Royal George, a 
line of battle ship of 108 guns, which had lately arrived at Spithead from a 
cruise, should, previously to her going 1 again to sea undergo the operation 
which seamen technically call a Parliament heel, in which operation the ship 
is inclined rather on one side, until the defects on the other are examined and 
repaired, a mode practised to prevent delay by going into dock, or where the 
repairs are not extensive, and this operation generally takes place in still 



156 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ROYAL GEORGE, loss of The, (continued.) 1782 

weather, and smooth water, it being unnecessary in that case to remove the 
guns. 

The business was commenced early in the morning. Finding it necessary 
to strip off more of the sheathing than had been intended, the men in their 
eagerness to reach the defect in the ship's bottom, were induced to heel her 
too much, when a sudden squall of wind threw her wholly on her side; and 
the gun-ports being open, and the cannon rolling over to the depressed side, 
the ship was unable to right herself, and instantly filling with water, she 
sunk. 

The accident happened about ten in the morning; Admiral Kempenfeldt 
was writing in his cabin, and the greater part of the people were between 
decks. Among the sufferers were many of the wives and children of the 
petty officers, and seamen, who, knowing the ship was shortly to sail on a 
very distant service, embraced the opportunity of visiting their husbands and 
fathers. 

Admiral Kempenfeldt, (who was nearly seventy years of age) with many 
brave officers, and most of those who were between decks, perished; several 
of those on the upper decks were saved by the boats of the fleet; about 70 
others were likewise saved. The exact number of persons on board at the 
time could not be ascertained; but it was calculated that from 800 to 1000 
were lost. Such was the swell made at the moment by the ship's sinking, 
that the victualler, lying at the time by her side was swamped, and several 
small craft at a distance, were in great danger. 

In the month of September, 1839, Colonel Paslev commenced his project 
of blowing up the wreck of the Royal George. On the commencing of ope- 
rations, a cylinder, containing 2320 lbs. of powder, was carefully lowered 
to the bottom, where it was placed alongside the most compact portion of the 
wreck which has yet been discovered by the divers. This operation was 
effected bymeans of hauling-lines rove through blocks attached to the bottom 
of the ship by the divers. When every thing was ready, the vessel in which 
the voltaic battery was placed, was drawn off to the distance of 500 feet, 
which is the length of the connecting wires, and instantaneously, on the 
circuit being completed, the explosion took place, and the effects were very 
remarkable. At first the surface of the sea, which had before been perfectly 
smooth and calm, was violently agitated by a sort of tremulous motion, which 
threw it into small irregular waves, a few inches only in height. This lasted 
for three or four seconds, when a vast dome of water made its appearance, of 
a conical, or rather bee-hive shape. At first it appeared to rise slowly, but 
rapidly increased in height and size till it reached the altitude of twenty- 
eight or thirty feet, in a tolerably compact mass. It then fell down and 
produced a series of rings, which spread in all directions. The first, or outer 
one of those, having the aspect of a wave several feet in height, curled, and 
broke, as if it had been driven towards the shore. Neither the shock nor the 
sound was so great as had been expected by those who had witnessed the 
former explosions by Colonel Pasley, where the quantity of powder was only 
forty-five lbs.: but the effect produced on the water at the surface, consider- 
ing that the depth was ninety feet, was truly astonishing. What the effect 
has been upon the wreck will not be fully asceitained by the divers till the 
spring tides are over, and the long periods of slack water at the neaps enable 
the divers to remain for upwards of half an hour under water. Colonel 
Pasley has on his first attempt completely established his command over the 
application of the voltaic battery to sub-marine purposes, and can now with 
certainty explode his charges at any depth of water: and by placing his 
cylinders against the most refractory parts of the wreck, and blowing thern 
to pieces, enable him to draw the whole, by small portions, to the surface. 

Early in the spring of the present year, (1840), Colonel Pasley again com-? 
menced his efforts in this arduous undertaking of endeavouring to clear Spit- 
head of the remains of this wreck. In a letter lately addressed 1 y him to the 
Editor of the Times, correcting several erroneous reports which had gone 



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ROYAL GEORGE, loss of The, (continued) 1 782 

forth to the public, he states, — " That he has recovered twelve guns, five 
gun-carriages, 100 beams and riders, or large fragments of them, exclusive of 
other timbers, planks, and coppers; also the cooking places and boilers 
complete, the stern, and great part of the bows on each side of it, the two 
capstans, part' of the main-mast, and all that remained of the fore-mast of the 
Royal George ; which were to be seen at Portsmouth very lately." The re- 
port that part of the wood-work of the Royal George had floated along the 
coast, is also contradicted. No part of the Royal George ever rose to the 
surface, after the explosions, except some large fragments of the main-mast, 
which were immediately recovered by the boats on duty, and carried into the 
Dock-yard. 

The great explosion, announced for the 22nd of June, (1840) took place on 
that day. It had a beautiful effect: and having become generally known, a 
great number of people attended there to witness it. In the course of the 
morning Lieut. Symonds, the executive Engineer, according to a plan agreed 
upon between him and Col. Pasley, sent down Mr. George Hall, the diver, 
who placed a charge of 47 lbs and afterwards another of 260 lbs. of powder, 
on the spot originally occupied by the main hatchway on the orlop deck, which 
were fired successively by Professor Daniell's voltaic battery, as soon as he 
came up, the second charge being' placed in the hole made by the first About 
1 o'clock, Col. Pasley came up: and at nearly half-past 1, the great cylinder, 
loaded with 25^ barrels, or nearly 2,300 lbs. of gunpowder, with the voltaic 
conducting apparatus attached to it, was raised out of a launch alongside, by 
the Derrick of No 5, lump, and lowered into the water so as to rest a little 
above the surface, where it remained suspended by the bull-rope of the 
Derrick. Hall was again sent down: and at nearly a quarter past 2 o'clock 
he came up and reported that the cylinder was properly placed, and that all 
was ready. Col. Pasley then ordered his bugler to sound the " preparative," 
and, in a minute after, " the fire." An immediate explosion took place, 
the shock and the report being felt and heard at the same time. Alter a few 
seconds, the surface rose three or four feet in a circle, from which, a column 
of water full fifty feet high, was thrown up, followed by several large frag- 
ments of wreck, which proved to be the lower pait of the mainmast. Soon 
after this the mud from the bottom arose, blackening the surface of the water 
to a great distance. A number of small fish also came up dead. The two 
Admirals and the General commanding the garrison, attended by a number of 
naval and military officers, together with the officers of the dock-yard, &c. 
were present. Should Col. Pasley be so fortunate as to raise the wreck of 
the Royal George, the Government may be induced to remove the wreck of 
" The Edgar," from which Lieut. Symonds recovered five iron guns during 
Coi. Pasley's last visit to Chatham, the surface of which, after an immersion 
of owe hundred and twenty-nine years, proved to be converted into soft car- 
buret of iron or plumbago to a considerable depth. These guns are remark- 
able for being much thicker at the breech, and thinner at the muzzle than the 
guns of the same calibre of more modern construction, from which the iron 
guns recovered from the Royal George differ very little. 

The following articles have been brought up, viz.: — a 12-pounder brass 
gun : two iron 32-pounders, and several gun-carriages. A large quantity of 
timber and other matters have been weighed and taken to the yard; the tits, 
in a very soui.d state, and many other large fragments, by Corporal Harris. 
The whole of the starboard bow, from the forefoot to the water-line, was suc- 
cessfully slung, by John Fullagar, and brought to the yard, by the lively, 
lighter; it is a piece of thirty feet by twenty-three feet, and presents on its 
outside curved surface, 300 superficial feet of copper sheathing, with the 
planking, timber, and inside lining complete, as it was when the vessel 
went down ; it is in better preservation than most of the other wood-work. 
Its computed weight exceeds thiity tons. This immense piece was detached 
by the last large explosion in 1839. Hall, the diver, weighed one gun by 
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ROYAL GEORGE, loss of The, (continued) 1782 

the mud, but it nipped so closely that it drew the weighty mass out of its 
grave, and safely landed it on the deck of the lump. Several copper hoops 
from the powder barrels have been taken up, but all the barrels in the maga- 
zine are decayed, and have disappeared. 

There were three survivors of the Royal George ; a person of the name of 
Ingram, who keeps (or kept) the Fox Inn, at Westborough, near Berkeley, 
on the road side from Gloucester to Bristol. He was nearest to one of the 
port-holes when the ship capsized, and was shot out without injury. He 
rescued a female, who also floated. 

The second individual who escaped on that eventful day, was Sir Philip 
Durham, and Captain John Crispo. Sir Philip was returning from a-shore, 
and was at a short distance from that ill-fated ship ere she went down, and 
narrowly escaped from a watery grave. Captain Crispo, was a midshipman of 
the quarter-deck watch at that time, and escaped by swimming. He was then 
nine years of age. 

It further appears, from the statement of a Correspondent of the Bath 
Journal, that there is another survivor of the Royal George accident, viz. a 
person of the name of Abel Hibbs, and who resided near Bristol. 

ROYAL MARRIAGE ACT, The, for regulating the Mar- 
riages of the Royal Family, passed 1772 

Clandestine Marriages were forbidden by Law, in 1753: took place March 25, 
1754: amended, 1781: New Act passed, 1822: repealed, 1823: altered, 
1836. 

It was not until the famous Council of Trent (1429) that the intervention of a 
priest, or other ecclesiastical functionary, was deemed in Europe indispen- 
sable to a marriage. It was then ascertained that the existence of the marriage 
contract as a mere civil engagement, unhallowed by any spiiitual sanction, 
tended much to the formation of clandestine connexions, and their concomi- 
tant evils. The celebrated decree passed in that Session which interdicted 
any marriage otherwise than in the presence of a priest, and at least two 
witnesses. But in England, previous to 1754, the common law continued to 
regulate the law of marriage, the authority of the Council of Trent not having 
been acknowledged in this country; and whilst, in virtue of domestic insti- 
tutions, a form was enjoined for the more solemn celebration of matrimony. 
Banns were first directed to be published by Hubert Walter, in I 200 ; and 
William la Zouch, (in 1347) notices the performance of unlawful marriages 5 
and that, " Some contriving unlawful marriages, and affecting the dark, lest 
" their deeds should be reproved, procure every day, in a damnable manner, 
" marriages to be celebiated without publication of banns duly and lawfully 
" made, by means of chaplains that have no regard to the fear of God and the 
" prohibition of the laws." These marriages, it appears, have been continued 
in London, in defiance of the punishment denounced, (and occasionally in- 
flicted) by the ecclesiastical law. Previous to the year 1686, thousands of 
unlawful marriages were performed; most of them, in churches and chapels 
exempted from the visitation of the Ordinary, the ministers of which places 
did frequently many without licence or banns: these were called " lawless 
churches ;" the laws for the prevention of unlawful marriages being, by these 
means, of no effect. 

Many of the earlier Fleet weddings were performed at that spot ; but as 
the practice increased, it became necessary to add other places within the 
precincts of the Fleet, (the Warden being prohibited by Act of Parliament 
from allowing such ceremony) the consequence was, that many of the Fleet 
parsons, and also tavern-keepers in the neighbourhood appropriated certain 
rooms in their dwellings for this purpose; the parsons receiving the fees, and 
allowing a portion to the tavern-keepers, who also derived a profit from the 
sale of their liquors served to the wedding party. These tavern-keepers 
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ROYAL MARRIAGE ACT, The, (continued.) 

lings per week ; while others, upon the arrival of a wedding party, sent for 
any one they chose, with whom they divided the wedding fee. The gene- 
rality of these tavern-keepers kept their own registers, the parsons entering 
the several weddings in these books, as well as their own. 

One of these Fleet Registers being produced on a trial at Shrewsbury, in 
1794, a Mrs. Olivi gave the following evidence: — " My first husband was 
Thomas Owens. I had the Registei -books of Fleet-marriages in my posses- 
sion from my marriage in 17° 1, till I went to America eleven years ago. I 
then sold them to Mr. Panton, My husband, Owens, died about 1773. He 
made a will. I had the possession of the books myself, as my husband had 
other business. I heard my husband say he purchased these books. He had 
a marriage-house in Fleet lane. I used the books to grant certificates upon 
parish affairs." By the will of Thomas Owens, dated February 18, 1775, and 
proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, he bequeaths to his wife 
Susan Owens, "All the books of the Registry of the Fleet Marriages now in 
my possession." By the evidence on the before- mentioned trial, in 1794, it 
appears that " persons who kept the different Marriage-houses were occa- 
sionally the clerks : if nobody was in the way, any person executed the office 
as a clerk. The man that in general was their servant he registered them." 
Five or six hundred of these books were purchased of Mrs. Olivi, about 
17S3, by Mr. Benjamin Panton, who, in his evidence in the cause of Lloyd v. 
Passingham, said they weighed more than a ton ; that he had been in the 
habit of attending Courts of Justice with them, and never knew them refused. 
After Mr. Panton's death, he bequeathed these books to his daughter, who, 
in 1813, disposed of them to Mr. William Cox. Amongst the books is one 
used to contain an account of all searches made; it is headed, " This book 
contains all the searches found and not found from the year 1784 to 1804 and 
1819, that as been made by any of Mr. Panton's family since inn their pos- 
session, and is now going on by Mr. William Cox, 1813." They were after- 
wards purchased of Mr. Cox by Government, in 1821 : and in one of the 
printed Parliamentary estimates for that year is the following item: — " An 
account showing how the sum of £280,000. granted by Parliament to provide 
for extraordinary expenses of a civil nature, was expended; — George Maule, 
Esq. solicitor for the affairs of the Treasury, to enable him to purchase for 
the use of the public a series of books containing the entries of marriages in 
the Fleet Prison and the Rules thereof, from the year 1686 to the year 1754, 
£260. 6s. 6rf." 

The same causes which induced people to marry clandestinely at the Fleet 
prison, no doubt operated with those who married at the King's Bench prison, 
although from the latter prison being situated in the suburbs of London, but 
comparatively few marriages were performed there. In the neighbourhood 
of the King's Bench was a part of the Borough called " The Mint," a place 
of refuge for thieves and malefactors of the worst description; which, with 
White Friars, the Savoy, and other places about London, claimed certain 
privileges, and held out the advantages of a sanctuary to all debtors, thieves, 
and malefactors. At this place marriages were performed, and amongst the 
Fleet registers are three of King's Bench, and The Mint marriages. 

Although the Savoy was one of those places of pretended privileges, there 
does not appear to have been any clandestine marriages there until after the 
passing of the Marriage Act : the following are the number of marriages be- 
fore and after that period, viz. : — 

In 1752 15 

1353, 19 

1754, 342 

1755, 1190 

1756, 63 

1757, 13 

1758, 17 

On the passing of the Marriage Act, the Rev. John Wilkinson began to exer- 



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ROYAL MARRIAGE ACT, The, (continued.) 

cise his supposed rights as the Minister of the Savoy, considering himself 
authorized to grant licences, because Dr. Killigrew, and other of his prede- 
cessors had granted them : the consequence was that the Savoy soon became 
known as the place for easy matrimony, these marriages procuring him a pro- 
fusion of cash, all being rat-tat-tat at the street door, and on Easter day 
paticularly. Mr. Wilkinson having had repeated hints from government of 
the impropriety of such proceedings, and the consequences like]y to result 
from a continuance of the same, proceedings were at length resorted to 
against him, and he was compelled to make his escape over the leads of the 
Savoy, through the kitchen of the prison, (which was at that time there) to 
a private door into the chapel, to avoid those set to watch him. One Sunday 
morning an alarm was given that the Officers were in the church. A general 
panic ensued in his family; he sent word he was taken suddenly ill, and 
could not read piayers, made his way to a gate that opened on the Thames, 
reached Somerset stairs, where he took a boat, and got into Kent. Having 
arrived there, without interruption, he engaged a Mr. Grierson to officiate as 
his curate; but granted licences himself, imagining' that his curate could not 
be responsible for any act or deed of the Minister. Soon after this, Mr. 
Vernon of Drury-lane Theatre, was married by Mr Grierson to Miss 
Portier. Garrick insisted on seeing the certificate, which Mr. Vernon ob- 
tained from Mr. Grierson, and gave it to Garrick, who handed it over to Mr. 
Carrinston, the King's Messenger. Upon this Mr Grierson was taken up 
and tried for having married the parties, was convicted, and transported for 
fourteen years. In his defence, he stated that he was not aware of the illegality 
of the transaction, as he had married his own son there. After his committal, 
Mr. Wilkinson engaged the Rev. Mr. Brooks as his curate, and continued to 
derive great profits from these marriages. Considering himself certain of an 
acquittal, Mr. Wilkinson determined on surrendering himself and taking 
his trial, which he did, July 11, 1756. He was tried on the 16th, found 
guilty, and sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. The vessel which 
was to take him to America, sailed early in March, 1757, but owing to stress 
of weather was driven back to Plymouth, where Mr. Wilkinson died from an 
attack of the gout. 

After the death of Mr. Wilkinson, an individual of the name of Keith, of 
May-Fair Chapel, commenced this illegal employment, for which he was 
imprisoned fifteen years. In 1753, he published a pamphlet intituled " Ob- 
servations on the Act for preventing Clandestine Marriages, " and to which 
is prefixed an engraving of him as " The Rev. Mr Keith, D. D." 

The passing of the Marriage Act put a stop to these illegal marriages at 
May-Fair: but the day before the Act came into operation, (Lady-Day, 
1754), sixty-one couple were married there. 

RULING MACHINES invented by a Dutchman, in 

London 1792 

Woodmasson, Payne, and Brown, very much improved them. They were intro- 
duced into Scotland in 1803. Three were employed at Edinburgh, in 1806, 
which were the means of giving subsistence to at least thirty persons weekly, 
and facilitated labour to a very great extent. 

RUSSIA began their new year, from January 1 1 700 

SABA, the Island of, planted by the Dutch 1640 

SADDLES in use in 340 

Saddle-Horse Duty commenced in 1784. 



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SAFFRON in England in 1389 

It was first brought to England by a Pilgrim. Cultivated in 1582. 

SAIL-CLOTH first made in England 1599 

SALEM, in New England, settled, 1628 

SALIQUE LAW, The. (See * Arms of England? 
SALT-MINES discovered in Staffordshire 1670 

Salting herrings after the Dutch method first used, 1416. Salt Petre first made 
in England, in 1625. Salt Duty revived in 1732. Salt, and incident duties, 
amounted to £1,400,000. in 17S6 :- to £1,800,000. in 1787:— and to 
£1,812,969. in 1788. 

SANCTUARIES instituted 617 

SANDWICH ISLANDS, The, in the Pacific Ocean, dis- 
covered 1778 

SANDWICH HARBOUR destroyed by an Earthquake in. 1580 

SANDWICH ISLANDS, the King and Queen of the, died 

in London, July 1824 

In the Spring of this year, the King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands, with a 
suite of six persons of rank, arrived in this country, where every mark of 
attention was paid to them, and sanguine hopes were entertained that their 
visit would be productive of important political advantages, as well as tend to 
the extension of civilization among the natives 5 but these hopes were disap- 
pointed by the sudden death of their Majesties. The bodies were deposited 
in the vaults under St. Martin's church until the 7th of October, when they 
were removed on board the Blonde frigate, Captain Lord Byron, to be con- 
veyed to the Sandwich Islands. 

SANDUSKY, FORT, in Upper Canada, the British and 
Indian Forces, under Major-General Proctor, repulsed 
at an attack on, August 2, 1813 

SANTA CASA, or HOLY HOUSE OF LORETTO. 

Santa Casa, pretended to have been brought by angels from Palestine into Illyria, 
1291. It was pillaged by the French, February 12, 1797, when the statue 
of the Madona was conveyed to Paris. 

SARDINIAN KING, The, relinquished Turin, and all 

Piedmont to the French, December 6, 1798 

He afterwards retired to Sardinia. 

SARDINIA erected into a kingdom 1707 

It was given to the Duke of Savoy. 

SATURN'S SATELLITES discovered 1608 

The ring, in 1634. 

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162 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SAVANNAH settled 1732 

SAW, The, invented by Daedalus, B.C. 13S0 

SAXON GREEN, invented.. 1744 

SAXONS, The, came into England 449 

The Saxon line was restored under Edward the Confessor. Edward was born at 
Islop, in Oxfordshire, and began his reign in the fortieth year of his age; 
He was crowned at Winchester, 1042 : married Editha, daughter of Godwin, 
Earl of Kent, 1043: remitted the tax of Danegelt, and was the first king of 
England that touched for the King's Evil, 1058: died January 5, 1066, aged 
65 : was buried in Westminster Abbey, which he re-built, where his bones 
were enshrined in gold, set with jewels, 1206. Emma, his mother, died in 
1052. He was succeeded by Harold II. 

SCARBOROUGH CLIFF, and the Spaw removed, De- 
cember 18 1733 

SCARCITY-ROOT, a kind of turnip, introduced and propa- 
gated in England by Dr. Lettsom, 1 787 

SCARLET DYE invented 1000 

It was first used at Bow, near Stratford, in 1643. 

SCENES introduced into Theatres 1533 

SCHISM ACT passed in 1714 

SCOTCH GOLD and SILVER prohibited passing current 

in England 1393 

SCOTLAND, the Rebellion in, began 1715 

SCULPTURE invented by Debutades B.C. 200 

SCUTAGE, the first tax levied in England to pay an army . 1159 

SEAL, THE GREAT, of England, stole from the Lord 

Chancellor, (Thurlow,) March 24 1784 

Seals were not much in use with the Saxons : they signed their parchments with 
the cross, impressions of lead being affixed. The Great Seal of England first 
used to Crown Grants, &c. in 1050. There was a seal of Edward I. at 
Westminster, about 1188. Coats of Arms were not introduced on Seals till 
1218. 

A new one made on account of the United Kingdoms, January 2, 1801. 
Destroyed in Council by William IV. and a new one adopted. It was 
executed by Mr. Wyon, the Chief Engraver of Seals to the King. On the 
obverse of the New Seal, His Majesty is represented seated on his throne, 
supported by Neptune and Britannia: on one side are the figures of Piety 
and Justice; and, on the other, Peace and Plenty. The Seal is composed of 
silver. A New Seal for the Admiralty Court of Scotland was also ap- 
proved of. 

SEAL ENGRAVING, the Art of, applied to printing with 

blocks 1440 



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SEALING CHARTERS AND DEEDS first used in Eng- 
land in 1065 

SEALING-WAX introduced into general use 1556 

SEAMEN'S WAGES advanced by Parliament, May 9 1797 

The Purser's deduction of one-eighth of provisions being taken off. 

SEAS, the sovereignty of the, maintained 1633 

The sovereignty of England over the British seas maintained by Selden, and 
measures taken by the British Government in consequence, 8th Charles I. 
1633. 

SECRETARIES OF ST ATE first appointed in England .. . 1529 

Lord Cromwell was so made by Cardinal Wolsey. 

SECURITY OF THE KING'S PERSON, the Act for, 

passed 1703 

Improved in 1795. 

SEDAN CHAIRS introduced into England by the Duke of 

Buckingham 1634 

First made in London, and a fourteen years' patent for selling them granted to a 
person of the name of Duncombe, in 1634. The Marine Chair invented by 
Christopher Irving, in 1764. 

SEDITION BILL, The, passed, December 17 1795 

It was also enacted that all Seditious Societies and Reading Rooms, should be sup- 
pressed. Act passed, June 21, 1797. 

SEISINS, Register of, established 1617 

SEIZURES at the Custom House amounted to £25,000. in . 1742 

< SEMPER EADEM,' first used as the motto of the Arms 

of England, December 13 1702 

SEPTENIAL PARLIAMENT ACT passed. (See Par- 
liament.) 

SERVANT MAN'S TAX took place in 1775 

Enlarged 1781: 1785: 1796: and 1797 :— Female Servant's Tax, 1785 : abolished 
in 1792. 

SERVANT'S WAGES taxed 1695 

SESSION, COURT OF, first appointed by James I. in ... 1425 

Abolished 1503 : re-established by James V. in 1531 : re-instated at Edinburgh, 
in 1656. 



164 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SESSIONS HALL, the floor of the, at Poole, in Monmouth- 
shire, fell August 11 1758 

This unfortunate event happened when the Court was sitting, and occasioned the 
death of several persons. 

SETTLEMENT OF THE CROWN 1689 

SEXTANT, The, invented by Tycho Brahe, at Augsburg . 1550 
SHEEP prohibited to be exported from England in 1424 

They were permitted to be sent to Spain in 1467- In 1S09, the Spanish Cortes 
sent two thousand of the Merino breed, accompanied by shepherds, as a 
present to His Majesty George III. They have since been crossed with the 
English sheep, and aiford the finest wool. 

SHERBROOK, THE LADY, wrecked on the Mouse 

Island, July 19 1831 

She was wrecked on Mouse Island, near Point Blank, by which unfortunate acci- 
dent 246 persons were drowned. 

SHERIFFS first appointed 10T9 

SHERIFFS OF LONDON, fifty appointed in one day 1734 

Thirty-five of whom paid the fine, July 2, 1734. 

SHIPS invented b.c. 1689 

The first ship seen in Greece, (supposed to be a galley) was brought from Egypt 
to Rhodes by Daunus, B.C. 1485. In 1310, and some time after, the English 
ships of war were hired of merchants ; that with a double dock, and built in 
England, was of the burthen of 1000 tons, and built by order of Henry VII. 
•which was called the " Great Harry," and cost £14,000. Previous to this, 
24-gun ships were the largest in our navy, and these had no port-holes, the 
truns being on the upper decks only. The first double-decker in Scotland 
■was the Carmel, built in the reign of Jarnes III. In 1512, while commanded 
by Sir Andrew Wood, and convoying a fleet of merchantmen from Flanders, 
she was attacked off the east coast of Fife by Sir Stephen Bull, in the Great 
Harry, who was taken after a severe conflict. Port-holes, and other improve- 
ments, were invented by Decharges, a French builder at Brest, in the reign 
of Louis XII. Fire-ships first used at Antwerp, 1585. Bomb-vessels in- 
vented 1680, by Bernard d'Elisagaray Renau, a Frenchman. 

SHIP-BUILDING. 

The art of ship-building was attributed to the Egyptians, as the first inventors. 
The first ship of the burthen of 800 tons was built in England in 1597. A 
first-rate man of war requires about 60,000 cubic feet of timber, and uses 
180,000 lb. of rough hemp in the cordage and sails for it. The ground on 
which the timber for a 74-gun ship would require to grow, would be four- 
teen acres. It requires 3000 loads of timber, each load containing fifty 
cubical feet, Fifteen hundred well-grown trees, of two loads each, will 
cover fourteen acres, at twenty feet asunder. Three thousand loads of 
rouch oak, at 2s. per foot, or £5. per load, will cost £15,000. The shipping 
and navigation of Great Britain for 1810, 1811, and 1812, ending on the 
30th of September in each year, was as follows: — 

Years. Vessels. 

In 1 810 23,703 

1811, 24,106 

1812 24,107 

which, in the last-mentioned year, were navigated by 165,030 seamen. 



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SHIP-MONEY exacted 1634 

Abolished in 1641. This oppressive tax cost Charles the First his head. 

SHOES. 

The people had in former times an extravagant way of adorning their feet; they 
wore the beaks, or points of their shoes so long, that they encumbered them- 
selves in their walking, and were forced to tie them up to their knees ; the 
gentlemen fastened theirs with chains of silver, or rich silver-gilt, whilst 
others had recourse to laces. This fantastic custom continued in fashion 
until the year 1382; it was then prohibited, on the forfeiture of 20*. and the 
pain of cursing by the Clergy, 1467- Shoes of the present fashion were worn 
in England in 1633; but the buckle was not introduced until 1670 : began to 
be discontinued about 1794. 

SHOP- LIFTING ACT, which made it capital, passed 1699 

SHOP-TAX passed 1785 

Repealed in 1789. 

SHOULDER KNOTS first used 1672 

SICILY garrisoned by the English, March 24 1808 

SICKNESS, the Great, in London 1729 

This sickness, which happened in December, carried off the amazing number of 
1000 persons in the course of a week. Ag-ain in January, 1733, which car- 
ried off 1,588 persons in one week. — Tn the year 1743, it again proved fatal, 
carrying off persons to the number of 1,488. 

SIDE SADDLES first used in England 1380 

SIERRA LEONE COAST discovered 1460 

SIERRA LEONE, the Settlement of, attacked by the natives, 

who were repulsed, February 17 1809 

SIGNALS AT SEA were devised by James II. while Duke 

of York 1665 

SILK, WROUGHT, brought from Persia to Greece ... b. c. 325 

From India, A. D. 274. Known at Rome in Tiberius' time, when a law passed in 
the senate, prohibiting the use of plate of massy gold, and also forbidding men 
to debase themselves by wearing silk, which was only to be worn by women. 
Helingabalus first wore a garment of silk, 220. Silk-worms brought to Eu- 
rope 300 years later. Silk at one time the same value with gold, weight for 
weight, and thought to grow like cotton on trees, 220. The Emperor Aure- 
lian, who died in 275, refused his Empress a robe of silk on account of its 
being too dear. Silk introduced into Europe by some Monks, 551; by the 
sa ne class, who had visited India, in 555, and who brought from thence silk- 
worms' eggs to Constantinople, at which place raw silk was in time produced 
in abundance, and worked up into manufactures at Athens, Thebes, Corinth, 
&c. &c. Charlemagne presented to Ofifa, king of Meicia, a belt, a Hunnish 
sword, and two silk vests, in 7&0. Greek manufacturers of silk, brought by 
Roger, king of Sicily, to Europe, settled at Palermo, where they taught the 
Sicilians, not only to breed up the silk-worms, but to spin and weave silk; 
which art was carried afterwards to Italy and Spain, and also to the south of 
France, a little before Francis I. who brought it to Touraine, 1130. Venice 



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SILK, WROUGHT, (continued.) 

inveigled silk weavers from G reece and Palermo, in Sicily, 1207; silk mantles 
worn by some noblemen's larliesata ball, at Kennelworth Castle, in Warwick- 
shire, 1286; silk manufactured in England, 1504; first silk manufacture in 
France, 1521; raw silk not produced there till a long time afterwards ; first 
worn by the English clergy, 1534; silk-worms and mulberry trees propagated 
by Henry IV. through all Fiance, 1559; broad silk manufacture from raw 
silk introduced into England, 1620. Silk first imported from Persia through 
Russia, 1742. 

SILK MACHINE, the powerful one at Derby invented ... 1734 

This wonderful machine, invented, and first erected at Derby, by Sir Thomas 
Lombe, for the purpose of making organzine, or thrown silk. Sir Thomas, 
after immense labour, and with the assistance of a friar, at great personal 
hazard, succeeded in bringing it from Ilalv into this country. By a law of 
Sardinia, the disclosing, or attempting to disclose to foreigners the process of 
making organzine silk was punishable with death. This wonderful machine 
contains the astonishing number of 26,586 wheels, 97,746 movements, and 
makes the amazing quantity of 518,504,660 yards in twenty-four hours : all 
the movements are set to work by only one water-wheel. The sum of 
£14,000. was voted by the House of Commons to the inventor. A model 
of this machine was, agreeably to a condition of the giant, deposited in the 
Tower of London, where it still remains. 

SILVER MINES first discovered in Germany 950 

Silver mines discovered at Brittany, in Fiance, November, 1730; in Devonshire, 
1294; at Potosi, 1545; at Cu'sco, 1712. 

SILVER PLATE. 

Silver plate, or vessels, first made use of in Enaland, by Welfred, a Northumber- 
land bishop, a lofty and ambitious man, 709 ; silver knives and forks, spoons 
and cups, a very great luxury, 1300. 

SINGING in Churches established 77 

SINKING FUND BILL, The, passed 1717 

Again in 1786. 

SIRNAMES introduced into England by the Normans 1200 

SLAVE TRADE, The, first followed by the English 1563 

A statute was made, enacting, that a runauade servant, or any who lives idly for 
three days, be brought before two Justices of the Peace, and marked V. with 
a hot iron on the breast, and adjudged the slave of him who brought him, for 
two years ; he was to take the said slave, and give him bread, water, or 
small drink, and refuse-meat, and cause him to work, by beating, chaining, 
or otherwise: and if within that space, he absented himself fourteen days, 
was to be marked on the forehead or cheek, by a hot iron, with an S. and be 
his master's slave for ever; for a second desertion, to be tried for felony ; it 
was also lawful to put a ring of iron round his neck, arm or leg; a beggar's 
child might be put apprentice, and, on running away, become a slave to his 
master, 1547. The Slave-Trade began in Suuth America, 1550. At the sale 
of Rice the broker's effects, who was executed for forgery, a negro slave 
was put up and sold in London for £32. January 28, 1763 ! ! ! In the same 
year, there were 104,000 bought in the West Indies at £15. each, amount- 
ing to £1,582,000. sterling, chiefly by barter. Obtained their freedom by 
arrival in England, in 1772. Abolished in Popish Austria, June 26, 1782. 



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SLAVE-TRADE, The, (continued.) 

Abolished in Pennsylvania, 1784. Debated in Parliament in 1787: and re- 
gulated in 17S8. 

In the year 1788, the slaves in the West India Islands, belonging to Great 
Britain, were : — 

In Jamaica 174,000 

Barbadoes 80,000 

Antigua f 36,000 

Grenada and the Grenadines 40,000 

St. Cb ristophers 27,090 

St. Vincent's , 15.000 

Dominica 15,000 

A-nguilla, Tortola, &c \ 14,000 

Nevis 10,090 

Montserrat 9,000 



Total number of Slaves. 10,000 



The debate for its abolition lasted two days, in April, 1791: again in 
1792; and la?t, in 1807. when the Act passed. Negro Slavery abolished, 
and twenty millions!! gianted by the British Parliament as a compensa- 
tion to the Planters, 1833. Abolished in the British Colonies, in 1834. 

SLIPPERS first used about 1570 

SMITHFIELD paved 1615 

SMUGGLER'S ACT passed 1736 

Mitigated in 1781 ; enforced 1784. 

SNOW, heavy fall of, January 10, 1814 

On the evening of this day a very heavy snnw commenced, which was general 
over the whole kingdom. Upwards of 100 bags of letters were due at the 
General Post Office on the evening of the 15th ; and, on the 17th, 1,500 
bags were due in Dublin. 

SOA P first made at London and Bristol 1524 

SOCIETY ISLES, in the Pacific Ocean, discovered 1765 

SOHO WORKS, The, Birmingham, lighted with Gas, 

April 29 1802 

The Soho Works at Birmingham were brilliantly lighted by Gas, in honour of 
the Peace. The first public display of this new mode of illumination. Mr. 
Murdoch has the singular merit of being the Author of this miracle of 
modern times. 

SOLAR SYSTEM discovered by Pythagoras B.C. 500 

Revived by Copernicus, 1532; proved by Sir Isaac Newton, 1695. 

SOLOMON'S ISLES, in America, discovered in 1527 

Little is known of them, as no Europeans have settled colonies there. 

SOLWAY MOSS, the sudden swell of, December 31 1771 

Solway Moss, bordering on Scotland, ten miles from Carlisle, began to swell, 
owing to heavy rains, and upwards of 400 acres of it rose to such a height, 



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SOLWAY MOSS, (continued.) 

above the level of the ground, that at last it rolled forward like a torrent, 
and continued its course above a mile, sweeping along with it, houses, trees, 
and every thing in its way : it then divided into islands of different extent, 
from one to ten feet deep. It covered near 600 acres at Netherby, to which 
it removed, and destroyed about thirty small villages. It continued in motion 
from Saturday to Wednesday, December 31, 1771. 

SOMERS' ISLES discovered 1527 

SORCERY AND WITCHCRAFT. 

A woman convicted of these imaginary crimes, was burnt by order of the Inquisi- 
sition at Seville, in 1780 !! 

SOUND, a Toll established there in 1348 

A Toll was established there by Denmark, on all ships passing into the Baltic 
Sea. The supposed impregnability of its fortress disproved by a British 
fleet, 1801. 

SOUT-HSEA ACT passed, May 6 1716 

SOUTH-SEA SCHEME, The ; (See Bubbles.) 
SOUTHWARK annexed to London in 1550 

Its Fair regulated, 1743: abolished in 1762. 

SOWING CORN, &c. the Art of, taught by Ceres, ... b.c. 1409 
SPACE. 

The following calculation of Space has been determined by Jedediah Buxton, of 
Elmton, near Chesterfield, in Derbyshire, who proved, in 1751, that, — 200 
Barley-corns, 300 Wheat-corns, 512 Rye-corns, 180 Oats, 40 Peas, 25 Beans, 
80 Vetches, 100 Lentils, 2304 hairs one inch long, are contained in one solid 
inch. 

SPA-FIELDS MEETING, the Great, November 15 1816 

At this Meeting from twenty to thirty thousand persons assembled to vote an 
Address to the Prince Regent, from the distressed manufacturers, tradesmen, 
&c. A second Meeting took place on the 2nd of December following, which 
terminated in a very alarming riot, the shops of several gun-smiths being 
plundered of arms by the mob, amongst which was that of Mr. Beckwith, on 
Snow-hill, and for which one of the rioters (Cashman, a sailor,) was executed 
there. 

SPANIARDS, dreadful massacre of, at Madrid, May 2 1808 

Charles having resigned his kingdom to Bonaparte on the 4th of May, 1808, he 
appointed his brother Joseph, king of Spain and India. 

SPANIARDS, 10,000 revolt, August 24 1808 

The Spaniards in the north of Germany, under the Marquis de la Romana, em- 
barked with 10,000 Spaniards in English ships for Spain, quitting Bonaparte's 
armies. 

SPANISH ARMADA, Defeat of the 1588 

On the 21st of July, 1588, this formidable fleet appeared off Plymouth, and was 



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SPANISH ARMADA, Defeat of the, (continued) 1588 

met there by the English fleet, under the command of Lord Effingham, Lord 
High Admiral, Drake, Hawkins, and Frobisher, when both fleets immediately 
formed the line of battle. The van of the Spanish fleet was led by Alphonso 
de Leyva, the Duke of Medina commanded the centre, and Juan Martinez tie 
Ricaldo the rear. This Armada consisted of 132 ships, including transports, 
on board of which were embarked 19,290 soldiers, 8,350 sailors, 2,080 galley 
slaves, and 2,630 pieces of cannon, which, at tbat time of day, when ships of 
1,200 tons carried hardly sixty pieces of ordnance, was a prodigious force. 

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, the first 

chosen, in 1340 

SPEAKING TRUxMPETS invented by Kircher, a Jesuit, 

in 1652 

S PECT ACLES invented by Spina, a Monk of Pisa, 1299 

SPINNING-WHEEL, The, invented at Brunswick 1530 

Another was invented by Mr. Swindell, at Stockport, in Yorkshire, which finishes, 
on each Spindle, three lays, of thirty hanks to the pound, in an hour, in 
1785. 

SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, the drinking of, restrained by 

Act 1751 

SPOT, or MACULA OF THE SUN, more than thrice the 

bigness of our earth, passed the Sun's centre, April 21, 1766 

SPURS were in use before 1400 

STAMP ACT in America, passed 1764 

It was repealed March 18, 1766. 

STAMP DUTIES began in 1 reland, March 25, 1 774 

STAMP DUTIES instituted in England 1694 

Increased 1756: again 1776: again 1780, 1789, and 1797. The Stamp Duties 
from the years 1785, to 1792 inclusive, yielded the sum of £9,790,522. 17s. 3d. 

STAMP PAPER for the covering of walls of rooms, intro- 
duced in Spain and Holland, 1555 

Flock, or velvet paper first used, in 1620. 

STANDING ARMIES began in France, by Charles VII . 1445 

STANDARD fixed by Law for gold and silver 1300 

STAR-CHAMBER, THE COURT OF, instituted, 1487 

Unable to stem the torrent of popular fury, Charles I. (in whose reign it was esta- 
blished,) agreed to abolish the Courts of Star Chamber and High Commission, 

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STAR-CHAMBER, COURT OF, (continued.) 

two of the worst tribunals ever known in this country, for stripping the sub- 
ject of all civil and religious rights, the instituting of which no doubt paved 
the way for his downfall. The Star-Chamber Court was abolished in 1641. 

STARCHING linen first introduced into England 1552 

STATUARY invented by Daedalus b.c. 1200 

Artificial stone, for Statues, &c. discovered by a Neapolitan, in 1776; and intro- 
duced into this country, by Mrs. Coade, of London. 

STATUTE MILES first ascertained in England 1593 

STATUTES first printed 1483 

STATUTES OF CLARENDON made 1164 

In the French language, 1266: of Marlborough, 1269: of Mortmain, enacted, 
1279: Quo Warranto, passed, October, 1280. Winchester passed, October, 
1284: forbidding the levying of Taxes without consent of Parliament, 1297: 
of premunire, which excluded foreigners from Ecclesiastical livings, April 
23, 1344. 

STEAM-BOAT, the Comet, run down by another, 1825 

The Comet was run down by another steam-boat, off Gourock, in the River Clyde, 
when sixty persons were drowned. 

STEAM ENGINE invented by Savary 1618 

This engine was invented for the purpose of taking ballast or gravel out of rivers, 
or for raising great quantities of water, for which patents were granted in 
1618; improved by James Watt, in 1764; the first idea of by the Marquis of 
Worcester, 1663. 

STEAM VESSEL, The Rothsay Castle, loss of, August 17, 1831 

This vessel was lost near Puffin island, Beaumaris, by which accident 100 persons 
lost their lives. 

STEAM BATTERY, floating steam, experimental trip of, 

&c. July 4 1815 

A floating Steam Battery, carrying twenty-six guns of the largest calibre, con- ■ 
structed by the celebrated Fulton, performed an experimental trip from New 
York to the Ocean eastward of Sandy Hook, and back again, a distance of 
fifty-three miles, in eight hours and twenty minutes. The battery was 
mounted on a double boat, 156 feet long, with a channel between of fifteen 
feet wide. 

STEEL, GERMAN. 

German steel was invented, and brought into England, by a man who died in a 
shed in Golden-square, London, May, 1788. 

STEWS, public ones, suppressed, which before were licensed 1546 
STIRRUPS first used in the 6th century. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 171 

STOCKINGS, (SILK) first worn by Henry II. of France ... 1547 

Mr. Howell says, " That in 15G0, Queen Elizabeth was presented with a pair of 
" black knit silk stockings by her silk-woman, Mrs. Montague, and she never 
" wore cloth ones any more." He adds, " That Henry VIII. that magni- 
" ficent and experienced Prince, wore ordinarily cloth hose, except there 
" came from Spain, by great chance, a pair of silk stockings ; " for Spain very 
early abounded in silk. His son, Edward VI. was presented with a pair of 
Spanish silk stockings by his merchant, Sir Thomas Graham, and the present 
was then much taken notice of; consequently the invention of knit silk 
stockings came from Spain. Others relate that William Rider, a London 
apprentice, seeing at the house of an Italian merchant, a pair of knit worsted 
stockings from Mantua, from thence ingeniously made a pair like them, which 
he presented to the Earl of Pembroke, and were the first of the kind made in 
England, 1564 • the loom for weaving them was invented by the Rev. Mr. 
Lee, of Cambridge, 15S9. 

STOCK COMPANIES, Act respecting, 1693 

STOCK- JOBBING forbid by Parliament, March 28 1734 

STONEHENGE, a remarkable occurrence at 1797 

A most singular circumstance took place at Stonehenge, near Salisbury, January 
1, 1797, viz. the removal of the massive stones there. These stones were 
placed one upon another, and are supposed to have been the temple of the 
ancient Druids; because it is in a circular form, and seems to have been 
much more regular. It has puzzled a great many diligent enquirers to ac- 
count for the laying of these enormous stones one upon another ; for they are 
so heavy, that it is thought no artifice now known is sufficient to have raised 
those that lie across to that height. 

STONE BULLETS in use in England so late as 1514 

STORM, a dreadful, in the Baltic, October 14 1813 

It did great damage to the shipping, particularly to the British homeward-bound 
convoys. 

STRAND, London, first built on 1353 

STRANGFORD, LORD, suspended from voting, &c 1784 

Lord Strangford was suspended from voting in the Irish House of Lords, for soli- 
citing a bribe in the cause of Rochfort and Ely, at the above date. 

STRATFORD JUBILEE, The, in honour of Shakspeare, 

September 6 1 769 

STRAW used for the King's bed 1234 

STREET, The, crossing the West end of the Metropolis, 
from Carlton House to the Regent's Park, commenced 
building . . 1815 

ST. SWITHIN'S DAY. 

For more than a thousand years, the popular superstition respecting this day has 
prevailed in this country, that if it rains on St. Swithin's day, it will ram more 



172 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ST. SWITHIN'S DAY, (continued) 

or less every day for the next forty days ensiling 1 ; but the following correct 
statement of the number of days in six successive years, in which no rain fell 
between the 15th of July and 24th of August, may suffice to show the fallacy 
of the adage. 

Years. Days of no rain. 

In 1821, 22 

1822, 21 

1823, . . . 4 

1824, , 16 

1825 26 

1826, 25 

1828, 3 

Saint Swithin, or Swithum, was a bishop of Winchester who died in 868. 
He desired that he might be buried in tbe open church-yard, instead of the 
chancel of the Minster, where the great reposed ; wishing his body to be laid 
where the drops of rain might wet his grave; but the Monks imagining it de- 
rogatory for their bishop to be interred with the common people, they deter- 
mined upon removing the body from the church-yard into the choir of their 
church. On the 15th of July tbe Monks began the work of disinterring the 
body of the bishop ; but in the midst of their proceeding, it rained so heavily 
that they were obliged to desist for that day. On the second, the attempt 
was again renewed, but with no better success: and the same on the third, 
when all further proceedings were given up. The tradition is so far valuable 
as it proves that the summers in our island were subject to occasional heavy 
rains, in the same way as at present. The popular superstition connected 
with St. Swithin's Day is expressed in a Scotch proverb : — 

" Saint Swithin's Day, gif ye do rain, 
For forty days it will remain; 
Saint Swithin's Day, an ye be fair, 
For forty daies 'twill rain nae mair. " 

Mr. Howard, in his interesting work on the Climate of London, states, 
that in 1807, it rained with us on the day in question, and a dry time fol- 
lowed; and the same in 1808. In 1818 and 1819 it was dry on the 15th, 
and a very dry time in each case followed. The other summers, occurring 
between 1807 and 1819, appear to have come under the general proposition, 
that in a majority of our summers, a showery period, which, with some lati- 
tude as to time and local circumstances, may be admitted to constitute daily 
rain for forty days, does come on about the time indicated by the tradition of 
St. Swithin. 

ST. EUSTATIA ISLE settled by Holland 1632 

ST. LAWRENCE river discovered and explored by the 

French 1508 

ST. SALVADOR, or GUANIHANI. {Seepage 67.) 

STORMS. One in Canterbury 234 

It threw down 200 houses, and killed several families. 

In London, which killed several people 277 

At Winchester, 301 



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STORMS. Hail-stones much bigger than hens' eggs 344 

At Carlisle in 349 

Four, hundred and twenty houses were blown down, and many 
people killed. 

Great Part of Colchester destroyed, and several 

people killed 416 

In York, which blew down several houses, and 

killed many people 458 

In most parts of Britain, in 459 

In this storm, hailstones fell above three inches in diameter, 
killing many people, and much cattle. 

In London, which threw down many houses, and 

killed 250 inhabitants 549 

On the coasts of Kent, Sussex, and Hampshire ... 566 

At Lincoln, which threw down above 100 houses, 701 

In Wells 772 

At Coventry ,., 781 

In Cambridge; above forty houses destroyed ... 919 

At Manchester, 921 

In London, which threw down 1500 houses 944 

Southampton nearly destroyed by lightning 951 

At Colchester 996 

In London, when nearly 400 houses were blown 

down 1055 

At Edinburgh 1064 

In several parts of England, in 1091 

The storm was particularly severe at Winchelscomb, in Glouces- 
tershire, where the steeple of the church was thrown down, 
October 3, 1091. 

At London, October 17, 1091 

Five hundred houses were thrown down, and Bow church un- 
roofed; and at Old Sarum, the steeple with several houses 
were thrown down, October 17, 1091. 

In England 1116 



174 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

STORMS. A great part of Denmark and Norway almost 

made desolate in 1 194 

Another in 1205 

This storm caused many lives to be lost ; houses were over- 
thrown, and the corn in the fields destroyed, by hail as large i, 
as hens' eggs. 

One which threw down several churches in 1222 

Another in 1233 

Dreadful thunder for fifteen successive days, with terrible tem- 
pests of rain. 

At Windsor, in 1251 

In this storm, the chimney of the chamber where the Queen of 
Henry III. and her children lay, was blown down, and their 
whole apartments at Windsor shaken. Several oaks in the 
park were rent asunder, and torn up by the roots, accom- 
panied with the most dreadful thunder and lightning ever 
recollected. 

Another in 1285 

Edward I. and his Queen when walking in their bedchamber, 
were struck by a flash of lightning which came in at the 
window, passed by them, killed two of the servants who 
waited upon them, but did their Majesties no injury. 

Onein 1359 

During the time that Edward III. was on his march, and within 
two leagues of the town of Chartres, in France, he was 
overtaken by a storm of the most piercing wind, accompanied 
with rain, lightning, and hailstones of such an immense size, 
as to kill 600 of his horses and 1000 of his best troops. 

Another in 1389 

On the arrival of the second wife of Richard II. from Bohemia, 
a most terrible storm arose at the moment of her being about 
to place her foot on shore, as had not been experienced for 
many years. Several ships were dashed to pieces in the 
harbour, and that in which the Queen came over was severely 
injured; and is a remarkable circumstance, that on the arrival 
of his second wife, a similar storm happened, in which the 
King's baggage was lost, and many ships of the fleet cast 
away. 

Another in different parts of England, in 1392 

Many houses were thrown down, by which a serious destruction 
of cattle was caused, and several trees were rooted up. 

Another, in London, November 25 1413 

In this severe storm the leads of the Grayfriars church, and the 
■whole side of a street, called " The Old Exchange," London, 
beat down. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 175 

STORMS. One by which St. Paul's steeple was fired by light- 
ning, and the steeple of Waltham Cross 
consumed 1442 

At St. Neot's, Huntingdonshire 1480 

A storm of hail took place here at the above date, the stones of 
which measured eighteen inches round. 

In Italy, in 1510 

A storm of hail at this place destroyed all the fish, birds, and 
beasts in the country, some of the stones weighing nearly one 
; hundred pounds. 

In Denmark, January 1 1515 

This terrible storm rooted up whole forests, and blew down the 
steeple of the great church at Copenhagen. 

In Northamptonshire 1558 

A storm of hail, the stones of which measured fifteen inches in 
circumference, July, 15.18. 

At Leicester, in 1563 

At Chelmsford, in Essex, which destroyed 500 

acres of corn 1566 

At Dorchester, a storm of hail, the stones of 
which measured seven inches in circum- 
ference, August 22 1651 

All over Europe, September 2 1658 

This storm happened on the day of Oliver Cromwell's death, and 
was so very violent and terrible, that it extended all over 
Europe. 

In London, February 18 1662 

In the Bay of Cromer, in Norfolk 1696 

In this storm two hundred sail of colliers and several coasters, 
were lost, with all their crews. 

In Cheshire, Lancashire, &c, April 29 1 697 

This storm killed fowls and small animals, and knocked down 
horses and men; some of the hailstones weighing half a 
pound. 

In Hertfordshire, May 4 1697 

In this storm hailstones fell fourteen inches in circumference, 
destroying trees and corn in a dreadful manner. 



176 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

STORMS. The Great One, in London, November 26, ... 1703 

Among the dreadful calamities which have happened to London, 
since that of the Great Fire, nothing seems to have threat- 
ened it more than this dreadful occurrence, which happened 
in the second year of the reign of Queen Anne, and began 
about ten o'clock at night, and continued to rage with the 
utmost violence until seven o'clock on the following morning. 
The following is a list of the losses in London alone, viz. : — 
2000 stacks of chimnies blown down : the lead on several 
church tops rolled together like parchment : and at West- 
minster Abbey, Christ's Hospital, St. Andrew's, Holborn, 
and many other places, it was entirely carried off by the wind. 
Two newly-built turrets on St. Aldermany's, one of the 
spires at St. Saviour's, Southwark, and all the four pinnacles 
of St. Michael's, in Crooked-lane, were entirely blown down; 
the vanes and spindles of weathercocks were universally 
broken; several houses near Moorfields were entirely levelled 
to the ground; and upwards of 200 more in the out- parts, 
together with the gable-ends of houses almost innumerable; 
fifty-one persons were killed, 500 maimed, and a great number 
perished in the river Thames, where all the vessels (four 
only excepted) were driven from their moorings, and were 
found mostly on shore, particularly between Shadwell and 
Limehouse ; more than 500 wherries were dashed to pieces; 
sixty barges driven foul of London bridge, and numbers 
sunk and staved. The loss in London alone was estimated at 
£1,000,000. and a half sterling : and so great was the demand 
for bricklayers' work, that numbers were for some time corn- 
compelled to use sail-cloths, tarpaulins, &c. for temporary 
expedients. The damage at sea, far exceeded that on land ; 
twelve men of war were entirely lost, with upwards of 2000 
of the crew ; and the destruction among the merchantmen 
was adequate; 8000 persons perished by the floods of the 
Thames and the Severn ; many vessels were lost on the coast 
of Holland; 17,000 trees were torn up by the roots in Kent 
alone. The Eddystone light-house, near Plymouth, (for an 
account of which see page 43) was destroyed on this night. 
Among the multitude of cattle, lost on this occasion, 15,000 
perished in one level. 

Carolina greatly damaged by Storms 1722, and... 1798 
Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, June 1731 

Received damage to the amount of £2000. 

At St. Kitt's, June 30 1733 

Twenty ships were lost. 

At Jamaica, in 1734 



At the mouth of the Ganges, in India, October 11 1737 

This storm occasioned 20,000 vessels to be cast away, eight 
English East India ships, and the loss of 300,000 people. 
The water rose forty feet higher than usual. 

At Antigua, in August 1740 



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STORMS. On the coast of England, November 1 1740 

At Canterbury, September 3 1741 

In Yorkshire, when the hailstones were 5 inches 

round, May ,.,.., 1745 

At Nantz, March 7 1750 

Sixty-six vessels were lost, and 800 sailors. 

At Jamaica, August 10 1751 

Damage was done to the amount of £300,000. 

At Cadiz, when 100 ships were lost, December 8, 1751 

At Martinico, September 12 1756 

At Barbadoes, August 23 1758 

At Charleston, South Carolina, May 4, 1761 

The ships lost there, were worth £20,000. 

At Girgenti, in Italy, April 18 1772 

The hailstones weighed twenty ounces. 

At Leeds, in Yorkshire, June 20 1772 

The hailstones were of a tremendous size. 

At St. Jago, July 16 1772 

At this place the storm did an immense deal of damage, the hail- 
stones being the size of oranges. 

At St. Kitt's, August 30 1772 

Immense damage was done in that and the adjoining islands. 

In France and England, March 1773 

At Boston, North America, in August ; also at 

Cuba, in July, in 1773 

At Oxford, November 15 1773 

Again, on the South Coasts, in November 1773 

At Alenc,on, in France 1774 

The hailstones measured eighteen inches round. 

At London, September 20 : and December 5, 6, 

and 7 1774 

Did great damage to the shipping. 
No. 23- Aa 



17.8 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

STORMS. In the North of England, when four Dublin 

Packets foundered, October 19 1775 

At Antwerp, &c. July 11 1776 

The hailstones were as large as hens' eggs, and weighed three 
quarters of a pound ; they killed several horses, &c. and de- 
stroyed the fruits of the earth. 

In the West Indies, September 6 1776 

This was the severest ever known. 

At Florence, and its neighbourhood, which did 

great damage, October 16 1777 

All over England, January 1779 

At Highbickington, Devonshire, July 1780 

At this place thirteen elm-trees were removed 200 yards from 
their original position, remaining upright, and in a flourish- 
ing state. At the same place, a rock was divided upwards of 
eight feet asunder, and all the poultry and corn, for some 
miles, were destroyed by the lightning. 

At Roehampton, Wandsworth, October 17 v 1780 

In the whole of the West Indian Islands, August, 1781 

It prevailed more particularly at Savannah-la-Mar, in Jamaica, 
and at Jamaica, in August, 1781. 

At Barbadoes, October 20 1781 

At Surat, in the East Indies, April 22 1782 

Seven thousand of the inhabitants were destroyed. 

At Dieupole, in Moravia, which totally destroyed 

the place, May 30 1782 

In France, June 21 1782 

The hailstones in this storm weighed eight ounces. 

At Madrid, July 26 17S2 

In this storm, the damage done to the glass windows, amounted to 
£6000. some of the hailstones weighing a pound. 

In America, which did great damage, particu- 
larly in New England, 1784 

At Irun, in the Pyrenees, July 18 1784 

In the storm at Irun, on the borders of France and Spain, the 
hailstones which fell were as large as hens' eggs, and weighed 
twenty-three ounces each. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 179 

STORMS. On the north Coast of England, December 5 1784 

At Paris, July 1 1785 

The hailstones were about the size of cherries. 

In the West Indies, July 6 1785 

In France, August 5. 1785 

This storm caused the entire destruction of ONE HUNDRED AND 

THIRTY-ONE VILLAGES AND FARMS ! 

At Ferrara, in Italy, July 17 1786 

The hailstones were the size of hens' eggs. 

At Barbadoes, August 11 1786 

At North Shields, August 16 1786 

The hailstones were as large as hens' eggs. 

In the Channel, when " The Halswell," was lost, 

January 1 786 

In Normandy, August 4 1787 

At this place the hailstones were also as large as hens' eggs. 

In different parts of England, August 1 787 

In the West Indies, when great damage was done, 

particularly in the French Islands, in July... 1787 

By which considerable damage was done to the 

Tower-ditch, London, June 20 1788 

The ground on Little Tower-hill was trenched near tweive feet 
deep. 

At St. Germain-en-Laie, in France, July 18 1788 

The hailstones which fell during the time of this terrible storm, 
were as large as a quart bottle: and all the trees from Val- 
lance to Lisle were torn up by the roots. 

At Liverpool, June 29 1789 

Nearly all over the kingdom, by which consider- 
able damage was done, December 23 1 790 

In Italy, June 1791 

In several parts of England 1791 

In Calabria, near Naples, in September 1791 

The hailstones were one pound in weight, and the produce of the 
vintage for that year was entirely destroyed. 



180 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

STORMS. At Speldhurst, in Kent, October 25 1791 

In this storm the church of Speldhurst was destroyed by light- 
ning, the bells melted, and a great deal of damage done at 
Raynham. 

In Sussex, when the hailstones were four inches 

in circumference 1791 

At Waterford, in Ireland, April 4 1792 

In various parts of Kent, April 13 1792 

At Whitehaven, March 1793 

The tide rose six feet above its usual height. 

At Savannah-la-Mar, in Jamaica, June 2 1793 

The hailstones that fell in this storm were of the size of pigeons' 
eggs- 

At Thornton, in Leicestershire, August 3 1793 

The hailstones measured from four to six inches in circumference, 
and did great damage. 

Nearly general in Britain, January 16 1 794 

A violent one on the East coast of England, when 
serious damage was done to the shipping, 
October 6 1794 

In Norfolk, November 1794 

A very violent storm of rain took place at Norfolk in this month, 
which completely inundated Norwich, and many other towns. 

A terrible one in Cumberland, December 2 1794 

In Essex and Herts, which did immense damage, 

June 12 1795 

In different parts of England, especially in the 

Channel and in London, November 4 1795 

At St. Petersburgh, June 7.. ,.... 1796 

Upwards of ninety vessels, and a magazine of Naval Stores, were 
destroyed. 

Over London, May 6, 1797 

The hail-stones in this storm measured one inch and a half in 
circumference. Great damage was done to the various gar- 
dens around. 

At Lewes, in Sussex, June 5 1798 

The hail-stones measured three inches round, and some of them 
weighed thte£ ounces each. 



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STORMS. At Bletchington 1798 

At this place 575 panes of glass were broken belonging to the 
barracks, and a great deal of damage in various places was 
done. 

At Halifax, in Nova Scotia, damage to the amount 
of £100,000. was done by the storm,, Septem- 
ber 25 .. 1798 

A dreadful one in the Baltic, October 14, 1813 

In this storm great damage was done to the shipping, particularly 
to the British homeward bound convoys. 

Again in 1825 

Again May 19 1831 

The storm was then so violent as to occasion much mischief 
among the craft in the Thames; several vessels having broke 
from their moorings, and dashed against each other. One 
vessel coming out of St. Katherine Dock, was upset by the 
gale, and sunk. 

Another, November 29 1836 

The number of persons brought into the different Hospitals were 
as follow, viz. : — in St. Bartholomew, 12; — The London, 3 ; — 
Guy's, 1 ;• — The Westminster, 3 • — The North London, 1 ; — 
and the Middlesex, 3. — Total number of persons, 23. Of 
these, three terminated fatally. 

STYLE, THE NEW, introduced into Great Britain, Sep- 
tember 3; (See " Calendar,") 1752 

SUBSCRIPTION, a, (being a Loan to Government) to 

carry on the War, 1796 

This Subscription was made for £18,000,000. as a loan to the Government, to 
enable them to carry on the war against France. This amazing sum was filled 
in fifteen hours and twenty minutes. December 5, 1796. 

SUBSIDIES raised upon the Subjects of England for the 

last time by James 1 1624 

SUCCESSION ACT passed, 1689 

This Act was passed to exclude the Catholics, 1689. Settled on the present 
family, in 1700. 

SUFFOLK ISLES discovered 1764 

First produced sugar in 1770. 

SUGAR first mentioned by Paul Eginetta, a physician, 625 

Sugar was originally from China, and the East, where it was known 900 years 
before that period; produced in Sicily, 1148; first produced in Madeira, 
1419; in the Canary Islands, in 1503; carried to the West Indies by the 
Portuguese and Spaniards, 1510; cultivated at Barbadoes, 1641; sugar- 
refining discovered by a Venetian, in 1503 ; first practised in England, in 



182 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SUGAR, (continued.) 

1569; was first taxed in England in 1685; imported into England in 1789, 
above 1,936,440 cwt. for which duty to the amount of £1,189,814. 12s. 2d. 
•was paid. The profits to the importers amounted to £3,515,763. in 1790. 
There was imported, in 1798, 2,361,715 hundred weight 

SUMPTUARY LAW passed 1482 

SUNDAY, Act for the due observance of, passed 1781 

SUNDAY SCHOOLS, first established in Yorkshire 1784 

Became general in England and Scotland in 17S9. 

SUN-DIALS invented, „ b.c. 558 

The first erected at Rome was that by Papirius Cursor, when time was divided 
into hours, B.C. 308 : first set up against churches, 613. 

SUPPLIES. 

The Supplies granted for the year 1798, amounted to £28,490,005; and for 1813, 
£68,585,942. 

SUPREMACY OF THE POPE above the Emperor intro- 
duced 607 

The first Prince that shook off the yoke of Rome and settled the supremacy in 
himself, was Henry VIII. 1533. 

SURAT settled 1603 

SURGEONS AND DOCTORS, exemptions of 1513 

Surgeons and Doctors were exempted from bearing arms or serving on juries, and 
at the above period there were »nly thirteen in London. 

SURINAM planted by England 1640 

The French and English were successively in possession of this place; the former 
quitting it as unwholsome, and the latter making no great account of it, sur- 
rendered it readily to the Dutch, who took possession of it in 1674. The 
colony has now become very powerful. 

SURNAMES first used 1102 

Became common in 1200. 

SURVEY OF ENGLAND, The, first made by order of 

Alfred, in 900 

By William the Conqueror, in 10SO: by Charles II. 1668. 

SUSPENSION BRIDGE, The, over the Menai Straits, 

first stone of laid, August 10 1819 

Completed and opened to the public, January 30, 1826. Length of the suspended 
part of the road, 553 feet; height of each of the main piers, from the high- 
water line to the level of the roadway, 100 feet. The largest ships can pass 
under it, in full sail. It is only exceeded in magnitude by the Freybottrg 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 183 

SUSPENSION BRIDGE, over the Menai Straits, The, 

(continued.) \ 1819 

Suspension Bridge in Switzerland, which, between the main piers, is 903 ft. 
long, and 163 -feet high. The Architect of Menai Bridge, John Telford. 
Superintendant of construction, J. Provis. Contractors, Messrs. J. and W. 
Wilson, and Mr. Hazeldine. 
In 1S13, Mr. Telford proposed to construct a Suspension Bridge over the River 
Mersey, at the place where the Duke of Bridgewater's canal communicates 
with that river. This bridge was to have only four supports, and to be com- 
posed of three arches, having, respectively 500 feet, 1000 feet, and 500 feet 
in span, making a total length of 2000 feet. • The boldness of this project 
frightened the capitalists to whom it was proposed; but it had, at least, the 
advantage of drawing public attention to this new species of constructions by 
causing a number of experiments to be made on the strength of iron, and on 
its utility when employed for suspension bridges. 

SUSPENSION BRIDGES introduced into Scotland 1816 

Towards the end of 1816, the Scotch introduced the use of Suspension Bridges, 
but without extending them, at first, to the passage of horses and carriages. 

SUSPENSION BRIDGE, The, over the Tweed, at Kelso, 

built 1820 

Captain Brown, the inventor of the suspension bridge at Hammersmith, and who 
has since erected one over the Tweed, at Kelso, was the first engineer who 
erected such bridges for heavy vehicles in Great Britain. His bridge over 
the Tweed, at Kelso, is 300 feet in length, by 18 feet in width. 

There is a suspension bridge over the Seine, at Paris, which is now known, 
in consequence of the conflict of July, 1830, as the bridge of Arcole. 

In the United States are to be found several Suspension Bridges, but of less 
dimension than those of the English. That over the Merrimack, at Newbury- 
port, is a curve whose chord measures 244 feet. That over the river Brandy- 
wine, at Wilmington, has a chord of 145 feet; the one at Brownsville, over 
the Monongahela, measures 120 feet between the points of suspension. That 
in its vicinity, forms an inverted suspended arch, with a chord of 112 feet. 

SUTTON, THE HON. MANNERS, took leave of the 

House of Commons, on resigning the Chair, July 30, 1832 

SWEARING ON THE GOSPELS first used 528 

SWEDEN, THE KING OF, changes the Constitution of 

that Kingdom, 1772 

The crown of Sweden was anciently elective; but in the reig-n of Gustavus I. who 
ascended the throne in 1523, it was made hereditary in his male issue in a 
right line of succession, with this reservation, that in default of such issue, 
the right of election should return to the States. But Queen Christina, the 
last of Gustavus's descendants, abdicating the crown, she persuaded the 
States to confirm the right of succession on the descendants of her cousin, 
Charles Gustavus, Count Palatine of the Rhine. In 1682, the States agreed 
that the daughters should succeed in case the male heirs failed. The king- 
dom became hereditary, and soon after absolute by Charles XI. whose son 
Charles XII. carried his authority to the highest pitch of despotism: upon 
his death his sister Ulrica renounced for ever all absolute power for herself 
and her successors, determining to re-establish the government to the ancient 
form it happily enjoyed in former times. Upon her recommendation, her 
consort, the hereditary Prinee of Hesse, was elected King, and it continued 



184 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SWEDEN, THE KING OF, changes the Constitution of 

that Kingdom (continued) 1772 

in the same manner till 1772, when the States, who had obtained the whole 
power since the death of Charles, and made a very indifferent use of it, were 
entirely subjected, by a dexterous manoeuvre of Gustavus, (who was assassi- 
nated in 1792.) See " Remarkable Persons." 

On the death of Gustavus, his brother, the Duke of Sudermania, was 
appointed Regent during the minority of the young King, his son. This 
Prince was obliged to fly his country from the intrigues of the French, with 
his uncle, who seized on the throne under the title of Charles XIII. and got 
the States to declare him and his children successors to it, to the exclusion of 
Gustavus and his family. The French being dissatisfied with this, contrived 
to poison the Crown Prince, (it being so said) the only child of Charles, who 
was compelled to adopt Bernadotte, one of Bonaparte's generals, as Crown 
Prince; and on the 17th of March, 1811, Charles, on pretence of his own 
bad health, appointed Bernadotte Regent of Sweden, it being still under his 
government. This kingdom, a short time ago, entered into an offensive and 
defensive treaty with England and Russia. 

The Reformation here, as well as in Denmark and Norway, began soon 
after the neighbouring parts of Germany had embraced Luther's tenets, and 
is now the established religion. 

SWISS CANTONS, beginning of the 1308 

The three small Cantons of Ury, Switz, and Underwalden, to free themselves from 
the tyranny of the imperial Vicars or Judges, sent by the Emperor, whose in- 
solence was become intolerable, entered into a confederacy, and took up arms 
on the 1st of January, 1308. In the year 1315, Leopold, Archduke of 
Austria, marched against them with an army of 20,000 men, but was defeated 
near Mortgarten, in the canton of Switz ; after which they solemnly renewed 
their confederacy, and all the other Cantons successively acceded to this 
League, which constituted the confederated body of the Thirteen Swiss 
Cantons, namely, — Zurich, Bern, Lucern, Ury, Switz, Underwalden, Zug, 
Glaris, Basil, Friburg, Solothurn, Schaffhausen, and Appenzel. The Switzers 
have also other confederates, as the abbev and town of St. Gall, the Grisons, 
and Valesins, the cities of Geneva, Mulhausen, the Bishopric of Basil, &c. 
besides. several cities and counties that are either subject to the whole confe- 
deracy, or to some particular commonwealth among them. In their general 
Diet, the Helvetic body is represented by deputies from all the Cantons, who 
usually meet at Baden on Midsummer-day, and seldom sit above a month. 
The chief occasion of the Diet's meeting, is to concert measures for the good 
of the whole Helvetic body, but all other matters are treated of at particular 
Diets of the respective religions, that of the Protestants being held at Aaraw, 
and that of the Roman Catholics at Lucern. So that though the Thirteen 
Cantons are generally supposed to constitute but one Commonwealth, they 
are really so many independent Republics. The constitution of the govern- 
ment in the Seven Cantons of Zurich, Bern, Lucern, Basil, Friburg, Solo- 
thurn, and Schaffhausen, is aristocratical, and the other six democratical. 
The Protestant Cantons are those of Zurich, Bern, Basil, and Schaffhausen, 
two-thirds of Glaris, and more than half of Appenzel; all the rest are Roman 
Catholics: the former are much the largest, and their territories more fruit- 
ful. The legislative power in the Canton of Bern is in the Great Council of 
299persons; and the executive power in a Senate of twenty-seven chosen out 
of that body. The government in the other aristocratical Cantons is much 
the same; but in the democratical ones, every parish is a distinct state, and 
the legislative power is lodged in the collective body of the people, every 
male of sixteen years of age, and every servant as well as his master, having 
an equal share in the government. The Cantons never keep any troops in 
pay but in time of war. All the inhabitants are regularly enrolled in the 



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SWISS CANTONS, beginning of the, (continued.) 1308 

body of militia, from sixteen to sixty: whereof about one-third is regimented 
for foreign service, under the name of Fusileers, and the other two-thirds, 
•who stay at home, serve for recruits. Neither horse or foot receive pay until 
they have taken the field. In order to raise the militia on a sudden, in case 
of any alarm, signals are given by a fire in the night, or smoke in the day 
•time, from the most conspicuous places : upon which the whole body take 
arms, and fly to the general rendezvous. Another great advantage of the 
militia is, that their youth always serve three or four years in the Swiss 
troops in foreign countries, after which their Captains are obliged to give 
them leave to return home. By this means, one-third of the troops may be 
reckoned disciplined. In the war in 1712, between the two Cantons of 
Zurich and Bern on the one part, and the five Catholic Cantons on the other, 
about 80,000 men were in arms, though only the regimented troops were 
raised. 

SWORD OF STATE, The, carried at an English King's 

Coronation, by a King of Scotland in..... 1194 

TAIL, creating Estates in, Act passed 1279 

TAMARISK PLANT, The, first brought from Germany, 

by Archibald Grindall 1560 

TANNING LEATHER, a new and expeditious method, in- 
vented in 1795 

TAPESTRY, the invention of in 1619 

Tapestry was the invention of Sir Francis Crane; and for the encouragement of 
which James the First gave the sum of £2000. to build a house at Mortlake, 
in Surrey. 

TAK, MINERAL, discovered 1779 

It was discovered at Colebrook Dale, Shropshire, iji 1779 ; and in Scotland, Oc- 
tober 10, 1792. It was afterwards made from coal, by the Earl of Dundonald. 

TAR Water recommended by Bishop Berkeley 1 744 

TATE ISLAND, in the East Indies, discovered, June 29... 1785 
TAVERNS restrained by an Act of Edward VI 1552 

In London, 40: — in York, 8: — in Norwich, 4: — in Westminster, 3: — in Bristol, 
6: — in Lincoln, 3: — in Hull, 4: — in Shrewsbury, 3: — in Exeter, 4: — in 
Salisbury, 3: — in Gloucester, 4: — in Chester, 4:— in Hereford, 8: — in Wor- 
cester, 8 : — in Southampton, 3 : — in Canterbury, 4 : — in Ipswich, 3 : — in 
Winchester, 3: — in Oxford, 3: — in Cambridge, 4: — in Colchester, 3: — in 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4. 

TAVERN, ST. JOHN'S WOOD, established in 1824 

TAX ON INCOME, imposed in Britain by Mr. Pitt 1799 

It was afterwards suggested in France by Bois Gilbert, who gave it under the 
No- 24- Bi) 



186 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

name of the Political Testament of Marshal Vauban. The gross receipt for 
the year ending January 5, 1813, amounted to £13,131,548. (See " Income 
Tax.) 

TAX, (THE LAND), progress of the, from 1688, to 1799 

In 1688, it was 1*.: 1685, 3s.: 1690 to 1692, 3*.: 1693tol697, 4*.: 1698 to 1699, 
3s.: 1700, 2s. additional duty, 6d.: 1701, 3s : 1702 to 1712, 4s.: 1713 to 
1715,2s.: 1716,4s.: 1717 to 1721, 3s. : 1722 to 1726, 2s.: 1727,4s.: 1728 
to 1729, 3s.: 1730 to 1731, 2s.: 1732 to 1733, Is.: 1734 to 1739, 2s.: 1740 
to 1749,4s.: 1750 to 1752, 3s.: 1753 to 1755, 2s.: 1756 to 1766, 4s.: 1767 
to 1770, 3s.: 1771, 4s.: 1772 to 1775, 3s. : 1776 to 1799, 4s. (For a further 
account of this Tax, see " Land-Tax.) 

TAXES raised in 1100 

They amounted to £7,513,340. in 1754;— and to £16,500,000. in 1797. 

TEA-DEALERS obliged to have sign-boards painted 1779 

TEA DUTIES ceased, and the double tax on windows com- 
menced, October 1784 

Increased in 1796. 

TEA destroyed at Boston by the inhabitants ..................... 1773 

An immense quantity of tea was destroyed at Boston by the Americans, in abhor- 
rence to English taxes, for which they were afterwards severely punished by 
the British Parliament, in April, 1774. 

TEA first mentioned by John Botero, an Italian 1590 

Brought into Europe by the Dutch East India Company, early in 1591; tea, 
coffee, and chocolate, first mentioned in the Statute Books, 1660; a quantity 
of tea brought from Holland by Lord Arlington and Lord Ossory, 1699 5 was 
sold at £3. per lb in 1707; the Americans refused to receive it with a duty, 
1773. In 1787, about 18,852,675 lb. were imported by the East India Com- 
pany, besides what was brought by clandestine trade and smugglers. The 
duty for 1783 was £112,105. Is. 6d. 

TELEGRAPHS invented 1687 

Put into practice by the French in 1794. By the English, January 28, 1796. 

TELESCOPES invented 1590 

Telescopes invented by Z. Jansen, a spectacle maker, at Middlehurgh. 

TELESCOPES, REFLECTING, invented 1657 

They were invented by Dr. James Gregory, of Aberdeen: since perfected by Dr. 
Halley, Mr. Short, Mr. Mudge, and by Dr. Herschell. The first reflecting 
one made on the principles of Sir Isaac Newton, in 1692. Achromatic tele- 
scopes invented by Dolland. 

TEMPLARS, KNIGHTS, the first Military Order, esta- 
blished 1185 

The first house, or preceptory, as it was then called, which the Templars had in 
this country, was situated on the south side of Holborn, on the spot where 
the Southampton-buildings now stand. From thence they removed, probably 
about the time of the dedication of the Temple Church, to this dwelling in 
Fleet-street, which accordingly went for a long time by the name of the New 



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TEMPLARS, KNIGHTS, the first Order of established, 

(continued.) 1 185 

Temple. The Order of the Templars was suppressed in 1312; and the 
Temple was then g-iven by the King, Edward II. to the Knights Hospitallers 
of St. John of Jerusalem, whose chief seat in London was the splendid esta- 
blishment of St. John's, Clerkenwell, a fragment of the gate of which, is still 
standing. The succeeding proprietors of the temple, do not however appear 
to have made any residence at this place; for, about the middle of the four- 
teenth century they granted a lease of the house to the Society of Students to 
the Common Law, who were then the occupants of Thavies Inn, in Holborn. 
The lawyers, now divided into two Societies, have ever since kept possession 
of the Temple, having, in 1609, obtained a perpetual lease of it, at a rent of 
£20. from the Crown, into whose hands it came on the dissolution of the 
Order of the Knights Hospitallers, with the other monastic institutions, 
during the reign of Henry VIII. The whole of the Knights Templars in 
France arrested in one day, being charged with enormous crimes and great 
riches, when fifty-nine of them were burnt alive at Paris, October 13, 1307; 
destroyed by Philip of France, 1342. 

TENERIF, dreadful earthquake at, in 1704 

This island, in 1704, was visited with the most dreadful earthquake ever known, 
several volcanoes bursting out in the mountains, by which whole towns were 
swallowed up or overturned, and many thousand people destroyed by torrents 
of liquid fire, whereby most of the island was converted into a desert. 

TENTHS OF CHURCH LIVINGS, The, first collected 

in England 1226 

TENURES, held by Knights, services of, abolished by law . 1613 

TERRA FIRM A settled by the Spaniards 1524 

TERCERAS ISLES discovered by the Spaniards 1593 

TERMS OF LAW began 1079 

TEST ACT passed 673 

The Test and Corporation Act repealed, 1828. 

TESTE MORTI, KNIGHTS OF, in Wirtemburg, began . 1652 
TEUTONIC, or MARIAN ORDER, began in 1192 

Abolished, 1322. Revived in Prussia, 1522. 

THAME SHOT, the Cross at, taken down 1642 

The erection of Crosses, in former times, was resorted to on various occasions; 
to record the memory of any remarkable event, near the place where a 
battle had been fought, or over persons slain in battle, or as a place of refuge 
absurdly indulged in old times to criminals of certain denominations. Pre- 
vious to the Reformation, it was also customary to set up Crosses, of more 
or less costliness or elegance, in point of both, materials and execution, near 
highways; and it is also known that Crosses were in those ages placed occa- 
sionally in the neighbourhood of churches, to mark the boundaries of those 
privileged places, in which fugitives, whether for debt or crime, were sure to 
find protection. Hence it is probable that this Cross was erected to mark 



188 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

THAME SHOT, The Cross at, taken down, (continued) ... 1642 

the western boundaries of the Abbey of Westminster ; all these lands being 
for many ages the entire property of the Abbot and Convent. All these privi- 
leges were fully established and confirmed by Pope Boniface V. and his suc- 
cessors in the Papal Chair. 

Crosses were frequently placed on the spot where any singular instance of 
God's mercy had been shown, or when a person had been murdered by 
robbers, or had met with any violent death. They were also erected where 
the corpse of any great person rested as it was carried to be buried. It was 
ordered to be taken down in 1642, after having existed here for many ages. 

THAMES EMBANKMENT began 1771 

THAMES, THE RIVER. 

The Thames was so low between the Tower and the bridge, that women and chil- 
dren waded over it, owing to so great an ebb in the shore, that laid the sand 
bare several miles from the Ocean, which continued a whole day, in 1214; 
rose so high at Westminster, that the lawyers were brought out of the hall 
in boats, 1235; again, 1703, and 1736 ; so dry at London bridge, that many 
passed and re-passed, June 14, 1592; ebbed and flowed twice in three hours, 
1698 ; again, three times in four hours, March 22, 1682 • very dry above and 
below bridge, September 14, 1716 ; the tide flowed eight hours instead of 
four, and ebbed five hours instead of eight, September 16, 1732 ; the tide 
exceeded its bounds eighteen inches, February 18, 1734; again, December 
24, 1736, October 14, 1747, and February 9, 1762: greatly exceeded its 
usual bounds, and did much damage to the warehouses and cellars on its 
banks, February 2, 1791; when the lawyers were again brought in boats 
from Westminster Hall. 

THANKSGIVING, a, for Peace 1814; 

A general Thanksgiving, for the return of Peace, was ordered throughout Great 
Britain, Thursday, July 11, 1814. 

THAW, sudden one, January 25 .... 1809 

A sudden thaw on this day rendered some of the roads near the Metropolis 
scarcely passable. At Battle-bridge, the ground-floors of many houses were 
full of water, so that the inhabitants were compelled to get their provisions in 
at the first-floor window by means of ladders. In the neighbourhood of Ken- 
nington and Vauxhall, furniture, trees, and cattle, were carried away by the 
torrent. At Lee, Lewisham, and Deptford, similar effects were experienced, 
and two persons were drowned. 

THEATINS founded 1594 

Established at Paris, 1644. 

THEATRE, the first one erected B.C. 420 

The first was, that of Bacchus, at Athens, built by Philos. The ruins were still 
in existence in 1814. The first Royal Licence for one here was in 1574, to 
one James Bourbage, and four others, servants to the Earl of Leicester, to 
act Plays at the Globe, Bankside, or in any part of England : but long before 
their time miracles were represented in the open fields, where the devil ap- 
peared in person on the stage, shearing the bristles of hogs ; hence the old 
proverb, " Great cry and little wool." Plays were opposed by the Puritans, 
in 1633, till 1660, when Charles II. licensed two Companies, Killigrew's and 
Davenant's. (For a further account of which, see " Duke's Theatre," 
in Section III.) Till this time boys performed women's parts. Sir William 



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THEATRE, The first one erected, (continued.) b.c. 420 

Davenant introduced Operas, and both Companies united, 1684, and conti- 
nued together till 1694; when, from the reduced salaries given to the per- 
formers, the principal of them, under Betterton, obtained a licence, and with- 
drew to Portugal-street, Lincoln's-Inn fields, in 1695. 

THEATRE, CO VENT GARDEN. (For an Account of, 
see " Public Edifices, Section III") 

THEATRE, DRURY LANE, Ditto. 

THEATRES not to be licensed by the King, but by Parlia- 
ment 1737 

THEATRICAL REPRESENTATIONS introduced into 

England 1566 

They were introduced by Geoffrey, Prior of St. Swithin's, Winchester. 

THEBES built by Cadmus b. c. 493 

THE EDGAR, lost October 9, 1711 

The Edgar, 70 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Sir Hovenden Walker, blown up 
at Spithead, when her whole crew, with many visitors from Portsmouth and 
Gosport, perished. The Edgar was the oldest ship in the British Navy, and 
was reported to have been built upon a remnant of one in which king Edgar 
had actually sailed. The spot where the accident happened is marked by the 
well-known " Edgar's Buoy," at Spithead. Five iron gains were, a short 
time ago, recovered from the wreck of The Edgar, by the exertions of Lieut. 
Symouds. See the Account of the wreck of " The Royal George." 

THEFT made death in 964 

, THERMOMETERS invented 1620 

The invention of Thermometers is given to Cornelius Drebbel, of Alkmaer, whilst 
others ascribe the invention of them to Sanctorius. They were improved by 
Reaumur, 1730, and by Fahrenheit, in 1749. For ascertaining the heat in 
ovens, by Wedgwood, 1763. 

THIEF TAKERS condemned and pilliored in Smithfield, 

March 1755 

I THISTLE, KNIGHTS OF THE, instituted 787 

Restored, 1540: revived, 1687: and re-established, in 1703, for the Sovereign, 
and twelve Brethren, or Knights. 

THISTLE OF BOURBON, KNIGHTS OF THE, began 1370 

THORN, Protestants executed there 1724 

THORN, in Prussia, founded 1225 

THREAD first made at Paisley, in Scotland, in 1722 

THREATENING LETTERS, the sending of, made punish- 
able by an Act 1730 



190 THE NEAV TABLET OF MEMORY. 

TIDES, the first Theory of, by Kepler, 1596 

TIDE, The, ebbed and flowed three times in one hour, at 

Lyme, in Dorsetshire, May 31, 1582 

The tide was suddenly and violently agitated, on the south coast of England, so 
as to rise and fall above two feet in a few minutes, several times, November 1, 
1755, during the earthquake at Lisbon. Four times in an hour at Whitby, 
July 17, 176 1 : much damage done on the coast of Essex, when the sea walls 
on its eastern coast were destroyed, February 2, 1791. At Plymouth, the 
tide rose two feet perpendicular in nine minutes, and retired as rapidly, and 
this it did three times in less than an hour, October 30, 1795. 

TIDE, great height of the, at Westminster in 1 736 

The tide was so high this year at Westminster, that the lawyers were fetched out 
of the Hall in boats ; March 24. 

TILBURY FORT built 1545 

It is a regular fortification, planned by Sir Martin Beckman, chief engineer to 
king Charles II. with bastions, the largest of any in England. It has a 
double moat: the innermost of which is 180 feet broad, with a good counter- 
scarp, a covered way, ravelines and tenailles, and a platform, on which 106 
cannonare placed, from 24 to 46 pounders each, besides smaller ones planted 
between them, and the bastions and curtines also are planted with guns: and 
here is a high tower, called the Block -house, which is said to have been 
built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. On the land side are also two redoubts 
of brick : and there it is able to lay the whole level under water. The foun- 
dation is laid upon piles driven down in two ranges, one over the other, which 
reach below the channel of the river, and the lower most being pointed with 
iron, enters the solid chalk rock, which extends under the Thames to the 
chalk hill in Kent. 

TILES first used in England 1246 

TILES taxed 1784 

TILTS AND TOURNAMENTS began in 370 

Instituted by Henry, Emperor of Germany, 919. 

TIME-MEASURE BAROMETER, The, introduced by 

Scipio Nasica, in 159 

King Alfred the Great's timekeeper was six large wax tapers, each twelve inches 
long ; as they burnt unequally, owing to the wind, he invented a lanthorn 
made of wood, with thin-scraped plates of ox-horns, glass being a great rarity, 
887. The ancients had three sorts oi" time-measures, hour-glasses, sun-dials, 
and a vessel full of water with a hole in the bottom. 

TIME, the first computation of, from the Christian sera 516 

In History, 748; in Spain, 1358$ in Arragon and Castile, 1383 3 in Portugal, 
in 1415. 

TIMES NEWSPAPER, motion against the Printer of, for 

a breach of Privilege, April 18 1831 

On the motion of the Earl of Limerick, the printer of the Times Newspaper was 
ordered to attend the next day. He accordingly appeared at the Bar of the 



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House of Peers, and, after acknowledging himself the printer, and refusing 
to give up the name of the Editor, he was ordered intc the custody of the 
Usher of the Black Rod. 

TIMES NEWSPAPER, trial of the Printer of, Decem- 
ber 19 . „ 1838 

J. J. Lawson, the printer of the Times Newspaper, was tried for a libel on Sir 
J. Conroy, of which he was found guilty. On the 31st of February, 1839, 
he was brought up to receive judgement, when he was sentenced to pay a fine 
of £200. and be confined one month in the Queen's Bench Prison. 

TIN, found in Germany in 1241 

Not known in any place in England but Devonshire and Cornwall; in Barbary, 
1640 j in India, 1740; and in New Spain, 1782. 

TITHES COMMUTATION BILL, The, passed 1836 

TITHES first granted in 854 

Tithes were given by Moses to the tribe of Levi, B'. C. 1490. Granted to the 
Church in England, 854. Established by law by the Lateran Council, 1200. 

TITLES, the first creation of by patent, used bv Ed- 
ward III. in " 1344 

The following were the title of the different Sovereigns of England, viz. : — Henry 
IV. had thetitle of ' Grace' conferred on him ; Henry VI. that of ' Excellent 
Grace:' Edward IV. that of ' High and Mighty Prince;' Henry VII. ' High- 
ness;' Henry VIII. ' Majesty;' (and who was the first and last that was 
styled * Dread Sovereign;)' and James I. that of ' Sacred, ' or ' Most Excel- 
lent Majesty.' That of ' Majesty' was first given to Louis XI. of France; 
before that Monarch, it was the title only of Emperors. The Kings of 
Arragon, Castile, and Portugal, had the title only of ' Highness;' those of 
England, ' Your Grace;' and those of: France, ' Your Despotism.' 

TOBACCO AND SUGAR first taxed by name 1 685 

TOBACCO first brought to England in 1585 

The first introducing' of Tobacco into Europe from the province of Tabaca, in St. 
Domingo in 1559, was by a Spanish gentleman, named Hernandez de Toledo, 
who brought a small quantity into Spain and Portugal. It was afterwards, in- 
troduced into Paris by the French Ambassador to the Court of Lisbon, Jean 
Nicot, from whom it derived the name of Nicotia, where it was used in the 
form of a powder by Catherine de Medici. After this it was patronised by the 
Cardinal Santa Croce, the Pope's nuncio, who, in his return from his embassy 
at the Courts of Spain and Portugal, conveyed the plant to his own country, 
by which he acquired a fame not inferior to that which he had previously won 
by bringing a portion of the real cross from the Holy Land. In France, and 
in the Papal State, tobacco was received with joy, in the shape of snuff; but 
it was some time after, ere the practice of smoking tobacco was introduced. 
Sir Walter Raleigh, was supposed to have been the first person who introduced 
it into England; but Camden informs us, in his " Elizabeth, that Sir Francis 
Drake, upon his return from Virginia in 1585, " was the first, (as far as he 
knew, who introduced the Indian plant, called Tabacca, or Nicotia, into 
England, having been taught by the Indians to use it as a remedy against 
indigestion. And from the time of his return," says he, " it immediately 
began to grow into very general use, and to bear a high price ; a great many 
persons, some from luxury, and others for their health, being wont to draw in 
the strong-smelling smoke with insatiable greediness through an earthenware 



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TOBACCO first brought to England, (continued) 1585 



tube, and then to puff it forth again through their nostrils : so that tabacca- 
taverns (tabernoe tabaccanae) are now as generally kept in all our towns, as 
wine-houses or beer-houses." A note in the Criminal Trials, vol. i. p. 361, 
says, that the French Ambassador, in 1600, in his despatches, related that the 
smoking of tobacco was very general on the trial of the Earls of Essex and 
Southampton, whilst deliberating on the verdict: and it has been said that 
Sir Walter Raleigh sat smoking his pipe, whilst witnessing the execution of 
Essex in the Tower. These stories maybe untrue, but the relation of them, 
by different writers, shows that they were not altogether incredible, and prove 
the existence of smoking amongst the higer class at that period. The prac- 
tice of smoking tobacco afterwards met with great opposition both in this 
country and other parts of Europe. Its greatest opponents were the priests, 
the physicians, and most of the sovereign princes; the former declaring its use 
sinful. In 1684, Pope Urban VIII. issued a bull, prohibiting all persons 
from taking snuff under pain of excommunication, which was renewed in 
1690, by Pope Innocent. About twenty-nine years afterwards, the Sultan 
Amurath IV. made smoking a capital offence. It was for a length of time 
forbidden in Russia, under pain of having the nose cut off; it was also a sub- 
ject of prosecution in Switzerland, in 1661, the Canton of Berne placing the 
prohibition of smoking in the list of the Ten Commandments, immediately 
under that against adultery. In 1603, James I. published his " Counter- 
blaste to Tobacco," in which is the following passage : — " It is a custom 
" loathesome to the eye, hatefull to the nose, harmfull to the braine, danger- 
" ous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof nearest resembling 
" the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless." Notwith- 
standing this royal opinion of its disgusting qualities, the plant continued to 
increase in favour with the public to the present moment. Prohibited to be 
planted here, in 1624. First taxed by name, 1685. Allowed to be cultivated 
in Ireland, 1779; the duties at the Custom House for the year 1788 amounted 
to £498,020. 7s. 2d. Subjected to Excise laws in 1789. 

TOBAGO, the Island of, planted by the Dutch in 1642 

At the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, in 1748, it was declared a neutral island: but by 
that of Paris, in 1763, it was ceded to the English. It was taken by the 
French in 1781, and confirmed to them by the Peace of Paris in 1783: but 
was afterwards taken by the English, April 13, 1793. 

TOLERATION ACT, The, passed 1689 

TOLL. See'' Sound." 

TOLL-GATES, or TURNPIKES, the first legally erected 

in England, in 166JB 

Produced in 1788, about £508,000. 

TOLLS gathered in London in 1346 

The tolls collected at this period were for the purpose of repairing the highways 
of Holborn, Gray's-Inn lane, and St. Martin's lane. 

TONNAGE AND POUNDAGE granted to the Kings of 

England for life 1465 

TONTINES first established at Paris in 1653 

The plan was invented by one Lorenzo Tonti, a Neapolitan; but it did not take 
place till the year 1656. 






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TORTURE, inflictions of, on various Persons, for the pur- 
pose of forcing confession, abolished 1640 

Torture has been inflicted on various individuals, and at different periods of time. 
We shall proceed to give an account of the infliction of this mode of punish- 
ment on the following individuals as briefly as possible. 

In 1468, Sir Thomas Coke, Lord Mayor of London, was tried for high 
treason, and found guilty of misprision of treason, upon the single testimony 
of one Hawkins, given under torture. Hawkins himself was convicted of 
treason upon his own confession on the rack, and executed. 

In 1571, the Duke of Norfolk was found guilty of high treason, chiefly 
upon the evidence of his servants, who were examined under torture. Nume- 
rous instances of torture might be adduced in the reign of Elizabeth, and 
applied on very slight occasions. Lord Bacon states, that upon one occasion, 
when she could not be persuaded that a book, containing treasonable matter, 
was really written by the person whose name it bore, she said, that " she 
would have him racked, to produce his author." Lord Bacon replied, " Nay, 
" Madam, he is a Doctor, never rack his person, rack his style; let him have 
" pen, ink, and paper, and help of books, and be enjoined to continue his 
" story, and I will undertake, by collating his style, to judge whether he 
" were the author." 

In the reign of James I. the practice was still continued. Two warrants 
from the Privy Council, dated April 19 and 20, 1603, previous to the King's 
arrival in London, for applying the torture to one Philip May, maybe found 
fn the State-Paper Office ; one is directed to the Lord Chief Justice (Popham), 
the Attorney-General (Coke), and the Solicitor- General (Fleming); and is 
signed by several Members of the Privy Council, and amongst others, by Lord 
Chancellor Ellesmere, and the Archbishop of Canterbury. It remains a doubt 
whether or not Guy Fawkes was placed on the rack; yet it is probable he 
was ; the king's warrant being still preserved, and which concludes with, 
these words : — " using the gentler torture first, et sic per gradus ad ima 
" tenditur, (and thus by degrees we may proceed to extremities), and so 
" God speed you in your good work." 

In 1614, one Peachum, who was accused of high treason for certain passa- 
ges in a sermon written by him, found in his study, but never preached or 
published, was examined upon interrogatories " before torture, in torture, 
" between torture, and after torture." There is a warrant from the Privy 
Council in 1620, still extant, by which Sir Allen Apsley, the Lieutenant of 
the Tower, Sir Henry Montague, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, and 
Sir Thomas Coventry, the King's Solicitor-General, are authorized to examine 
one Peacock, and to put him to the torture " either of the manacles or the 
*' rack." This warrant is signed both by Lord Chancellor Bacon and Sir Ed- 
ward Coke. 

In 1628, the Judges delivered an unanimous opinion in the case of Felton, 
who bad stabbed the Duke of Buckingham. The following are the circum- 
stances under which this opinion was given : — " Afterwards Felton was 
" called before the Council, where he confessed much concerning his induce- 
" ment to the murder. The Council much pressed him to confess who set 
" him on to do such a bloody act, and if the Puritans had no hand therein. 
" He denied they had, and so he did to the last, that no person whatsoever 
" knew any thing of his intention or purpose to kill the Duke; that he re- 
" vealed it to none living. Doctor Laud, Bishop of London, being then at 
" the Council-table, told him, if he would not confess he must go to the rack. 
*' Felton replied, ' If it must be so, he could not tell whom he might nomi- 
" ' nate in the extremity of torture; and if what he should say then must 
" ' go for truth, he could not tell whether his Lordship (meaning the Bishop 
" ' of London), or which of their Lordships he might name, for torture 
" ' might draw unexpected things from him.' After this he was asked no 
" more questions, but sent back to prison," 

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TORTURE, the infliction of, &c. (continued.) 1640 

Notwithstanding this opinion of the Judges in this case, there is no doubt 
that the practice continued during the whole of the reign of Charles the First, 
as a warrant for applying the torture to one Archer, in 1640, is to be seen at 
the State-Paper Office. This appears to have been the last of the punish- 
ments by torture, there being no record of it during the Commonwealth, nor 
during the reign of Charles II. 

Torture was abolished in Poland, 1776 ; in France, by an Edict, August 
25, 1780 ; and in Sweden, by order of the King, in 1786". 

The following were the kinds of torture used in the Tower:— 

1. The Rack, a large open frame of oak, raised three feet from the ground. 
The prisoner was laid under it on his back on the floor ; his wrists and ancles 
attached by cords to two collars at the ends of the frame ; these were moved 
by levers in opposite directions, till the body rose to a level with the frame. 
Questions were then put, and, if the answers did not prove satisfactory, the 
sufferer wasstretched moreand more till the bones started from their sockets. 

2. The Scavenger's Daughter, a broad hoop of iron, so called, consisting 
of two parts, fastened to each other by a hinge. The prisoner was made to 
kneel on the pavement, and to contract himself into as small a compass as 
possible; when the executioner, kneeling on his shoulders, and having in- 
troduced the hoop under his legs, compressed the victim so closely, as to 
enable him to fasten the extremities over the small of the back. The process 
of the infliction of this horrid punishment took about an hour and a half to 
complete, during which time, owing to the violent compression, the blood 
started from the nostrils. 

3. Iron Gauntlets, which could be contracted by the aid of a screw. These 
were also called Manacles. They served to comptess the wrists, and to 
suspend the prisoner in the air, from two distant points of a beam. He was 
placed on three pieces of wood piled one on the other, which, when his 
hands had been made fast, were successively withdrawn from under his feet. 
" I felt," said F. Gerard, one of the sufferers, " the chief pain in my breast, 
" belly, arms, and hands. I thought that all the blood in my body had run 
" into my arms, and began to burst out of my finger ends. This was a 
" mistake: but the arms swelled, till the gauntlets were buried within the 
" flesh. After being thus suspended an hour, I fainted, and when I came 
" to myself, I found the executioners supporting me in their arms : they re- 
" placed the pieces of wood under my feet: but as soon as I was recovered, 
" removed them again. Thus I continued hanging for the space of five 
" hours, during which I fainted eight or nine times." 

4. A fourth kind of torture was a cell called " Little Ease." It was of 
such small dimensions, and so constructed, that the prisoner could neither 
stand, walk, sit, nor lie in it at full length. He was compelled to draw 
himself up in a squatting posture, and so remain during several days. 

TOULON. 

It was founded, according to the common opinion, by a Roman General, and before 1 
the great Revolution in 1789, was an episcopal See. It experienced the 
dreadful ravages of the Plague three times in the fifteenth century, in 1418, 
1461, and 1476: once in the sixteenth, in 1.587: four times in the seven- 
tenth, in 1621, 1630, 1647, and 1664: and once in 1720. This place was 
destroyed toward the end of the tenth century, and pillaged by the African 
pirates almost as soon as re-built. The Constable of Bourbon, at the head of 
the Imperial troops, obtained possession of it in 1524, as did Charles V. in 
1536: but, in the next century, Charles Emanuel, Duke of Savoy could not 
enter it: and Prince Eugene, in 1707, ineffectually laid siege to it. Both 
the Old and New Port have an outlet into the spacious outer road or harbour, 
which is surrounded by hills. The city of Toulon was surrendered by the 
inhabitants, in September, 1793, to the British Admiral Lord Hood, as a 



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TOULON, (continued.) 

condition and means of enabling them to effect the re-establishment of 
monarchy in Fiance, according to the constitution of 1789. Lord Hood ac- 
cordingly, in conjunction with the Spanish land and naval forces, took pos- 
session of the harbour and forts in trust for Louis XVII. It was garrisoned 
for some time by the British troops, and their allies, the Spaniards, Neapo- 
litans, and Sardinians; but the French Republicans having lai'd siege to it, 
the garrison was obliged to evacuate the place in the month of December 
following. 

TOURNAMENT, THE EGLINGTON, August 28, 1839 

Wednesday, August 28. — The proceedings of the day, of the splendid spectacle 
given by Lord Eglinton, commenced with the marshalling of the grand pro- 
cession, which took place about one o'clock, and proceeded to the Castle in 
the following order : — The horses of the Knights and Esquires, under care of 
the Grooms, &c. were arranged on the right of the grand entrance ; and the 
retainers and men at arms on the left, according to their priority in the pro- 
cession. 

A Chamberlain and a Trumpeter were on each side of the door. 

A Deputy-marshal, with the Seneschal, were situated in the outer hall. 

A Chamberlain was placed at the door of the inner hall or vestibule, and at 
each of the three doors leading from the vestibule into the three principal 
reception rooms. 

The Knights, Esquires, and the principal personages forming part of the 
procession, assembled in the three above-named rooms, and were arranged in 
their order of joining the procession by the Deputy-marshals and Pursuivants. 
The Deputy- marshal called from his roll the name of the first person to head 
the procession : — the Chamberlain at the outer door ordered his horses, re- 
tinue, &c. to advance : — the Chamberlain stationed at the inner door summoned 
the personage so named to take his place in the procession. This done, the 
party rode up the line of route to a given point, so as to allow a space for the 
marshalling of the whole cavalcade : — this order was continued until the 
whole were mounted and marshalled, which being proclaimed by the Cham- 
berlains and trumpet at the entrance, the procession proceeded en route to 
the lists, to the sound of the warlike music and blasts of the trumpet. The 
line of march was kept by mounted men-at-arms, at regular distances, assisted 
by the retainers and halberdiers of the Lord of the Tournament. 

Having arrived at the lists, the procession entered at the principal gate ; 
and after making the half circuit, the King of the Tournament, the judges of 
the field, &c. with their attendant knights and esquires, were dismounted and 
marshalled to their appointed seats in the Gothic gallery. 

The King, Queen, &c. having assumed their thrones, a flourish of trumpets 
summoned the Knights and Esquires to pay their obedience to the Queen of 
Beauty : and the whole riding again round, received from their ladies favours 
of gloves, &c. &c. to be worn in their helmets. Again the trumpet announced 
to the Knights leave to retire to their different pavilions, to complete their 
arming, and await the summons of the herald. 

The Knights being armed, were assisted to their chargers by their Esquires, 
and took the station appointed to them. The trumpet having again sounded, 
the herald of the tourney gave notice that they were ready to enter the list 
against any knight who might demand the combat. Upon which, the Knight 
elected to run the first course against the challengers, left his tent, and, 
riding up to the gallery, demanded permission to make a trial, which was 
granted. At the cry of " Laisser les allez, " the trumpets sounded the charge, 
and the knights ran the appointed courses. 

Up to one o'clock, the period at which the procession was expected on the 
ground, the sun shone serenely, and the pavilion and tents presented a scene 
truly interesting. Enthroned in the centre of the Grand Pavilion sat the 



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TOURNAMENT, THE EGLINTON, August 28 1839 

Queen of Beauty, (Lady Jane Seymour), and the supreme judge of the Tour- 
nament, to whom the duty fell of crowning with laurel the several Knights 
who should most distinguish himself on that day — 

" And, as in beauty she surpassed the choir, 
So nobler than the rest was her attire — 
A crown of ruddy gold enclosed her brow, 
Plain without pomp, and rich without a show." 

The Grand Pavilion was ornamented with Gothic architecture, and hung 
with drapery studded with cloth of gold, and was crowded with a display of 
beauty seldom seen. At length the elements began to wear an unfavourable 
aspect ; and, at about a quarter to 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the rain fell in 
torrents; but in the course of a quarter of an hour, the storm having abated, 
noble knights were seen, their plumage waving, their helmets glistening in 
the sun's rays, with gallant steeds, richly caparisoned, and impatient for the 
onset. 

The armour worn by the several knights was of the most brilliant descrip- 
tion, as were the trappings of the horses. That worn by the Earl of Egling- 
ton, was brass, very costly, and beautiful. The crest which surmounted his 
helmet contained a plume of blue and yellow feathers; and his horse was 
richly caparisoned with blue satin and cloth of gold. Viscount Alfotd, had a 
magnificent suit of polished steel; his horse caparisoned with blue and white 
cloth. The most splendid specimen of ancient armour worn on this occasion, 
was that of the Right Honourable the Earl of Craven. The suit was of pure 
Milan steel, burnished blue, decorated with gold studs, (or rivets), curiously 
inlaid with the same costly metal, and exquisitely wrought in arabesque. 
The casque or helmet alone weighed nearly 40 lbs. and the bars of the vizor 
were of solid gold. It was brought from the armoury of the baronial hall of 
Hylton Castle, near Sunderland. This armour was worn at the victorious 
battle of Cressy, by the then Baron Hylton. All the Knights had golden 
stirrups and spurs. 

Thuksday, August 29. — This morning was ushered in by storm; in con- 
sequence of which, an intimation was given by Lord Eglington, that the tour- 
ney would be postponed until Friday. 

Friday, August 30. — This morning every thing was favourable, the day 
dawned brightly, and both wind and sun united to repair the disappointment 
experienced on the preceding day. By one o'clock, upwards of 10,000 persons 
were assembled, and numbers continued to arrive. At two o'clock, the pro- 
cession moved from the Castle, in the order similar to that of Wednesday. 
The variety of armorial bearings on the surcoats of the Knights and Squires, 
the rich housings of the horses, and the costly trappings of the riders, the 
highly-polished armour of the chevaliers, and the elegant costumes of the 
ladies, rendered it a truly imposing and pleasing sight. Bands of archers, 
troops of Highlanders, and an almost endless succession of Esquires, men-at- 
arms, halberdiers, and other formidable personages were present. The tour- 
nament commenced with the jousting of the Knights, wko challenged each 
other. The jousting was followed by riding at the ring, and the quaintain, 
and the mele closed the labours of the day. In the mele eight Knights in 
complete armour fought with swords, and some heavy blows were exchanged. 
One accident occurred, but only a slight one. Mr. Jerningham was wounded 
by a sword-cut in the wrist. The Marquis of Waterford seemed very anxious 
to carry the contest beyond the rules of the Tournament, and some heavy 
blows were exchanged between him and Lord Alford 5 but the Marshal of 
the lists, (Sir Charles Lamb,) very properly interposed his authority between 
the combatants, when order was restored. The procession left the ground at 
six o'clock, nearly in the same manner as on its entrance. In the course of 
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beyond a severe shake. The Marquis of Waterford also got a tumble; and 
the horse of Mr. Lamb fell with his rider, but neither were much hurt. 

At eight o'clock the banquet commenced in the temporary room erected 
for the occasion. This was a spiendid feast, to which nearly 400 persons sat 
down; the whole being served up in dishes and covers of silver, partly 
from the family plate of the noble Earl. Lord Eglington announced that the 
tilting would be carried on the day following, the weather permitting. 

Saturday, August 31. — The weather throughout the entire of the day 
was most unpropitious ; the rain descending in torrents : in consequence of 
which, the tilting intended by the noble Lord, was g'iven up. A person 
named M'lan, partly an artist, and partly a player, performed the office of 
Jester. 

Wednesday, the 27th of May, 1840, being the day appointed for the sale of 
the magnificent costumes worn at the Tournament at Eglington Castle, an 
immense concourse of persons assembled at Messrs. Oxenham and Sons, 
353, Oxford-street, to witness the same. The following is a statement of the 
prices of the principal articles sold thereat, viz.: — £. s. d. 

A splendid mantle of white cashmere, lined with rose-coloured 
and satin, and bordered with rich Milanese embroidery, gold 
cord and tassels, a tunic of velvet, trimmed with fur, and a pair of 
silken pantaloons, cost stated at upwards of fifty guineas .... 3 17 6 

A characteristic costume worn by the Jester, and composed of 
rich party-coloured satin, with a hood and moveable cockscomb, 2 4 

A magnificent Lady's robe of rich Genoa silk velvet, embroi- 
dered in imitation pearls, with dress of white satin and silk blond 
lace to correspond, worn by the Queen of Beauty, bought by 
Mr. Webster, for ". 10 10 

A rich costume, worn by the Marquis of Londonderry, and 
consisting of a purple silk velvet robe, lined with silk and 
trimmed with sable: a tunicof black silk velvet, a pair of crim- 
son silk pantaloons, and a velvet silk cap and plume, en suite, 5 5 

A full tunic of fine Lincoln-green cloth, with sleeves, &c. of 
fine black silk velvet, and a velvet cap and plume, (the pattern 
costume prepared for the Ayrshire archers) 2 4 

The magnificent Knight's evening costume worn by Lord 
Beresford, comprising a vest of rich black silk velvet, slashed 
with white satin, and bound with silver braid, a pair of trunks 
to correspond, and a superb cloak of silk velvet, with silver lace, 
lined with white satin : cap and plume, (the original cost of which 
was nearly 1 00 guineas) 10 10 

A rich Venetian carnival dress of silver cloth, embossed with 
gold flowers; original cost 70 guineas 7 10 

A magnificent covering for a horse, embroidered in gold and 
silver, with deep silver fringe; cost originally £120 7 10 

A rich robe of geranium-coloured silk, worn by the Emperor 
Napoleon. — Bought by Mr. Ducrow 3 10 

A demi-suit of bright steel armour, worn by a man-at-arms, 
at the Tournament 5 5 

A suit of polished steel cap-a-pie armour, for a Knight of 
fine form and large proportions, with tilting helmet and passe 
guards, made in the time of Henry VIII 42 

A splendid suit of German armour, with invulnerable back 
and breast, pauldrons, and visored helmet, of the Maximilian 
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TOURNAMENT, THE EGLINTON, Sale of some of the 

Articles worn at, May 27, {continued.) , 1840 

A full suit of Knight's armour, highly polished, and partially- 
engraved, and inlaid with gold, made in the date of Philip II. . 22 1 

A suit of cap-a-pie armour for a Knight (of German manu- 
facture) of the time of Elizabeth 25 5 

The principal purchasers were Mr. Webster, Mr. Ducrow, Mr. Elton, 
Mr. M'lan, Mr. Davidge, and Mr. Nathan; and the sale of the different 
articles excited great interest. 

TOURNIQUET, invented in 1674 

This invention is ascribed to an individual of the name of Morell, at the siege of 
Besancon, in 1674. Petit, of France, invented the screw tourniquet, 1718. 

TOWERS, (high) first erected to Churches, in 1000 

TRANSPORT, THE ROCHDALE, lost 1S07 

The Rochdale was lost off Dunleary Point, with 267 persons on board, when the 
whole of them perished, November 19, 1807. 

TRANSPORTATION OF FELONS 1590 

The transportation of Felons was introduced 39th of Elizabeth, 1590. 

TR ANSUBST ANTI ATION opposed by the English Church 

about 1000 

Received it between 1000 and 1066. 

TRANSYLVANIA given to Austria 1699 

TRAPEZOND, or TREBIZOND. 

It was the metropolis of an empire of the same name founded by Alexis Commenis, 
a Frenchman, in 1209, and which continued in the same family till 1460, 
when David, the last of that house, was subdued and put to death by 
Mahomet II. since which time it has continued in the possession of the 
Turks. 

TRANQUEBAR settled by the Danes 1617 

TRAVE, THE, a French frigate, of 44 guns, taken by the 

Andromache, October 23 1813 

The Andromache, 38 guns, was commanded by Captain Tobin. 

TREATIES with any Foreign nation begun 1217 

TREATY, Marine, with Holland 1674 

TREATY concluded between the Republic of Holland, and 

the. United States of America, October 8 1782 

TREATY, a Commercial, signed between England and 

France, September 26 1786 



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TREATY, a, of Amity and Commerce with America, signed 

at St. James's, November 19 1794 

TREATY of Defensive Alliance with Austria, May 20 1795 

TREATY of Defensive Alliance with Russia, February 18... 1795 

TREATY between the East India Company and the Peishwa, 

December 31 1802 

TREATY, the Definitive of Peace, signed at Amiens, 

March 27 1802 

TREATY with Scindiah, December 30 1803 

TREATY of Peace with the Rajah of Berar, December 17 . 1S03 

TREATY again with Scindiah, November 22 1806 

TREATY OF GHENT, between Britain and the United 

States of America, December 24 1814 

TREATY of Adjustment and of Commerce, between the king 
of France, and the Island of St. Domingo, amicably 
concluded 1825 

TREATY, between England and South America 1827 

The ratification of a Commercial Treat)', between England and South America, 
February 19, 1827. 

TRENT, the Council of begins, and continues 18 years 1545 

TRIAL, the first by single combat, in 1096 

TRIALS for Treason regulated 1695 

By this regulation, two witnesses were required in a case of Treason. 

TRIBUTE OF WOLVES' HEADS paid in England 971 

Paid by the English, to the Danes, in one year, £48,000. in 997. 

TRICHINOPOLI, in the East Indies, the magazine there, 

blew up, 1772 

By this unfortunate event 300 inhabitants lost their lives ; 340,000 ball cartridges 
were destroyed, and the whole foundation shaken. 

TRIEVES, the Archbishop of, first admitted an Elector ... 1021 

TRINIDAD, The Isle of, discovered, 1498 

TRINITARIANS, Order of, instituted, 1198 

TRINITARIANS, Order of, in Spain, began 1594 



200 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

TRINITY, the word first applied to the Persons of the 

Godhead 150 

TRINITY SUNDAY appointed by Pope John 1334 

TRIPOLI nearly destroyed by an Earthquake, December 13 1759 

TRITHEITES began 560 

TROOPS, incampment of, in Hyde Park, December 2 1468 

The Parliament army marched up to London, and were encamped in Hyde, and 
St. James's Park. The troops under the command of General Monk were 
also encamped in Hyde Park, in 1665. 

His Majesty's regiments of Horse and Foot-guards, with a train of artil- 
lery from the Tower, were encamped here, extensive preparations being 
made in various parts of the kingdom, in anticipation of an invasion by the 
Pretender, 1715. 

The household troops encamped here were reviewed by His Majesty, 
(George I.) on the 11th of June, 1722, who was afterwards magnificently 
entertained by General the Earl of Cadogan, the Commanding Officer, in a 
pavilion which had been formerly taken from the Grand Vizier by Prince 
Eugene. His Majesty was accompanied on this occasion by the Prince, a 
numerous Staff, and a majority of the nobility. 

Troops, both horse and foot, were encamped here in March, 1739: other 
forces were also encamped at the same time on Hounslow and Blackheath, in 
pursuance of an order issued from the Horse Guards on the 8th of February 
preceding. 

Troops of the line were also encamped in Hyde Park, in the year 1780, in 
order to assist in suppressing the ri^ts which had been excited by the intem- 
perance of Lord George Gordon. Troops were drawn from the provinces to 
the number of 30, 000 before order was restored. 

TROOPS, FRENCH, land in South Wales, February 22 ... 1797 

Fourteen hundred landed at Fishguard, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales, and were 
all made prisoners. 

TROY, the destruction of, B.C. 1184 

Dardanus, who came from Italy into Asia Minor, and settled in the Lesser Phrygia, 
built a city called Dardania, which became the capital of his little kingdom. 
Tros, one of his successors, changed its name into Troy. This kingdom was 
in existence 326 years, and was overturned by the Greeks after a ten years' 
siege. 

KINGS OF TROV 

Scamander arrived in Phrygia 1552 

... Teucer 1528 

Dardanus 1 1506 

Erichtonus 1475 

Tros 1400 

Ilus 1340 

Laomedon 1 285 

Priam , 1249 

Troy taken 1209 

TRUMPETS, the first sounding of, before the Kings of 

England, was by order of Offa, king of Mercia 790 






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TRUXILLA, in Peru, ruined by an Earthquake, December 1759 

TUILLERIES, the Royal Apartments of, ransacked bv the 

People, June 20 1792 

A great massacre- of the Swiss, and also of a vast number of the adherents of 
Louis XVI. In consequence of which, Louis and his family fly for shelter 
to the National Assembly ; after which, dreadful disturbances take place at 
Paris. The disturbances continued till August 10, 1792. 

TULIPS, &c. See " Fruits and Flowers." 

TUNNEL, first project of a, under the River at Gravesend, 

commenced in 1799 

In 1799, it was proposed to erect a Tunnel under the river at Gravesend, but the 
intention was soon given up. Shortly after, another attempt was made to form 
one from Rotherhite to Limehouse. In 1S04, it was commenced, under the 
authority of an Act of Parliament, and a shaft of eleven feet in diameter was 
sunk to the depth of forty-two feet : but difficulties arising in the prosecuting- 
of the work, it was for a time suspended. It was soon after continued at 
a reduced diameter, but new difficulties having arisen, the Engineer reported 
its further progress impracticable, and the work was discontinued. 

A variety of Plans were proposed, but after a time, rejected. Notwithstand- 
ing the failure of all former attempts, in 1823, Mr. Brunei exhibited his Plan 
for constructing a road-way under the Thames : when it was well received, and 
as liberally supported by gentlemen of rank and science, who were not dis- 
couraged by the magnitude of the undertaking. 

The place selected for the intended road-way is two miles below London 
Bridge, and where a facility of land communication between the two shores 
is most desirable, and in every respect advantageous to the neighbourhood, 
and its adjacent parts. 

During the period for the obtaining of the Act of Parliament, steps were 
taken to raise a sum of money for the execution of the project; and the Com- 
mittee of Subscribers having received a satisfactory account relative to the 
nature of the soil, was an inducement for Mr. Brunei to enlarge his original 
plan of dimension, and consequently the apparatus to be employed. 

On the 24th of June, 1824, the Act of Parliament was obtained, and Mr. 
Brunei appointed engineer to the undertaking : when he commenced opera- 
tions on the Rotherhithe side, and succeeded in passing through a bed of 
gravel and sand. 

Mr. Brunei had received an intimation of the existence of a bed of sand 
at the bottom of the river, and advising him to go as little beyond the same as 
possible : but on approaching the depth of eighty feet, the ground suddenly 
gave way, and sunk several feet at once, the sand and water blowing up at 
the same time. 

The excavation made for the Thames Tunnel is thirty-eight feet in breadth, 
and twenty-two feet six inches in height; so that the size of the excavation 
is larger than the interior of the Old House of Commons, that building being 
thirty-two feet in breadth, by twenty-five feet in height. 

The shield was entered under a substantial bed of clay by the 1st of Janu- 
ary, 1826, and the structure of the double archway of the Tunnel was com- 
menced: but on the 25th of the same month, the substantial protection of 
clay broke off at once, leaving the shield open for six weeks to a considerable 
quantity of land-water, which greatly impeded the progress of the work. 

On the 11th of March, this misfortune was remedied, and the work pro- 
ceeded ; and on the 30th of June, 1826, entered under the bed of the river, 

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TUNNEL, THE THAMES, '(continued.) 

daily increasing in its progress; so that, by the 30th of April, 1827, 400 feet 
of the Tunnel had advanced under the river. These 400 feet were excavated, 
and the double archways completed in ten months and a half. 

On the 18th of May, 1827, and also in the month of January, 1828, the 
river again broke in and filled the Tunnel : but the cavity soon filled itself, 
and the work proceeded. A somewhat similar occurrence took place on the 
18th of October following, which was attended with the same success. 

From December, 1828, the works remained suspended during a period of 
seven years, when they were re-commenced, and are now (August, 1840) 
steadily and successfully proceeding. The contemplated length of the 
Tunnel is 1300 feet; 1135 feet of which were completed up to August, 1840. 

TURKEY TRADE began 1550 

TURKISH SHIPS, navigated by Greek Sailors, the first 

arrived at London, April 5 1797 

TURKISH EMPIRE, the present, begins 1298 

The Turks, a people originally from Asiatic Sarmatia, between Mount Caucasus 
and the Don, the Palus Meotidis, and the Caspian sea, began to be distin- 
guished; they had served the Emperor Heraclius against Chosroes, king of 
Persia, as auxiliary troops : the Saracen Caliphs afterwards took them into 
their pay, in the conquests they made in the East. The Turks finding how 
useful they were become as allies, thought they might as well make conquests 
for themselves. They made war on the Saracens and Greeks, and conquered 
Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine. 

Abutatif, one of their chiefs, gained several victories over the Saracens ; 
defeated Diogenes, Emperor of Constantinople: took the kingdom of Pontus, 
since named Turcomania, Capadocia, and Bithynia, where his son, Solyman, 
established the seat of his Empire in 1080; and from idolators they became 
Mahometans. One of their princes, called Othman, or Osman, made himself 
master of several provinces in Asia Minor in 1300. His reign was glorious, 
and his successors ruined the empire of the Saracens, founded by Mahomet 
in 622. 

The same causes which ruined the Empire of the Caliphs, have weakened 
that of the Turks. Since the time of Solyman II. the Sultans, shut up in 
their seraglios, have devolved their authority on Ministers, often incapable, 
always despotic. They are open to the attacks of the Persians, the Germans, 
and the Russians, as well as of the British and French. 

OTTOMAN SULTANS. 

Othman, or Osman 1 326 

Orkan 1360 

AmurathI 1389 

Bajazet 1 1403 

Solimanl 1410 

Musachelabi 1413 

Mahomet 1 1421 

Amurath II 1451 

Mahomet II 1481 

Bajazet II 1512 

Selim I 1520 

Solyman II 1566 

Selim II 1574 

Amurath III 1595 

Mahomet III 1603 



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TURKISH EMPIRE, The present, (continued.) 1298 

Achmet I 1617 

Mustapha, (dethroned) 1618 

Osman 1 1622 

Mustapha, (re-established) 1623 

Amurath IV 1640 

Ibrahim . . . 1649 

Mahomet IV r. 1687 

Solyman III 1691 

Achmet II 1695 

Mustapha II 1703 

Achmet III. -. 1730 

Mahomet V '. 1754 

Osman II 1757 

Mustapha III 1774 

Achmet IV. 

Mustapha IV 1808 

Mahomet VI. 

TURKS, The, take possession of Persia 1043 

The Tufts, (a nation of adventurers from Tartary) become formidable, and take 
possession of Persia. Took Jerusalem from the Saracens, 1065. 

TURKEYS brought into England in 1523 

Into France, in 1570. 

TYPES. See " Printing." 

UBIQUARIANS, the Order of 1540 

UKRAINE settled by Russia 1752 

UNIFORMITY, ACT OF, passed, 1559 

Took place, in 1662. 

UNION OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND, attempted 

July 22, 1604 

Again 1670, and took place, 1707, when the island was called Great Britain. 

UNION with Ireland began 1801 

UNION STEAM VESSEL, (THE,) blown up at Hull, 

June 7 1837 

By this dreadful accident, many lives were lost. 

UNITARIANS 1553 

URINE, Proclamation issued for the preservation of, 1626 

The inhabitants of London and Westminster, &c. commanded by proclamation to 
keep all their urine, throughout the year, for making salt-petre, 1626. 

URSILINES established 1198 



204 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

USURY forbid by Parliament 1341 

In 1260, 2s. per week was paid for the loan of 20s. being at the rate of £43. 6s. 8d. 
per annum for £100. which was restrained by an Act, 1274, against the 
Jews. 

UTRETCHT, THE PEACE OF, signed 1579 

It was here the Treaty of Union between the confederate Provinces was signed in 
1579; and the famous Peace between the Allies and France was concluded 
in 1713, about the close of Queen Anne's reign. 

VANDALS, ALANS, &c. irruption of, into France 406 

The Vandals, &c. spread into France and Spain, by a concession of Honorius, 
Emperor of the West. Began their kingdom in Spain, 412. 

VAN DIEM AN'S LAND discovered in 1642 

First discovered by Tasman, in 1642, visited by Captain Furneaux in 1773, and 
afterwards by Captain Cook. 

VASSALAGE, or SERFS, abolished by Law in Holstein 

and Sleswic, in Denmark, in 1797 

VAUXHALL, Grand Fete at, July 20 1813 

This fete was in honour of the battle of Vittoria, at which the royal Dukes of 
York, Kent, Sussex, Clarence, and Gloucester, Princess of Wales, and above 
1200 nobility and gentry attended. 

VAUXHALL GARDENS, final closing of, August, 1839 

These Gardens, which have existed for several years, and enjoyed the patronage of 
every admirer of this celebrated place, are now closed. For the last few 
years they have been less frequented, owing, in a great measure, to other 
places of amusement which have arisen, the entertainments of which have 
been upon as grand a scale, and the charge for admission more reasonable. 
In consequence of this, the Proprietors of the Vauxhall Gardens, in order to 
compete with other establishments, were compelled to lower the price of ad- 
mission. This, however, had not the effect, of drawing so many visitors as 
was imagined. The ground has since been sold, and is about to be built 
upon. 

VENICE. 

Several families from Padua retired, in 596, from the fury of the Lombards, to 
some islands in the Adriatic Gulph, where Venice was since built. Padua 
at first claimed the government of the New State, and appointed a particular 
tribune to govern each island : these tribunes afterwards shook off the yoke 
of Padua, and erected themselves, in 709, into a Republic, under a Duke, or 
Doce. These Doges were elected for life, and at length came to name their 
successors, till 1172, when the Senate greatly curtailed the authority of the 
Doge, and appointed a Council with powers to depose the Doge, if they found 
him incapable to perform the duties of his station. Pepin, king of Italy, 
caused himself to be proclaimed king of this State, which bore the name of 
Rialto, the principal of these islands, which was by him called Venice, from 
the Venetii, who occupied the continent next to these islands. 

Peter Gradenigo, who was elected Doge in 1289, deprived the people of the 
part they had in the administration, and established an absolute aristocracy. 
These changes caused great discontent: and the establishment of the terrible 



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VENICE, (continued.) 



Council of Ten, exposed Venice to the greatest danger. Genoa, availing 
herself of these troubles, made war with her, and destroyed a part of her 
navy, the Turks took Crete and Cyprus, and it was with difficulty she re- 
tained Corfu. . At last her commerce was attacked by the English and the 
Dutch, when, by the great discoveries of the routes to the East and West 
Indies, at the end of the sixteenth century, she lost the valuable trade which 
■was carried on to the East, which was transferred to the nations by whom 
these discoveries were made. Venice was taken by the French in 1796, and 
afterwards was ceded to Austria. 

VENTILATORS invented by the Rev. Dr. Hales 1740 

VENUS, her transit over the Sun, June 2 1660 

VERNON, launch of His Majesty's frigate, The, May 1, ... 1832 

The Vernon, of sixty guns, was launched at Woolwich. 

VESSELS employed in the mercantile line in England, 

were 23,600 in 1792 

VESSELS, number of the arrival of at Leith, from Novem- 
ber 13, 1812, to November 13, 1813, was 3520. 

VICTORIA HULL STEAM PACKET, Accident of The . 1838 

The boiler of the Victoria Hull Steam Packet, during an experimental trip in 
Erith Reach burst, by which, five persons were unfortunately killed. 

VICTORY MAN OF WAR, The, lost, October 1744 

The Victory Man of War, of 100 guns, with Admiral Balchen, 300 gentlemen's 
sons, and all the crew were lost. 

VICTUALLER, Law respecting the Sale of Ale 1 603 

A law was enacted, that no Victualler should sell less than one full ale quart of 
the best beer or ale for Id. and two quarts of the smaller sort for Id. in 1603. 

VIENNA, great damage done at, by an explosion of gun- 
powder, June 26 1779 

Several lives were unfortunately lost. 

VIENNA. 

Vienna was very obscure, till 1051 : it was walled and enlarged by Henry I. of 
Austria, 1122, with the ransom of king Richard I. of England: made an 
imperial city by Frederick II. 1136 : made subject to the House of Austria, 
1149: besieged and taken by the King of Hungary, 1490: besieged by the 
Turks under Soloman the Magnificent, with an army of 300,000 men, 1529: 
again in 1532, 1543, and 1663, when the Grand Vizier with 100,000 men 
cannonaded the city, from the 24th of July, to the beginning of September, 
without effect. 

VIGO, galleons taken there, October 12 1702 



206 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

VILLAIN. 

Villain, (of or belonging to the vill or lordship) was a servant during life, and de- 
visable, as chattels, in the feudal times. In 1572, Queen Elizabeth ordered 
her bondmen to be set free, at very easy rates. 

VINE-DRESSERS, introduced at Marseilles b. c. 600 

A colony of Vine-dressers, from Phoecia, in Ionia, settled at Marseilles, and in- 
structed the South Gauls in the work of tillage, vine-dressing, and the art of 
commerce. Some think that they grew spontaneously on the Mediterranean 
shores of Italy, Fiance, and Spain. Vines planted in Germany and North. 
Gaul, 276. No Vines in Greece, 450 B. C. Vines and sugar-canes planted 
in Madeira, 1420. 

VIOLENT COMMOTIONS in France, in 1797 

Violent Commotions broke out in Paris, a strong party being said to have been 
formed to restore royalty in France : in consequence of which M. Barthelemy, 
General Pichegru, and sixty representatives of the people, were transported 
by the arbitrary mandate of the majority of the Directory, without being 
brought to a trial, or any proofs being produced of the crimes with which, 
they were charged, September 15, 1797- 

VIOLINS invented about 1477 

VIRGINIA discovered by John Cabot 1496 

Taken possession of by Sir Walter Raleigh, and named after the Virgin Queen, 
(Elizabeth), 1584: the settlement of the first permanent colony there, in 
1636. 

VIRGIN OF MOUNT CARMEL, Order of, began in 

France 1607 

VIRGIN MARY, KNIGHTS OF THE, began 1233 

VIRGIN MARY, THE MOST GLORIOUS KNIGHTS 

OF THE, began at Rome 1618, 

VISCOUNT, the first in England, February 12 1440 

First borne by Lord Beaumont. 

VOLCANO, in the Isle of Ferro, September 13 1777 

The Volcano, in the Isle of Ferro, which broke out September 13, 1777, threw 
out an immense quantity of red water that discoloured the sea for several 
leagues. 

VOTES OF THE COMMONS, The, first printed 1671 

WAGER BY BATTLE, the Law of, abolished, 1819 

WAGGON, duty on, commenced 1783 

WALCHEREN EXPEDITION, The, to the Island of, 

sent out , 1809 

The expedition to the Island of Walcheren was sent out in the Autumn of the 
year 1809, in order to ascertain the nature and causes of the great sickness 
and mortality prevailing in the British army in Zealand, and to make a 
report thereon. 



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WALES incorporated with England 1536 

Wales first inhabited by the Britons, on their being expelled England by the 
Saxons, 685 : divided into North Wales, South Wales, and Powis Land, 970: 
conquered and divided bv William I. among the conquerors, 1091 : Griffith, 
the last king, died in 1137: the sovereign, from that time, was a Prince only. 
In this state Wales remained unconqnered till Henry II. Subdued South 
Wales, in 1157: and in 12S2, Edward I. entirely reduced the whole country, 
putting an end to its independency, by the death of Llewellin, the last prince. 
(See " Remarkable Personages, ""Section V.) The Welch, however, 
were not entirely reconciled to this revolution, till the Queen happening to 
be brought to bed of a son at Caernarvon, in 1284, Edward very politically 
stvled him Prince of Wales ; which title the heir to the Crown of Great 
Britain has borne almost ever since. Wales was united and incorporated with 
England by Act of Parliament, 38 Henry VIII. 1536. Invaded by the 
French, 1796. 

WARFARE OF CHRIST, Knights of the, began in White 

Russia, 1325 

In Poland, 1705. 

WARSAW annexed to Saxony, August 16 1807 

Warsaw was constituted a Duchy, and annexed to the House of Saxony, August 
16, 1807. 

WARS WITH SPAIN. 

The wars with Spain between 1589 nnd 1593, cost Queen Elizabeth £1,300,000. 
besides the double subsidy of £280,000. granted by Parliament. In the Irish 
Rebellion, she spent £3,409,000. in ten years. The expenses of the war in 
1756, cost England £90,000,000. 

WASHINGTON, the City of, in America, founded 1791 

WASTE LANDS in Great Britain in 1794 

The waste lands in Great Britain, by examination were, in 1794, found to be 
22,351,000 acres ; which, if cultivated and inclosed, reckoning an annual in- 
crease of 9*. per acre, the annual rent would amount to £10,957,950. ; and, 
on a supposition that the yearly produce would be £1. 7*. per acre, or three 
rents, it would be worth £30,073,850. per annum to the community. 

WATCHES AND CLOCKS. (See Clocks.) 

A repeating watch is said to have been sent by the Caliph Haroun al Raschid, to 
the Emperor Charlemagne. First used in Astronomical observations, 1500. 
The Emperor Charles V. was the first who had any thing that might he 
called a watch, though some call it a small table clock, 1530. 

WATCHES invented at Nureraburg, in Germany 1747 

Brought to England from Germany, 1577: spring pocket ones invented by Dr. 
Hooke, 1658: horizontal ditto, invented by Graham : repeaters by Tompion : 
and Chronometers, by Arnold. 

WATCH, by Night, for the City of London, first appointed. 1268 
WATERFORD, in Ireland, built 1162 



208 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WATER- WORKS, (The Chelsea) licence to the Governor 

and Company of to erect a Reservoir, September 9, ... 1725 

On the Report of the Surveyor-General in August, 1725, a licence was granted 
under the Sign Manual of His Majesty, bearing date September 9, 1725, to 
tbe Governor and Company of the Chelsea Water Works, to erect a reservoir 
in Walnut-tree Walk, Hyde Park, for the purpose of supplying the palace at 
Kensington with pure water, and by another branch, to supply the new build- 
ings about Oliver's Mount, (i. e. Mount Street) and the upper parts of West- 
minster. In pursuance of the above licence, a circular bason was made of the 
diameter of 200 feet, enclosed with brick-work, laid in terras, coped with 
Portland stone, raised four feet above the surface of the ground, and finished 
with a handsome iron railing, to guard against accidents. According to the 
terms of the grant, a main pipe of four inches bore, for conveying the water 
into the reservoir, was laid down from Park- lane through the Park wall, the 
distance from the old wall to the reservoir being about 290 feet, and the 
breadth of the ground to be dug for laying down the main was restricted to 
six feet; it was also stipulated that this grant might be resumed at any after 
period, at the pleasure of the Crown. The licence has since been resumed to 
a certain extent, since the Engine-house has been taken down, the materials 
of which were sold by auction, in June, 1835. The bason still remains. 

WATER-MILLS for grinding corn invented 555 

Water-mills for grindingcorn were invented by Belisarius, while besieged in Rome 
by the Goths. The ancients parched their corn, and pounded it in mortars. 
Afterwards mills were invented, which were turned by men and beasts with 
great labour; and yet Pliny mentions wheels turned by water. 

WATER. (See New River.) 

WATER sold in the West Indies for 1*. per pail 1731 

Also in Exeter, in the streets, in 1785. 

WEAVERS, two from Brabant, settled in York 1331 

Weavers, dyers, cloth-drapers, linen makers, silk throwsters, &c. (Flemish) settled 
at Canterbury, Norwich, Sandwich, Colchester, Maidstone, Southampton, &c. 
on account of the Duke of Alva's persecution, 1567. They taught the Eng- 
lish the making of baize, serges, Norwich crapes, &c. The baize makers 
chiefly settled at Colchester. 

WEIGHING ENGINE, or BEAM, a public one, set up in 

London 1309 

All commodities were ordered to be weighed by this machine, the City Officer to 
superintend the same, called the " Weigh Master," who was to see justice 
done between buyer and seller. Stat. 3 Edward II. 

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES invented b. c 869 

Fixed to a standard in England, 1257-' regulated, 1492: the thronus, trone, or 
public weighing place in towns, established by Act of Parliament, 1429. Act 
passed for the uniformity of, see Act. 

WELCHMEN forbid purchasing lands in England. ........... 1401 

WEYMOUTH, &c. visited by George III. and the Royal 

Family, July...... 1789 



THE NRW TABLET OF MEMORY. 209 

WHALES killed at Newfoundland and Iceland for their oil 



only 



1578 



The whale fishery having been pursued in the first instance for the sake of its 
flesh, the use of their bones and fins were not known at that time : but the 
highly elastic substance, with which its jaws are lined, afterwards formed one 
of our principal commercial objects, on account of its value. Anderson, the 
historian of commerce, gravely observes that, " before this commodious mate- 
" rial was found out, no stays could be worn by the ladies." It is most 
probable that pieces of cane, or of some pliant wood, might have been substi- 
tuted. Be this as it may, the introduction of whalebone was speedily brought 
into use in the making of stays, and also proved a most useful article in the 
construction of the hoop petticoat, which came into fashion about the begin- 
ning of the last century; that " seven-fold fence," as Pope calls it — 

" Stiff with hoops, and arm'd with ribs of whale." 

The consumption of this article was so great, that the Dutch are said to have 
received from England the vast sum of £100,000 per annum, the price being 
at that time £'700. per ton, four times more than it commonly brings, and 
eight times as much as it brought but a few years ago. But the chief value 
of the whale is the blubber. 

WHALEBONE found by the English ships at Cape Breton . 1321 

First mentioned being brought home with oil, 1617. 

WHALE FISHERY, the first by the Dutch 1596 

By the English at Spitzbergen, 159S. 

WHALE FISHERY promoted by an Act passed 1732 

It appears from a narrative of Othere the Dane, as related by King Alfred, in his 
Saxon translation of Orosius, that the pursuit of the whale was practised by 
the people of Norway as early as the ninth century; but nothing certain is 
known as to the precise mode. The inhabitants surrounding the coast of the 
Bay of Biscay seem to have been the first to engage in whale fishing, and they 
may therefore be considered the originators. By degrees, the number of 
whales that resorted to the Bay of Biscay diminished, and ceased to visit that 
sea altogether. The consequence was that the mariners of Biscay carried their 
trade to a more distant part, until they approached the coasts of Iceland, &c. 
and thus was commenced, about the sixteenth century, the northern whale 
fishery. 

The earliest voyage of the English in the whale fishery was in 1594. The 
merchants of Hull are said to have fitted out ships for this fishery in 1598. 
At first, it was carried on by companies, charters having been obtained for 
that purpose. At length it was thrown open to Holland, when it was found 
to be more profitable. The monopoly of the Dutch was put an end to in 1642; 
and the English some time afterwards. 

In 1732, Parliament adopted the plan of an attempt to encourage and esta- 
blish the trade, by granting a bounty to each ship which should embark in it, 
such bounty to be twenty shillings a ton ; but in 1749, it was raised to 
double that rate, and a number of ships were fitted out. The bounty was 
afterwards reduced to thirty shillings, and again raised to its former amount. 
After which, it was reduced to thirty shillings, to twenty-five shillings, then 
to twenty shillings, and eventually withdrawn in 1824. The Americans, 
Hamburghers, and Prussians are now the only competitors against whom the 
English whale traders have to contend. The French Revolution, and the dis- 
asters which followed, gave a blow to the pretensions of the French and 
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210 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WHALE FISHERY, promoted by an Act, (continued) ... 1732 

Dutch; so that neither have succeeded in the attempt made since the peace, 
in that line of traffic, so long interrupted. 

The whale ships are mostly of from three to four hundred tons burden, and 
usually leave this country in time to reach Shetland, to complete their ballast, 
and increase their stock, by about the month of April, and to get from thence 
to the ice, in order to commence fishing either in the middle, or about the 
latter end of May; but of late years, the season, which used formerly to ter- 
minate in July, has extended in a slight degree at its commencement and 
close. The principal place for fishing has of late been changed; and as re- 
cently as 1820, when Captain Scoresby's book was published, the greater 
number of ships still continued to trade to the part of the Arctic Ocean on 
the east coast of Greenland ; but that sea is now almost deserted, being 
nearly exhausted of its fish, as the Bay of Biscay previously was many years 
before. The ships now proceed direct through Davis' Straits to the great 
inland sea, called Baffin's Bay, on the other side of Greenland. 

Notwithstanding the gradual decrease of the whale trade from the ports of 
this country, which formerly had its greatest share, London still continued to 
send out, in 1790, four times the number of ships, than that of any other 
place. In 1820, seventeen or eighteen vessels were still engaged in the 
trade : but it is now reduced to two at most. Liverpool, after having carried 
it on to a great extent, has relinquished it. Whitby also, which for the 
space of sixty or seventy years had pursued this trade with success, has now 
only two ships engaged in it. Hull is now the principal whale-fishing port in 
England, and has been such from the commencement of the present cen- 
tury. In 1830, the number of ships sent out was thirty-three. The next in 
rank to Hull, is Peterhead, on the east coast of Scotland, having in that year 
sent out thirteen ; in fact, the trade is on the increase in the preceding place, 
as likewise Aberdeen, Dundee, Leith, &c. 

According to Captain Scoresby, the average quantity of shipping fitted out 
for this trade for the nine years ending with 1818, in all the English ports, 
namely, Hull, London, Whitby, Newcastle, Liverpool, Berwick, Grimsby, 
and Lynn, was 91 vessels; and in the Scotch ports, namely, Aberdeen, Leith, 
Dundee, Peterhead, Montrose, Banff, Greenock, Kirkaldy, and Kirkwall, 40. 
In 1830, the former quantity had diminished to 41 ; while the latter had only 
increased to 50. Upon the whole, therefore, there has been a falling off inthe 
, course of twelve years to the extent of about 30 per cent. The season of 1830 
was one of the most disastrous ever known since the commencement of the 
fishery. Of the 91 vessels which sailed 19 were entirely lost; as many more 
returned clean, or without a single fish ; seventeen brought only one fish 
each; and of the others many had only two or three. The actual loss incur- 
red from the shipwrecks, and the severe injuries sustained by twelve other 
vessels, is calculated to have amounted to about £143,000. Both oil and 
whalebone immediately rose to more than double their former price; but still 
the whole produce of the fishery of this year did not amount, according to the 
highest estimate, to more than £155,565.; while that of 1829 was reckoned 
at £376,150. The season of 1831 was also unfortunate, though not to the 
same extent ; three of the vessels having suffered shipwreck. The produce as 
compared with that of the preceding year was, in oil 4800 tons in place of 
2205, and of bone 230 tons in place of 119. But in 1829 there had been 
obtained 10,672 tons of oil, and 607 tons of bone; and in 1828, of oil 13,966 
tons, and of bone 802 tons. The value of the whole produce of the fishery 
of 1831, when oil had fallen from £50. to £30. and whalebone from £380. to 
£200. was estimated only at £190,000. The season of 1832 was considered 
prosperous. 

The British fishery has lately yielded a produce and value much exceeding 
that of the Dutch, even during the period of its greatest prosperity. In the 
five years ending with 1818, there were imported into England and Scotland 
68,940 tons of oil, and 3,420 tons of whalebone; which, valuing the oil at 



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WHALE FISHERY, promoted by an Act, {continued.) ... 1732 

£36. 10s. and the bone at £90. with £10,000. in skins, raised the entire 
product to £2,834,110. sterling, or £566,822. per annum. The fishery of 
1814, a year peculiarly fortunate, produced 1437 whales from Greenland, 
yielding 12,132 tons of oil, which, even at the lower rate of £32. including 
the whalebone and bounty, and added to the produce from Davis' Straits, 
formed altogether a value of above £700,000. But these were the days of 
the bounty, which cost the nation, from 1750 to 1824, upwards of two 
millions and a half. The invention of light by gas has rendered us indepen- 
dent of oil in regard to what was its chief use in former days. 

WHALES, appearance of in England, &c. 1570 

One was driven on the coast of Norfolk, 1751. One near Berwick, 1752. Thir- 
teen were driven ashore in a storm, on the coast of England, February, 1762. 
One killed above London Bridge in September, 1781. One 19 feet long was 
killed at Execution Dock, August, 1796. One killed at Hull, November, 
1797. Another in the Thames, September, 1799. One at Leith, the same 
month. One exhibited to the populace, near London Bridge, March, 1809; 
the blubber valued at £150. One at Charing Cross, 1831, the dimensions 
of which were as follow, viz. : — Feet. 

Height of the animal „ 18 

Length of the head „ .. 22 

Height of the cranium 4£ 

Length of the spine 69^ 

Number of bones forming the spine 62 

Number of ribs on each side 14 

Bones analogous to the breast bones of other auimals 4 

Length of the ribs ..., 9 

Ditto of the fins ".. 12^ 

Ditto of the fingers 4J 

Width of the tail. 221 

Length of the tail 3 

Weight of the animal when found, 240 tons, or 480,000 lbs. 
Weight of the entire skeleton, 45 tons, or 70,000 lbs. 
Quantity of oil extracted from the blubber, 4,000 gallons, or 

40,000 lbs. 
Weight of the rotten flesh buried in the sand 85 tons, or 
170,000 lbs. 

This Whale was found dead, floating on the coast of Belgium, November 
8, 1827. 

WHEAT, the sale of, during the following reigns, was as 
below stated, viz. : — £t s . dm 

In the reign of Philip and Mary, (per Quarter) ..... 6 8 

Elizabeth 9 

James I 11 6 

Charles I , 14 

Charles II 1 

James II. , 1 4 

William and Marv Ill 

Anne ' 118 3 

George I 2 

George II 2 15 

George III. (1796) ;.„.. 6 10 

George IV 3 7 11 

William IV . 3 6 4 

The quantity of Wheat produced in England and Wales in 1796, amounted 



212 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WHEAT, The Sale of, (continued.) 

to 32,000,000 bushels; 20,000 sacks are consumed weekly in London. A 
single grain of Tartarian oats was planted at Beverley, in Yorkshire, in 1795, 
from the root of which eighteen stalks were produced, which yielded 8,280 
grains. 

Eden in his " History of the Poor," says, " About fifty years ago, (this 
was written in 1797,) so small was the quantity of wheat used in the county 
of Cumberland, that it was only a rich family that used a peck of wheat in 
the course of the year, and that was used at Christmas. The usual treat for 
a stranger was a thick oat cake (called haver-bannock) and butter. An old 
labourer of eighty-five remarks that, when he was a boy, he was at Carlisle 
market with his father, and wishing to indulge himself with a penny loaf 
made of wheat flour, he searched for it for some time, but could not procure 
a piece of wheaten bread at any shop in the town." 

At the time of the Revolution, according to the estimate of Gregory 
King, 14,000,000 bushels of wheat were grown in England. The population 
of England at the Revolution was under five millions, so that each person 
consumed about three bushels annually. The population, in 1833, was under 
15 millions, so that each person consumed about seven bushels annually. 

The present Corn-law (9th George IV. c, 60) came into operation in 1828, 

and imposes a duty fluctuating according to the average price in this country. 

The Scale of this duty maybe judged of by quoting the following extracts from 

the scale for wheat: — Per Quarter 

When the average price is not under 61s. and under 62s. per \ 4 - s - d - 

Quarter, the duty is } 

When 62 5 . and under 63s 14 8 

„ 69s. „ 70s 13 8 

„ 71s. „ 72s 6 8 

„ 72s. „ 73s 2 8 

At or above 73s 

This law is a modification of a more prohibitory system which had been acted 
upon for some years, but it preserves the principle of the fluctuating scale of 
duties. Since it came into operation on the 15th July, 1828, up to the 30th 
of June, 1831, there have been imported in those three years 7,263,184 
quarters of corn of every description, being an average of 2,421,061 quarters 
a year, and the total amount of duty collected upon corn in such three years 
was £2,096,951. The total quantity of foreign wheat imported in the same 
period was 4,620,029 quarters, being an average of 1,540,009 quarters a year, 
and the three years' duty amounted to £1,389,290, being after the rate of 
6s. 1 d. per quarter as the mean duty. The annual consumption of corn in 
the United Kingdom, including what is used for seed, has been estimated as 
follows:— Wheat — Quarters. Other Grain — Quarters. Total Quarters. 

Year 12,000,000 40,000,000 52,000,000 

Month 1,000,000 3,333,333 4,333,333 

Week 250,000 833,333 1,083,333 

Day , 35,714 119,048 154,762 

It appears that, upon an average of the last three years, the quantity of corn 
imported has been less than two million quarters and a half. But taking the 
import of the year 1818, viz. 3,522,729 quarters, being the largest quantity 
imported in any one year, and comparing it with the produce of the kingdom, 
it will be found te amount to about the fourteenth part of it. It is probable, 
however, that nearly half the corn produced is not brought to market, but 
consumed by the agriculturists, or used for seed : the consequence of this is, 
that the quantity of foreign corn in the market may be estimated, at the 
most, not to exceed the seventh part of British corn brought to market ; even 
this would have a great influence in alleviating a bad year, and likewise be 
the means of checking monopoly. Upon the corn laws in general, we shall 
merely remark, that where there are conflicting interests, it is necessary that 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 213 

WHEAT, The Sale of, (continued.) 

each should give and take for the benefit of the whole ; and if it is unfair in 
the consumer to object to the protection of the agriculturist, so, on the other 
hand, would it be as censurable for the agriculturists by any means to lessen 
the interest of the community in general. 

Earl Fitzwilliam's resolution that the Corn-Law had failed to realise the 
intention with which it was passed, lost, in the House of Lords, by a majority 
of 200, March 14, 1839 :— 

There being against the Resolution » 224 

In favour of it 24 

200 

WHIG AND TORY, took their rise in 1649 

They 'were at their greatest height about 1704. 

WHIPPERS, the Religious Order of 1055 

WHITE COATS, the Religious Order of, began 1396 

WHITE MONKS, the ditto, in 1319 

WHITEHALL PREACHERS first appointed by the two 

Universities, April 5 1724 

W T IDOWERS taxed 1695 

WIGS, full bottom, first worn by the Judges, in 1674 

WILD-FIRE invented by a Grecian 663 

Du Cange gives a particular description of it: it was usually planted on the prows 
of vessels when they were in naval engagements : but in the expedition to 
attack Igor, the son of Rurick, in 941, the sides and sterns of the vessels were 
abundantly supplied with this ammunition, which decided the victory in 
favour of Michael; and to this circumstance may also be ascribed the origin 
of artillery on board of ships, after the invention of gunpowder, which put 
an end to the Greek fire. 

WILLS. 

Wills to devise lands were first permitted, under restrictions, by Henry VIII. 
Universally all real property at the Restoration. Wills of Sovereigns, the 
first on record, is Richard II. of the date of 1399. 

WILLIAM'S FORT, loss of life in the Black Hole there... 1756 

In 1756, Calcutta was taken by the senbah of Bengal, who forced the feeble gar- 
rison, to the amount of 123 persons, (some accounts state 146) into a prison 
called the Black Hole, a cube of eighteen feet, out of which only twenty- 
three came out alive. It was retaken the next year by Colonel Clive and 
Admiral Watson. The victory of Plassey followed; and the inhuman senbah 
was deposed, and put to death by his successor. Immediately after this 
victory, Colonel Clive began to erect the present Citadel of Calcutta, which is 
superior to any other fortress in India. 

WINDMILLS invented , 1299 



214 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WINDOWS of glass first used in England for houses 1 180 

Tax on first passed, in 1696 : increased February 5, 1746: again, in 1763, and 

1778. 
WIND SAW-MILL, a, invented , 1633 

It was erected near the Strand, London, by a Dutchman. 

WINES first made in Flanders, in 276 

In England, in 1140. Sold by the Apothecaries as a cordial, 1300: sold at 20s. 
the ton, and the second sort, 13*. 4d. in 1389. In 1790, there were 140,000 
pipes of wine made in Portugal, 45,000 of which were imported into Eng- 
land; 20,000 into Ireland; 38,000 into Holland, Denmark, &c. and the re- 
maining 37,000 were consumed at Home. 

WINE LICENCES established 1661 

WING OF ST. MICHAEL, Order of Knighthood of, began 

in Portugal 1165 

WINSTER, in Derbyshire, accident at, January 25 1785 

At Winster, in Derbyshire, nearly sixty persons were assembled at a puppet show, 
when the upper floor of the house was blown up with gunpowder, without 
doing the least injury to the people below. 

WIRTEMBERG erected into a County, in 1078 

Into a Duchy at the Diet of Worms, 1495. Into a kingdom by Bonaparte, in 
1805. 

WITCHCRAFT much believed in, in the 16th century. 

The Duchess of Gloucester, aunt of Henry VI. was condmned to perpetual impri- 
sonment on a charge of witchcraft and treason, in 1441. 

In the reign of Henry VIII. a woman was executed for this supposed crime by the 
Sheriff of Devon; six hundred were executed for it in France, in 1600. 
Witchcraft Act passed, 1601. Grandiere, a priest of London, burnt for be- 
witching a whole convent of nuns, 1634; twenty women were executed in 
Bretagne, 1654; five persons were burnt for witches at Paisley, in Scotland, 
1697; the Act repealed, March 23, 1736; about the middle of the 17th cen- 
tury, a woman was tried in England for witchcraft, found guilty, condemned 
and executed— the judge being the celebrated Sir Matthew Hale. Nine 
were burnt in Poland, in 1775. 

WOAD first cultivated in England 1582 

The fixing its colour discovered, 1753. 

WOOD-CUTS invented 1460 

WOODSTOCK PARK enclosed 1123 

WOOD'S PATENT for coining granted, January, 1723 

WOODS, an Act for the preservation of 1544 

First taxed by Parliament, 31 Henry VI. in 1542. 

WOOD'S halfpence ordered to be coined for Ireland and 

America. ,,,...,, ;. , : . .".....,.;,............. i ... . 1 "7^3 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 215 

WOLDIMER, ST. Knights of, established in Russia 1687 

WOOL. 

One pound of wool has been spun as follows : — A lee of woollen yarn measures in 
length eighty yards: — a hank of ditto, by the custom of Norwich, consists 
of seven lees ;; — twenty-four hanks in the pound is accounted good spinning 
in the schools, 13,440 yards: — seventy hanks in the pound is accounted 
superfine spinning at Norwich, being 35,200 yards, or twenty-one miles. One 
hundred and fifty hanks in the pound were spun in 1754, by Mary Powle, of 
East. Dereton, Norfolk ; and this was thought so extraordinary, that an ac- 
count of it is registered at the Royal Society. Since that period, 300 hanks 
in the pound have been spun by a Miss Ives : and it is thought it will, at no 
distant period of time, be brought to greater perfection. 

WOOLLEN GOODS first exported from Ireland, to a 

Foreign Market, January 15 1780 

WOOLLEN CLOTHS. 

The manufacturers of, were in all civilized countries, and in very remote ages: 
probably of linen also. Diodorus Siculus, who wrote in Augustus Caesar's 
time, A. D. 21, relates, that in the Isle of Malta several mercantile wares were 
made, particularly very fine cloth : and Strabo, speaking of Turtetania, in 
Lusitania, says, in 34, that cloths were formerly the exports of that country, 
but that they have now another manufacture of most excellent beauty, such 
as that of the Corai, a people of Asia, from whence the rams were bought at a 
talent each, or £100. The manufacture of Woollen-cloth commenced at 
Sedan, in France, 1646. The first made in England, in 1331 : medley cloths 
first made, 1614: enacted that none should be buried but in wool, under the 
penalty of £5. in 1666 and 1678. First dyed and dressed in England in 1667. 
Medley cloths greatly improved by the Walloons, 16S8. Wool and woollen 
manufactures of Ireland and America prohibited to be carried any where but 
to England, 1700. In 1779, 272,755 pieces of broad cloth, containing 8,806,688 
yards, and 108,168 pieces of narrow cloth, containing 6,327,277 yards, were 
manufactured in the West-Riding of Yorkshire, being an increase on the year 
1798, a produce of 48,596 pieces, or 1,672,574 yards of broad cloth, and 
315,602 or 1,196,964 yards of narrow cloth. Its export from Great Britain 
in 1787 was £3,687,795. 12s. 2d. value: exportation of forbid, by an Act 
passed in 1788. 

WORCESTER CITY, accident at, March 15 1757 

A stack of chimnies fell on the Court-House, and killed several persons : greatly 
damaged by an explosion of gunpowder, August 11, 1762: damaged by fire 
to the amount of £12,000. in November, 1791. 

WORMWOOD, and other Plants, used for preserving Malt 

Liquors, before the use of Hops 1492 

WORSHIPPING IMAGES introduced into England 763 

Suppressed in 1546. 

YARM overflowed by the River Tees, and received much 

damage, October 20 1761 

YORK COLUMN, The completed, April 10 1834 

The York Column was completed, and a statue of the Duke placed on the summit 



216 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

YORK COLUMN, The, (continued.) 

at the above period. Mr. B. Wyatt was trie architect, and Mr. Nowell, of 
Chelsea, the Contractor. Independent of the bronze statue, it cost £15,760. 
The total height is 137 feet. 

YORK INDIAMAN, The, lost in going into Limerick, in 

Ireland, November 14 1758 

YORK-STREET, dreadful accident in, October 26 1832 

Two houses fell in York-street, lower Westminster; eighteen persons were buried 
in the ruins, thirteen were dug up alive, but severely injured, and five 
killed. 

YORKSHIRE, floor of the Sessions House at Malton, fell, 

December 1785 

Although three hundred persons fell twelve feet deep, no lives were lost. 

YOUGHALL, the barracks of, in Ireland, blown up by 

accident, September 1 793 

n consequence of this dreadful accident, the face of Mr. Armstrong, the quarter- 
master, was so burnt that the whole of the skin was scorched; and it is a 
singular circumstance, that, being previously very much marked with the 
small-pox, on getting a new skin it became perfectly smooth, without the] 
least appearance of the marks of that disorder ! 

ZARRAGOSSA, surrendered July 30 1813 

Zarragossa surrendered to General Mina, with 500 prisoners, forty-seven pieces 
of cannon, with a vast quantity of stores, clothing, &c. 

ZODIAC, the Signs of the, invented by Anaximander, b. c. . 597 



ADDENDA. 

THE FOLLOWING EVENTS HAVE BEEN OMITTED TO BE INSERTED IN 
THEIR PROPER PLACE. 

Section I. — General Events. 

ABJURATION OATH first required 1701 

ADMIRAL in France, 1276 

The first in England, in 1297. 

ADMIRAL'S, the Turkish, ship burnt off Scio, by Greek 

fire-ships, July 1 1822 

AFRICAN BILL, to supply that trade with calicoes 1765 

AGRICULTURE introduced b. c. 1600 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 217 

ALE AND ALE-HOUSES, in England 1728 

Made mention of in the laws of Ina, king of Wessex. First licensed in 1551. 

ALTARS first used in 135 

Consecrated in 271. The first in Britain, in 634. 

AMETHYSTS discovered at Kerry, in Ireland 1755 

AMSTERDAM first settled 1203 

ANABAPTISTS began 1525 

Arrived in England, 1549. 

ANCHORITES began 1255 

ANCHORS invented 587 

ANDOFER made a free Burgh 1205 

ANDREW, ST. Knights of, in Scotland, instituted 809 

Renewed, 1452, and 1695: instituted in Russia, 1698. 

ANTHEMS first used 386 

ANTIGUA settled by the English 1632 

APPEALS. 

The following is a Summary of the Scots Appeals determined in the Session of 
Parliament for 1814, viz. : — 

Affirmed 14 

Reversed , 8 

Remitted 7 

Reversed and affirmed in part 2 

Reversed and remitted in part 1 

Deferred 1 

Total 33 

ARABLE LANDS restrained, and Pasture enforced 1534 

ARBITRATION ACT passed 1698 

ARCHANGEL, the passage to, discovered 1553 

ARCHDEACON, the first appointed in England 1075 

ARCHERY introduced into England before 440 

ARGUND'S LAMPS introduced into general use in London 

in .: 1785 

No. 28- Ff 



218 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ARGUS, The, an American sloop of war taken, August 14 . 1813 

The Argus, of 20 guns, taken in St. George's Channel, by the Pelican, 18 guns, 
after an action of forty minutes. 

ARITHMETIC introduced into Europe from Arabia 991 

Decimal, invented by Regiomontanus : others say by Simon Stevin, 1402; binary 
invented by Leibnitz. 

ARTICHOKES first planted in England 1487 

ARTICLES OF RELIGION, published by Henry VIII.... 1536 

The Articles of Religion published by Henry VIII. were six ; forty-two were 
published without consent of Parliament, in 1552 j reduced to thirty-nine, 
January, 1563; received the authority of Parliament, 1571; 104 drawn up 
by Archbishop Usher for Ireland, 1615 ; established in 1634. 

ARTIFICERS, Bill to prevent the seduction of 1587 

ARUNDELIAN TABLES made b. c. 264 

Discovered in 1610. 

ASSAYING gold and silver legally established in England, 

in 1299 

Tlie first Assay-Master appointed at Sheffield and Birmingham, 1773. 

ASSIGNATS first ordered by the National Assembly of 

France, April 17, 1790 

There were many thousands of them forged in London, and circulated in France. 

ASSIZE OF BREAD first appointed 1528 

ASPARAGUS first produced in England 1608 

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS first made at Baby- 
lon in 2234 

The celebrated tables made, B.C. 1353. 

ASTRONOMY AND GEOGRAPHY brought into Greece, 

b.c 368 

First brought into Europe by the Moors of Barbary and Spain, 1201. 

ASYLUMS for Debtors abolished in London 1696 

ATHELSTAN, afterwards King, the first Knight created by 

any English monarch 900 

ATTORNEYS TAX commenced 1785 

ATTRACTION, the first idea of, taken up by Kepler 1605 

AZORES ISLE discovered, by Portugal 1419 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 219 

BAHAMA ISLES discovered 1626 

BALLOON", the starting of " Green's Monster," No- 
vember 7 1839 

The car contained three persons, which passed over to the continent, and de- 
scended in the Duchy of Nassau. 

BALLOON ASCENT, July 24 1837 

Mr. Green and Mr. Spencer ascended in the Nassau Balloon, from the Vauxhall 
Gardens, as above, to which was attached a parachute of a new construction, 
(of the form of an expanded umbrella reversed), constructed by Mr. Cocking, 
an artist, and containing Mr. Cocking himself. When at the height of about 
5000 feet, Mr. Cocking detached his parachute: it scarcely, however, re- 
tained its original shape more than three or four seconds, when it collapsed, 
and descending to the ground with great violence, its unfortunate inventor 
was killed on the spot. 

BALLOON ASCENT from Cremorne House, August 1840 

BANK STOCK, 3 per Cent. Annuities created in 1726 

Three per Cent. Consols, 1731 ; — 3 per Cent. Reduced, 1746 ; — 3 per Cent. Annu- 
nuities, payable at the South-Sea House, 1751; — 31 per Cent. Annuities, 
1758; — Long Annuities, 1761 ; — 4 per Cent. Consols, 1762. 

BANKRUPTS, the number of, at different periods, from 
1700, to 1806:— 

In 1700, the number of Bankrupts was 38 

1701, 38 

1702, 38 

1713, 200 

1714 173 

1726, 415 

1727 446 

1744, 197 

1745 200 

1746 159 

1762, 205 

1763, 233 

1772, 525 

1773 562 

1774, 360 

1778, 675 

1779 544 

1780, 449 

1781, 438 

1782, 537 

1783 528 

1784, : 517 

1791 604 

1792, 628 

1793 1304 

1806 - 591 

BARBADOES discovered and planted .................. 1614 



220 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BANNERETS first created in England 1360 

Renewed by Henry VII. 1485. Knight Banneret, is so styled from his right to 
wear a banner, or flag, of a particular form. If a knight-banneret had been 
created by the king in person, in the field, under the royal banners, in time 
of open war, as formerly, he would be entitled to rank after a Knight of the 
Order of St. George, or of the Garter, as instituted by Edward III. : other- 
wise, he ranks after the Baronet. 

BARBUDA ISLE first planted by England 1628 

BARRINGTON ISLE, one of the Gallapagos, explored, 

June 1793 

BARON, the title first by patent in England 1388 

The title of Baron is the most universally used of all the denominations of 
nobility, being frequent throughout all the European countries in early 
times, and of great antiquity. The origin and primitive meaning of the term 
have occasioned much controversy among the learned. Judge Biackstone 
writes, that the most probable opinion seems to be that they were the same 
with our present Lords of Manors, to which the name of Court Baron (which 
is the Lord's Court, and incident to every manor) gives some countenance. 

BARONETS first created in England 1611 

The title of Baronet is created by Letters Patent, and usually descends to male 
issue. It was instituted by James I. " in order," says Judge Biackstone, 
" to raise a competent sum for the reduction of the province of Ulster, in Ire- 
" land (for which purpose one hundred gentlemen, who obtained this title, 
" advanced £100. each) for which reason all baronets have the arms of 
" Ulster (a hand gules, or a bloody hand in a field argent) superadded to 
" their family coat." Baronets created in Scotland, 1624. In Ireland, 1620. 

BARONETS of Nova Scotia created 1625 

BAT AVI A, in the Isle of Java, first fortified by Holland ... 1611 

BAT A VIA settled by the Dutch 1612 

Taken by the British in 1812. 

BAVARIA, The Dukedom of, founded, 1180 

Made an Electorate; Maximilian Joseph, king of, 1805; Wirtemberg was at the 
same time declared to be a kingdom; Augusta, the new Queen consort, being 
the eldest daughter of George III. of England. Bavaria joined the allies 
against France, 1813. Maximilian, king of Bavaria, died in 1825, and was 
succeeded by his son. 

BEADS first used in the Papist devotion 1093 

BEAR, Knights of the, in Switzerland, began 1213 

BEGGARS relieved by law in 1496 

BELLEISLE, Marshal, and his brother, brought prisoners 

to Windsor Castle 1745 

BELLOWS invented , B. c. 554 



In the New. 1 


Total. 


27 


66 


260 


1,189 


... 7,959 


31,173 


...181,253 


773,692 


...838,380 


.. 3,566,480 



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BENEFICES began in 500 

The following is the account given by Dr. 15urn of those in England, viz. : — that 
there were 1071 livings not exceeding £10. per annum; 1467 above £10. 
and not exceeding £20;— 1126 above £20. and not exceeding £30 ;— 1049 
above £30. and not exceeding £40. ; — 884 above £40 and not exceeding £50.; 
5597 under £50. per annum. It must be 500 years before every living can 
be raised to £60. a year by Queen Anne's Bounty, and 339 years before any 
of them can exceed £50. a year. On the whole, there are about 11,000 
Church Preferments in England, exclusive of Bispopricks, Deaneries, Canon- 
lies, Prebendaries, Priest- Vicars, Lay-Vicars, Secondaries, &c. belonging to 
Cathedrals or Choristers, or even Curates to well-beneficed Clergymen. 

BIBLE. 

The Bible History ceases, 340 B.C.; Septuagint version made, 2S4; first divided 
into chapters, 1253; permitted by the Pope to be translated into all the lan- 
guages of the Catholic States, February 28, 1759. The following is a dissec- 
tion of the Old and New Testament : — 
In the Old Testament. 

Books 39 

Chapters 929 

Verses 23,214 

Words 592,493 

Letters 2,728,100 

The Apocrapha has 183 Chapters, 608 L verses, and 125,185 words. The 
middle Chapter, and the least in the Bible, is the 117th Psalm; the middle 
verse is the 8th of the 118th Psalm ; the middle line is the 2nd Book of the 
Chronicles, 4th Chapter, 16th verse; the word AND occurs in the Old Testa- 
ment 35,535 times; the same words in the New Testament occurs 10,684 
times; the word Jehovah occurs 6,855 times. 

The Old Testament. — The middle Book is Proverbs; the middle Chapter 
is the 20th of Job ; the middle verse is the 2d Book of Chronicles, 20th 
Chapter, 13th verse; the least verse is in the 1st Book of Chronicles, 1st 
Chapter, and 1st verse. 

The New Testament. — The middle Book is 2nd Thessalonians; the 
middle Chapters are the 13th and 14th of the Romans; the middle verse is 
the 17th of the 17th Chapter of the Acts; the least verse is the 35th verse of 
the llth chapter of the Gospel by St. John. 

The 21st verse of the 7th Chapter of Ezra has all the letters of the Alphabet. 
The 19th Chapter of the 2nd Book of Kings, and the 37th Chapter of Isaiah, 
are alike. The Book of Esther has 10 Chapters, but neither the words of 
God or Loud are in it. 

BIBLE, TIND AL' S, ignominiously burnt in 1534 

BIGAMY Statute of, first passed 1762 

BIRTH OF CHILDREN taxed 1695 

Again in 1783. 

BISHOP of Nova Scotia first appointed, August 11 1787 

BISHOP, the first in America, 1784 

The first Bishop in America was Dr. Seabury, consecrated November 14. 

BISHOPS, their translation instituted 239 

Appointed by the people, in 400; first in England, 694; first in Denmark, 939; 
made Barons, 1072; precedency settled, 1075; banished England, 120S; con- 



222 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BISHOPS, (continued.) 

sented to be tributary to Rome, 1245; deprived of trie privilege of sitting as. 
Judges in capital offences, 1388; the first who suffered death in England by 
a sentence of the Civil Power, 1405; six new ones instituted, 1530; elected 
by the King's Conge d'Elire, 1535 ; held their sees during 1 pleasure, 1547 ; 
form of consecration ordained, 1549 ; seven deprived for being married, 1554 ; 
several burnt for not changing their religion, 1555; fifteen consecrated at 
Lambeth, 1559; twelve impeached, and committed for protesting against any 
law passed during- the time the populace prevented their attending Parlia- 
ment, 1641 ; their whole order abolished by Parliament, October 9, 1646 ; 
nine restored, and eight new ones consecrated, October 25, 1660; regained 
their seats, November 30, 1661; seven committed to the Tower, for not 
ordering the King's declaration for liberty of conscience to be read in their 
dioceses, 1688: they were tried and acquitted. (See page 10.). Bishops 
expelled Scotland, 1689; six suspended for not taking the oaths to king 
William, 1689. Deprived 1690. 

Bishopricks of England and Wales, according to the antiquity of their 
institution, viz. : — 

London, an Archbishoprick and Metropolitan of England, founded by 
Lucius, the first Christian King.' (See Lucius.) 

Llandaff, 185. 

Bangor, 5L6. 

St. David's, 519, (the Archbishoprick of Wales, from 550 till 1100, when 
the Bishop submitted to the Archbishop of Canterbury as his metropolitan. 

St. Asaph's, 547. 

St. Augustin, or Austin, made Canterbury the Metropolitan Arch- 
bishoprick, by order of Pope Gregory, 596. 

Wells, 604. 

Rochester, 604. 

Winchester, 650. 

Litchfield and Coventry, 656. 

Worcester, 679. 

Hereford, 680. 

Durham, 690. 

Sodor and Man, (with jurisdiction of the Hebrides in Scotland,) 83S. 

Exeter, 1050. 

Sherborne, (changed to Salisbuby,) 1056. 

York, (Archbishoprick), 1067. 

Dorchester, (changed to Lincoln,) 1070. 

Chichester, 1071. 

Thetfokd, (changed to Norwich,) 1088. 

Bath and Wells, 1081. 

Ely, 1109. 

Carlisle, 1133. 
The following six were founded upon the suppression of the Monasteries 
by Henry VIII. :— 

Chester, Peterbobough, Gloucester, Oxfobd, Bristol, West- 
minster. Westminster united to London, in 1550. CANADA made a 
Rishoprick in 1793. 

Revenues attached to the several Bishopricks of England and Ireland, 
per annum, viz. : — 



ENGLAND. £. ENGLAND. £, 

Canterbury 8000 

York 7000 



London 6200 

Durham 8700 

Winchester ,. 7400 

Ely 4000 

Worcester « 3400 



St. Asaph 1500 

Carlisle 2800 

Llandaff 1600 

Peterborough 1 700 

Gloucester 2200 

Rochester 2400 

Litchfield and Coventry . . 2800 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 



223 



BISHOPRICKS, (continued.) 

ENGLAND. £. 

Salisbury 3500 

Norwich 5000 

Lincoln 3200 

Hereford 3000 

Chichester 2200 

Bath and Wells 2400 

IRELAND. £. 

Armagh 8000 

Dublin 5000 

Tuam 4000 

Cashel 4000 

Derry 7000 

Clonfert 2300 

Clogher 4000 

Kilmore 2600 

Elphin 3700 

Meath 3200 

Killaloe 2300 



ENGLAND. £. 

Bangor 1200 

Chester 2700 

Oxford 2800 

Exeter 2700 

St. David's 400 

Bristol 1500 

IRELAND. £. 

Killala L\ 2900 

Limerick 3500 

Cork 2700 

Cloyne 2500 

Down 2300 

Dromore 2000 

Leigh and Fearns 2200 

Kildare 2600 

Raphoe 2600 

Ossory 2000 

Waterford 2600 



BISHOPRICKS in Germany first founded by Charlemagne . 800 

Removed from villages to great towns in England, in 1076. 

BLACK RENT established in Ireland 1412 

BLACKWELL HALL appointed for a repository for 

woollen cloth 1515 

BOATS, flat-bottomed, invented in the Conqueror's time, 
who used them in the Isle of Ely. 

BOMBS first invented by a man at Venlo, in the United Pro- 
vinces of Holland, in 1588 

First used in the service of France, 1634. Bomb-vessels invented in Fiance, 
in 1681. 

BONES, the art of softening them found out 1688 

BOOKS, in the present form, invented in 887 

Books in the present form were invented by Attalus, king of Pergamus, 387. The 
first supposed to be written in Job's time. Two hundred thousand burnt at 
Constantinople, by order of Pope Leo I., in 761. A very large estate given 
for one on Cosmography, by king Alfred. Books were sold from £10. to £30. 
a-piece in about 1400. The first printed one was the vulgate edition of the 
Bible, in 1462; the second was Cicero de Officiis, in 1466 ; Cornelius 
Nepos, published at Moscow, was the first classical book printed iu Russia, 
April 29, 1762. Selling by Catalogue began in 1676. 

BOOK-KEEPING, after the Italian method, first used in 

London 1569 

BOURBON, (formerly Mascareen), Isle of, planted by 

France 1672 



224 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BOOTS invented b. c. 907 

BOSTON PORT BILL, for its removal, 1775 

BOTANY, the study of revived in; 1534 

BOUNTIES first legally granted in England for exporting 

corn 1 "89 

For raising naval stores in America, 1703. 

BOURDEAUX opened its gates to a British force under Sir 

W. C. Beresford, March 12 1814 

This was the first city in France that hoisted the white flag, and declared for the 
Bourbons. 

BRASIL discovered 1486 

Settled by the Spaniards, 1515; settled by Holland, 1624; taken from Holland 
by Portugal, 1654. 

BREAD first made with yeast in England, about 1649 

BREAST-PLATES for armour invented b. c. 937 

BRITAIN discovered to be an island, about 90 

BRITISH ARMY, effective strength of, September 25 1813 

The effective strength of the British army at this period, amounted to 260,797, 
exclusive of militia and volunteer corps. 

BRITISH ISLES. 

They were inhabited originally by a people called Britons, of the same stock with 
the ancient Gauls or Celtse. The Romans first invaded them under Julius 
Caesar, B. c. 54, but made no conquests. The Emperor Claudius, and his 
generals Palutius, Vespasian, and Titus, subdued several provinces after 
thirty pitched battles with the natives, A. D. 43 and 44. The conquest was 
completed by Agricola in the reign of Domitian, 85. Wrested from the 
Roman Empire by Carausius, 289 ; recovered by Constantius, 296. The 
Romans held their conquest till 428 ; then the old inhabitants called in the 
Saxons to assist them against the Picts and Scots; these Saxons made a 
second conquest, and divided South Britain into seven kingdoms, 455. This 
government was called the Saxon Heptarchy, and lasted till 829, when Egbert 
having subdued and united them under one government, was crowned king of 
England. Egbert is styled the first king of England, though that honour is 
not due to him, but to his descendant, Athelstan. 

BRIGHTHELMSTONE BLOCK-HOUSE, The, washed 

away by the sea, November 19 1716 

BROKERS regulated in London by law 1697 

BUCKINGHAM HOUSE demolished 1825 

The present Palace is erected on the structure of the late building. (For a further 
account of Buckingham House, see " Edifices," Section III.) 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 225 

BURGOS evacuated, and blown up by the French, under 

General Boyer, June 13 1813 

BURGUNDY, the Dukedom of, established 890 

The kingdom of founded, 413; again in 814; united to the German Empire, 
1035; disunited by a revolt, and divided into four sovereignties, 1074. 

BURIALS forbidden within towns in Poland in 1792 

BUTTON MANUFACTURERS, Petition of the Birming- 
ham, 1830 

This Petition was presented to His Majesty. William IV. at Windsor, in conse- 
quence of the great depression in trade, at the same time exhibiting a splendid 
specimen of buttons, with the royal arms embossed thereon. They were a 
present to Queen Adelaide, Prince George of Cumberland, and Cambridge. 
This was the first occasion of presenting a Petition, but by the Secretary of 
State. 

BYNG COMMEMORATION, The, March 1840 

The Dinner to Mr. Byng was given with feelings of affectionate respect to an indi- 
vidual whose character was so justly regarded by those who knew him well, 
and to one who could refer to services rendered to his country for half a can- 
tury, as Member in Parliament for the County of Middlesex. The dinner took 
place at Druiy-lane Theatre, which was splendidly illuminated and decorated 
for the occasion. The Pit was raised to a level with the Stage, so that the 
tables extended from one extremity of the Theatre to the other. At the back 
of the Stage were two brilliant illumination stars, in the centre of either of 
which the letter " V. "and " A." were conspicuous. The boxes and galleries 
were filled with spectators, the former almost exclusively with ladies. 

CALATRAVA, Knights of, in Spain, instituted 1158 

CALIFORNIA discovered by Cortes 1543 

CALVINISTS, Religious Order of, began 1546 

CAMBRICS from France prohibited 1745 

Totally, in 1758. Pce-admitted in 1786. 

CAMERONIANS, the Religious Order of, began 1685 

CANADA discovered by Cabot 1499 

Explored by the French, 150S: 1524: and 1534; settled, 1540; Quebec built, 
1603; 'taken first by England, 1628. 

CANARY ISLES discovered 1344 

Granted to Spain; explored, 1393. 

CANDY, in the island of Ceylon, massacre of Troops, &c... 1803 

At Candy, in the island of Ceylon, in an expedition against that place, a whole 
British detachment were massacred or imprisoned, 1803. War renewed 
No. 29- Gg 



226 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CANDY, (continued.) 

against, October, 1814. Kins; of defeated, and made prisoner by General 
Brownrigg, February 18, 1815. Deposed, and the sovereignty vested in 
Great Britain, March 2, 1815. 

CANONIZATION first used by the Papal authority 993 

CANONS regular, the Religious Order of began 400 

CAPE BLANCO, on the Coast of Africa, discovered, 1441 

CAPE BRETON discovered by the English 15S4 

Yielded to France, 1632; taken by England, 1745; restored, 1748; again talcen 
and kept, 1758. 

CAPE DE VERD Islands discovered 1447 

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE discovered, 1487 

Planted by Holland, 1651. 

CAPE HORN first sailed round 1616 

Straits discovered, 1643. 

CAPPER, or HATTER, prohibition against 1489 

In this year a Statute passed that no capper or hatter s ould sell any hat above 
20d. nor cap above 2s. 8d. 

CAPUCHINS, the Religious Order of, began 1525 

CARDS invented in France, for the amusement of Charles 

VI 1380 

They were invented by one Jaquerien Grigonneur; forbidden in Castile, 1387; 
428,000 packs were stamped in England, in 1774. 

CARIBBEE Isles discovered 1595 

CARMELITES, the Religious Order of, began 1141 

CARRIAGES introduced into Vienna 1514 

Into England in 1580. 

CAROLINA discovered 1497 

Planted in 1629. 

CARP first brought to England... 1524 

CARPET, Order of, made in England 1553 

CARTHUSIANS, ditto 1084 

CARVING in marble invented b. c. 772 

CATALOGUES of English printed Books first published in 1594 

In Ireland, in 1632. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 227 

CATHERINE, ST. the Religious Order of, began 1373 

CATHERINE, ST. Knights of, began in Palestine 1063 

CATHERINE, ST. the Order of, in Russia, began 1715 

CATHOLIC MAJESTY, the Title of, given by the Pope 

to the King of Spain 739 

CATTLE prohibited to be imported into England from Ire- 
land and Scotland 1663 

CAULIFLOWERS first planted in England 1603 

CHAMBERLAIN, Election of, for the City of London, 

January 21 „ 183 1 

The Election for the Office of Chamberlain, for the City of London, vacant by the 
death of J. Clark, Esq. commenced at Guildhall, January 21, 1831. Candi- 
dates, Alderman Waithman, and Alderman Shaw. 

The Poll. 

First Day. Shaw 150 

Waithman 127 

Second Day. Shaw 1555 

Waithman 695 

Third Day. Shaw' 2652 

Waithman 1294 

Alderman Waithman decided the contest by resigning; but the Poll was 
kept open till January 26. At Three o'clock the State of the Poll for Cham- 
berlain was declared, viz. : — 

Sir J. Shaw. 3447 

Waithman 2007 

Last Day. Sir J. Shaw 3488 

Waithman 2041 

CHAMPION OF ENGLAND first used 1377 

CHANTRIES, 2374 suppressed in England in ; 1548 

CHAPLINES, the Religious Order of, began .................. 1284 

CHARLESTOWN, south Carolina, infested with worms, 

June 1751 

Destroyed by a hurricane, September 15, 1753: had 250 dwellings besides out- 
houses, burnt, to the amount of £100,000. sterling, January 15, 1778: taken 
by the British forces, May, 1779. 

CHARTERS first granted to different Cities in England 1179 

CHATHAM, Statue of the Earl of, erected in the Guildhall 

of London, in , 1782 



228 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CHELTENHAM MINERAL SPRING discovered 1740 

CHELTENHAM, in Gloucestershire, visited by His Ma- 
jesty, (George III.) and Royal Family, July 12 1788 

Returned August 16, 1788. 

CHEMISTRY AND DISTILLERY introduced into Eu- 
rope by the Spanish Moors 1150 

Chemistry and Distillery were introduced into Europe by the Spanish Moors, who 
learnt it from those of Africa, and they of the Egyptians. Hydraulic Chemis- 
try invented in 1746. 

CHERRIES brought from Pontus to Rome, by Lucullus ... 70 

Apricots from Epirus, Peaches from Persia, the finest plums from Damascus and 
Armenia, pears and figs from Greece and Egypt, citrons from Media, pome- 
granates from Carthage, about 114 years B.C. Cherry-trees first planted in 
Britain, 100 B. C. ; brought from Flanders, and planted in Kent, with such 
success, that an orchard of thirty-two acres produced, in 1540, £1000. 

CHESS, the game of, invented 608 

Introduced into Persia, 533. 

CHEST AT CHATHAM, The, enforced by law 1558 

The Chest at Chatham was instituted as above, when the seamen in the service of 
Queen Elizabeth agreed to allow a portion of each man's pay for the relief of 
their fellow sailors that had been wounded in the defeat of the Spanish 
Armada, which custom has continued ever since. It was instituted on the 
plan suggested by Sir J. Hawkins. 

CHIARO-OBSCURO, the art of printing in, with three 

plates, to imitate Drawings, first used 1500 

CHILI discovered by Spain 1518 

Invaded by the Spaniards, in 1540. 

CHIMES on bells invented at Alost 1487 

CHIMNIES first introduced into buildings in England 1200 

Only in the kitchen, or large hall, smoaky, where the family sat round a great 
stove, the funnel of which passed through the ceiling, in 1300. 

CHINA first visited by the Portuguese.... 1517 

Conquered by the Eastern Tartars, in 1635. 

CHOCOLATE introduced into Europe from Mexico 1520 

CHRISTIANITY propagated in Spain 36 

In Britain, 60, or, as others say, in the 5th century: in Franconia and Flanders 
in the 7th century: in Lombardy, Thuringia, and Hesse, in the 8th century: 
in Sweden, Denmark, Poland, and Russia, in the 9th century : in Hungary 
and Sclavonia, in the 10th century: in Vaudalia and Prussia, in the 11th 
century: in Pomeiania and Norway, in the 12th century: in Livonia, Lithu- 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 229 

CHRISTIANITY, (continued.) 

ania, and part of Tartary, in the 13th century: Sclavonia, part of Turkey, 
and the Canary Isles, in the 14th century: in Africa, at Guinea, Angola, and 
Congo, in the 15th century: made great progress in Prussia, both the Indies, 
and in China, by the Protestant faith, in the 16th century : reinstated in 
Greece, &c. &c s in the 17th rentury. 

CHRISTENINGS taxed .., , 1783 

CHRISTMAS-DAY first observed as a Festival 98 

CHRISTOPHERS, ST. Isle of, discovered 1595 

Settled by the English, 1626. 

CHRISTIAN KING, the title first given to Louis IX. of 

France 1469 

It was afterwards annulled by the National Assembly, in 179.1. 

CHURCH BENEFICES forbid to be held by foreigners ... 1430 
CHURCHES began to be built in England, in 63S 

First began to be built at Babingley, in Norfolk : fifty new ones were ordered by 
Parliament to be built in 1711. 

CHURCH-MUSIC introduced into worship.... 350 

Choral service first used in England, at Canterbury, 677: changed throughout 
England from the use of St. Paul's to that of Sarum, 1418: first performed in 
English, May 3, 1559. 

CHURCHWARDENS AND OVERSEERS instituted ... 1127 
CINNAMON trade began by the Dutch 1506 

It was known in the time of Augustus Caesar, and long before. 

CINCINNATUS Order of, began in America 1783 

CIS- ALPINE REPUBLIC, The, founded by the French, 

June30Marchl8 \ 1797 

Acknowledged by the Emperor to be independent, October 17 following; united 
to the French Empire, in 1805; Eugene Beauharnois, Viceroy. 

CISTERTIANS, the Religious Order of, began 1094 

CLANDESTINE MARRIAGES. (See "Royal Mar- 
riage Act." 

COCK-FIGHTING instituted by the Romans, after a victory 

over the Persians,. B.C. 476 

COFFEE.TREES conveyed from Mocha to Holland, in 1616 

They were carried to the West Indies in the year 1726; first cultivated at 
Surinam by the Dutch, 1718 : its culture encouraged in the plantations, 1732. 

COIN in circulation was £44,000,000. in , 1 799 



230 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

COIN in bullion first legally permitted to be exported 1663 

The whole of the money coined in England, since the beginning of Queen Eliza- 
beth's reign, including the debased silver of the three preceding reigns, up to 

the year 1793, was as follows: — £. 

By Queen Elizabeth 5,832,932 

King James 1 2,500,000 

Charles I 10,499,544 

Cromwell „ 1,000,000 

Charles 1 I 7,524,105 

James II 3,737,637 

King William III. including re-coinage .. 10,511,963 

Queen Anne 2,691,626 

George 1 8,725,921 

George II 11,966,576 

Coined, up to March 25, 1793, including 

re-coinage 51,073,362 

Total coined from 158, to 1793, being 

235 years £116,036,666 



Of this £116,063,666 sterling, there were £32,000,000. in silver, long before the 
Revolution. The whole gold coinage did not exceed six millions, all pay- 
ments till then being mostly made in silver ; and so much is the nature of 
our coin changed, that, during the reign of George III. the whole silver 
coinage amounted to only £63,101. 

The coinage of gold and silver in four years amounted to £6,191,125, 

dS. s. d. 

Of which was coined in 1793 2,747,430 6 

i. in 1794 2,553,894 12 

in 1795 497,7H 5 6 

in 1796, only 391,789 2 

in 1797, 2,000,297 



£8,192,122 Ji 



Davenant estimated the coin in the kingdom, in 171 1, to be about 
£12,000,000. Anderson estimates it, in the year 1762, at £16,000,000.; 
and Mr. Chalmers supposes it, in 1786, to amount to £20,000,000., and at 
present (1797) at £37,000,000. 

The gold coin brought into the Mint by Proclamation, in 1773, 1774, and 
1776, amounted to £15,563,593. 10s. 8d. The expense attending the loss in 
collecting, melting, &c. to government, was £754,019. 19*. 6d. 

The Mint of the United States of America, established, 1793, issued gold 
and silver coin ; the copper had been delivered before. 

The following is an account of the total quantity of Standard Gold imported into 

the Mint in the last fourteen years 961,129 ft. 10 oz. 4dwts. 

Ditto of Silver 2,823,186 ft. 4 oz. 5 dwts. 

The value of which was as follows : — 

Gold Coin: — £. s. d. £. s. d. 

Sovereigns 40,686,467 IS 

.Half-Sovereigns 3,519,794 5 

Double ditto 32,240 5 



44,238,502 S 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 231 

X)IN, &c. (continued.) 1840 

Silver Coin : — £ s. d. £ *. d. 

Crowns 462,476 7 1 

Half-Crowns 3,500.936 7 1 

Shillings 4,183,146 

Sixpences..' .... 1,000,692 

Maunday Monies.. .. 1,735,16 

9,143,986 10 2 

Aggregate.. £53,387,488 18 2 



Dn the 17th of May, 1830, Mr. Huskisson presented a Petition to the House 
of Commons, of very considerable importance to the Mercantile department, 
from the Merchants trading to South America, and other parts of the world, 
and who were obliged to import large quantities of bullion. The Petition stated 
the great loss and injury to which the trade was exposed, in consequence of the 
high rate of duty charged by King's ships and Government packets. By an 
Order in Council, King's ships and Government Packets are allowed to 
charge 2 per Cent upon all gold sent to this country from the West Indies 
and South America. The Petitioners complained that this tax of 2 per Cent, 
took away a very considerable portion of their profits : and further, that in the 
event of such ships being employed to carry bullion for the King's service, 
only 1 per cent is charged, although, in each instance, the responsibility is 
the same. 

According to the Order in Council, if one of those vessels carries bullion 
from Columbia to any of the neighbouring islands — a sail of not perhaps more 
than thirty or forty hours — a charge is made of one-and-a half per Cent; and 
therefore, when it arrives in this country, the charge in such cases amounts 
to between three and four per cent. If one per cent, only were paid by the 
public, no more ought to be exacted. That would be a very ample remune- 
ration for lieutenants commanding on those stations. The Petition was from 
the Merchants of London, engaged in the trade with the West India Islands, 
and South America. It was then laid on the table. 

COLLARS of S. S. in honour of St. Sulpicius, the fashion of 

wearing began ?*. 1407 

COLDINGHAM NUNNERY ravaged by the Danes 869 

COMMANDMENTS, The, given to Moses b.c. 1424 

COMEDY, the first acted in Athens b.c 562 

The first Comedy acted on a scaffold, by Susarian and Dalon : those of Terence 
first acted,. 154 b.c'; the first in England, in 1351. 

COMMISSIONERS appointed for the Public Accounts 1780 

COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS appointed, 1425 

COMMONS mentioned as legislators in 855 

The Commons are mentioned as legislators in the Wittenagemot held by Ethel- 
WOLF, as far back as 885, in the thirty-fifth whereof we find, " Hoc enim 
" factum fuit per commune consilium, et assensum omnium episcoporum, - 
" principum, procerum, cominum, et omnium sapientium seniorum et popu- 
" loruin totius regni." — The origin of our Parliament may be found in 
Tacitus, De Moribus Germ. " De rebus minoribus principes consultant, de 
" majoribus omnes." 



232 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY - . 

COMMONS OF FRANCE, first summoned to Parliament 

by Philip the Bel 1301 

COMPANIES, Twelve first established in London 1194 

COMPOUND WATERS highly taxed, May 29 1729 

COMMUTATION TAX commenced 1734 

CONCORD, Knights of, began in Brandenburg 1 660 

CONFIRMATION took place 190 

CONSECRATION of Churches instituted 153 

The form of the consecration of Bishops was appointed in 1549. 

CONSPIRACIES. 

A conspiracy was formed against the infant Republic of Rome, to restore the 
banished Sextus Tarquin and the regal government, in which the two sons of 
Junius Brutus, the first Consul, being concerned, were publicly condemned 
and put to death by their father, 507. Another by the Tarquin faction 
against the Roman senators, Publius and Marcus discovered it ; the other 
conspirators were put to death, 496. Of Catiline and his associates, to murder 
the Consuls and. Senate, and to burn the City of Rome, discovered by Cicero, 
Consul for the year, in 62. Against Henry III. for cancelling Magna Charta, 
1227. Of the Duke of Exeter, and others, against the life of Henry IV. dis- 
covered by dropping a paper accidentally, 1400. Against Henry V. by the 
Earl of Cambridge, and others, 1415. Insurrection of the London appren- 
tices, 7th Henry VIII. 1517. Against Queen Elizabeth, by Dr. Story, 1571. 
By Anthony Babbington, and others, 1586. By Lopez, a Jew, and others, 
1593. Of Walpole, a Jesuit, who engaged one Squire to poison the Queen's 
saddle, 1598; all the conspirators were executed. Against James I. by the 
Marchioness de Uerneuil, bis mistress, and others, 1604. Of Sindercomb 
and others, to assassinate Oliver Cromwell ; discovered by his associates. 
Sindercomb was condemned, and poisoned himself the day before he was to 
have been executed, 1656. An insurrection of the Puritans, 1657- Of the 
French, Spanish, and English Jesuits, countenanced by the Pope, to assassi- 
nate Charles II. discovered by Dr. Tongue and Titus Oates, 1668; another to 
assassinate him at the Rye-house farm, near Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, in 
his way from Newmarket, called the Rye-House Plot, 1683. Of Lord 
Prestod, the Bishop of Ely, and others, to restore King James, 1691. Of 
Granvil, French Chevalier, and his associates, to assassinate king William 
III. in Flanders, 1692. A conspiracy by the Earl of Aylesbury, and others, 
to kill the King near Richmond as he came from hunting, discovered by 
Pendergrast, called the Assassination Plot, 1695. Of Simon Frazer, Lord 
Lovat, in favour of the Pretender, against Queen Anne, 1703. Of the 
Marquis Giscard, 1710, to assassinate George I. by James Shepherd, an en- 
thusiastic youth, who had been educated to consider the King as an usurper, 
1718. Of counsellor Layer and others, to bring in the Pretender, 1722. 

CONSTANTINOPLE had 50,000 subjects massacred by the 

Arabs in 1758 

CONTRIBUTIONS to oppose the French invasion in 1798 

Voluntary contributions, for the support of the British Government to oppose the 
threatened invasion of the French, which amounted to upwards of two 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 233 



CONTRIBUTIONS, {continued.) 



millions and A half, £10,000. of which was given by Robert Peele, Esq. 
of Bury, Lancashire. 

CONSUL, the English, the first one by that name in Italy... 1485 

In Portugal, in 1633. 

CONSULS first made at Rome b. c. 307 

CONTRIBUTIONS to relieve the Widows and Orphans of 

those who fell at the victory of the Nile 1 798 

They amounted to £35,260. 8*. Gd. 

CONVENTION for an armed neutrality, 1800 

This Convention was concluded at Petersday; the original parties were Russia, 
Denmark, and Sweden; and it was acceded to by Prussia, Naples, France, 
Spain, Holland, Austria, Portugal, Venice, Tuscany, &c; it was broke by 
Lord Nelson at the battle of Copenhagen. (See Copenhagen.) 

CONVENTION, The French, decrees War against Eng- 
land, and the Statdtholder, February 1 1 793 

CONVENTICLES punished by law 1661 

CONVICTS. See « Holland, New. " 

COPENHAGEN founded 1169 

Made a city, 1319; made the Capital of Denmark, 443. From the circumstance 
of the Danes having joined France, the British forces, the army under Lord 
Cathcart, and the Navy under Lord Gambier, took Copenhagen inl807, car- 
rying off all the ships and naval stores found there. The Danes harassed by 
this warfare, and afraid of losing Norway, joined Russia, Prussia, Sweden, 
and Great Britain, against France. 

COPPER first imported from Virginia, October 1396 

In England, 1561 ; revived in England, 1689. Found in New York, 1722. The 
Paris copper mine in Anglesey, had a bed of copper ore forty feet thick, and 
supplied between 29 and 30,000 tons annually, 1790. The quantity exported 
in 1799, was 97,125 cwt. 2 qrs. 7lb. at £6. 9*. per. cwt. amounted to the 
value of £626,459. 19*. Gd. 

The following is an account of the quantity and prices of the different 
articles of copper purchased for the use of His Majesty's navy, from the 29th 
of April, 1799, to the 17th of March, 1800; and also of old copper delivered 
in payment for the same, with the prices, as far as it can be made up : — 

Tons. cwt. qrs. lb. 

Copper sheets 615 15 13"^ £ ^ 

Copper bolts and rings. .. . 123 9 3 25^ 128 325 14 7* 

Copper nails 15 17 2 23 / ' 

Mixed metal nails „... 158 14 12) 

Old Copper returned to the Contractor in \ 37 59A 2 11 
part payment for the new ) 

£.90,729 11 8 
No. SO Hh 



234 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CORINTH. 

Corinth, formerly a powerful city, was at first subject to Argos and Mycene: 
afterwards Sysiphus, son of Eolus, rendered himself master of it. Hyantidas, 
one of his successors, and 27th king, was dethroned by the Heraclidee. On 
the death of Automenes, the last king of the race of Hercules, Corinth be- 
came a Republic, under a Chief who was changed annually, called Prytanis, 
or Moderator, and continued under this government till Cypselus bribed the 
people, who after that became a tyrant. He transmitted his authority to his 
son Periander. Corinth recovered her liberty six years after, and the Re- 
public was governed by a small number of the principal citizens, the people 
having also a share in the government. 

After being engaged in several wars in defence of their liberties, they in- 
creased their dominion and power, and did not abuse it. The conveniency of 
their navigation, and their isthmus, which gave them the command of the 
Ionian and iEgean seas, made the citadel of Corinth to be regarded as the 
Eye of all Greece. The immense riches they afterwards acquired in conse- 
quence, produced the usual effect, by throwing the Corinthians into a state 
of languor, that never allowed them to rise above the rank of a Republic of 
the second order, and at last to become a prey to the Romans. Lucius 
Mummius destroyed the city, and with it, its finest buildings. 

It was again re-built, and peopled, by Julius Caesar. Many ages after- 
wards it fell under the dominion of the Venetians, when in A. D. 1458, 
Mahomet made himself master of it. The Venetians took it several times 
from the Turks, when they were driven out of it for ever in 1705. 

KINGS OF CORINTH OF THE HERACLID^. 

Aletes 1099 

Ixion 1061 

Agelaus 1023 

Phrymno 986 

Unknown 954 

Bacchis . „ 935 

Agelastes 900 

Eudemus , 870 

Aristomedes 835 

Agemon 800 

Alexander . 784 

Telestes 759 

Automenes 747 

The Prytany 746 

Cypsilus 656 

Periander 626 

Psammiticus 585 

Corinth becomes a Republic 582 

CORONATION OATH first framed 980 

The Coronation Oath enacted, in 1789. 

CORONATION CHAIR and Stone brought from Scotland. 1296 
CORPUS CHRISTI, the Festival of, appointed, 1265 

COTTON MANUFACTURER'S utensils prohibited to be 

exported, in 1774 

COTTON DUTY commenced 1785 

Before the invention of Spinning Machinery in 1787, the demand for cotton wool 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 235 

COTTON DUTY, (continued.) 

iu England was comparatively small. In the 17th century we obtained our 
trifling supply wholly from Smyrna and Cyprus, and when we were even re- 
ceiving it from our own colonies, we find that from 1763 to 1787 the average 
annual import was barely four millions of pounds. In 1786 we imported 
19,900,000 : viz. 5,800,000 pounds from the British West Indies : 9,100,000 
from the French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch Colonies : and 5,000,000 
from Smyrna and Turkey. 

The average annual import for the last six years (1832) has been 777j372 
packages, each bale weighing about 2\ or 3 cwt. 

Of 227,760,000 lbs. of cotton-woof imported into the United Kingdom in 
1828, 151,752,000 lbs. were from the United States: 29,143,000 lbs. from 
Brazil: 32,187,000 lbs. from the East Indies: 6,454,000 lbs. from Egypt: 
5,89,3000 lbs. from the British West Indies: 726,000 lbs. from Columbia : 
and 471,000 lbs. from Turkey and Continental Greece. 

COUNTIES first sent Members to Parliament, by authority, 1258 
COUNTY COURTS first erected, S96 

For an account of the various Courts, see " Courts." 

COURIERS invented by Charlemagne. 880 

COURTS OF CONSCIENCE, in London, began in 1517 

Again in 1605; in Bristol, Gloucester, and Newcastle, November 30, 1689. 

COURTS OF JUDICATURE, established in the East 

Indies, in 1774 

Previous to this, there were no legal disputes in that then happy country, nor was 
the taking a Bond or other acknowledgment for a debt known, it being suffi- 
cient that the statement of the debt was entered in the Creditor's book. In 
Camden's Britannia we read, that at one time there were only two attor- 
nies in the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridge, and these had so 
little business, thatthey were obliged to send their clerks to the neighbouring 
fairs, to excite the country people to quarrel, and go to law. What improve- 
ments have been made in this profession throughout the kingdom is well 
known. There were more Statutes in 1814, than those of all the kings of 
England put together since the Conquest. 

COWS, number ofin 1795 

The number of cows kept near London in 1795, yielded about 28,713,000 quarts 
of milk, which, when sold to the milk people for one penny three farthings a 
quart, yielded the sum of £209,365. 12s. 6d. or £24. 13s. per annum, per 
cow, at about nine quarts a-day. The consumers paid three pence per quart, 
which amounted to £358,912. 10s. thus yielding a profit of £149,574. 17s. 6d. 

CRIMINALS were ordered for transportation instead of 

execution in 1590 

In the reign of Henry VIII. that Prince executed seventy-two thousand!! 
individuals. 

CROSS, the sign of, first used by Christians 1095 

Used as a mark of distinction. (See Crusade.) That of our Saviour, said to be 
found on Mount Calvary, 326. Crosses first set on steeples, 568. 



;S 



236 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CRONSTADT built by Peter the Great, of Russia 1704 

CROSSED FRIARS, the Religious Order of, began 1170 

CROWN LANDS resumed by law 1449 

CRUCIFIXES painted in Churches and Chambers, intro- 
duced 461 

CUBA, the Island of, discovered 1492 

In 1741, a landing was effected here by the English, on which were encamped 
some thousands of men; but it being in the rainy season, they returned to 
Jamaica without attempting any thing. 

CUMBERLAND, THE DUKE OF, made his public entry 

into Hanover, June 27, 1837 

CURACOA, sunk into the sea, April, 1811 

^uracoa, one of the lesser Antillas, fifteen leagues long, and four in breadth, 
sunk into the sea. 

CURFEW BELL established by William the Conqueror ... 1068 

Abolished, 1100. 

CURRANTS first planted in England 1533 

Brought from Zante Isle, in 1482. 

CUSTOMS OF ENGLAND, The. 

In 1580, they amounted to but 14,000 

1592 50,000 

1614, , 148,000 

1622, 168,000 

1642, 500,000 

1720, 1,555,600 

1721, 1,593,000 

1744, 1,094,000 

1748, 2,000,000 

1811 , 11,355,350 

Since that time they have greatly increased. 

CYDER, called Wine, made in England 1334 

DANCING by Cinque Paces introduced into England from 

Italy 1540 

DANEGELT, a Land Tax first established by Ethelred II,. . . 991 

Abolished by Stephen, 1186. 

DARIEN first established by William Paterson, Esq., born at 

the farm of Skipmyre, parish of Tinwald, Dumfries ... 1649 

Settled, 1700. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 237 

DARKNESS, great, at noon-day, January 12 1676 

There was so great a darkness (no eclipse) at noon-day in England, so that no 
person could see to read, January 12, 1676.. A similar event also occurred 
at Quebec, &c. on Sunday, September 16, 1785. 

DAUPHINE OF FRANCE, The murdered the Duke of 

Burgundy 1419 

He was disinherited the crown in consequence. 

DAUPHINY annexed to the Kingdom of France 1349 

DAVIS'S STRAITS discovered 1585 

DEATH, the punishment of, for robbery, ordained by Ed- 
mund 1 946 

DEATHS taxed 1783 

DECIMAL ARITHMETIC invented by Simon Steven, of 

Brugdes 1602 

DECLARATION OF RIGHTS Bill passed 1689 

DE COURCY had the priviledge of standing covered before 

the kings of England, granted by John „ 1203 

DEDICATIONS TO BOOKS introduced in the time of 

Mecaenas, a.d 17 

Practised for the purpose of obtaining money, 1600. 

DEEDS in Old English, in Rymer's Fcedera 1385 

DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, the title of, given to 

Henry VIII 1520 

DEGREES, Academical, introduced at Paris, before 1213 

DE LA PLATA RIVER discovered 1512 

DELFT EARTHENWARE invented at Firenza 1450 

DENNIS, the Religious Order of, began in France 1267 

DEPREDATIONS 1814 

The following' are said to be the Depredations committed in the Metropolis : 

Small thefts, including pewter pots £710,000 

Thefts on rivers and quays 500,000 

In dock yards, &c. on the Thames 300,000 

Burglaries, highway robberies, &c. . . . r 220,000 

Coining base money 200,000 

Forging bills, swindling, &c 70,000 

£2,000,000 



238 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

DESE AD A ISLE discovered by Columbus 1494 

DEY OF ALGIERS, assasinated by a Soldier, 11th Dcc... : 1745 

DEY OF TUNIS, The, first appointed, 1570 

DICE invented, b.c 1500 

Three Thousand pair stamped in England in 1775. 

DICTUM DE KENNELS WORTH passed 1266 

DINNER, to celebrate the memory of Robert Burns, the 

Poet, January 21, 1832 

This dinner took place at the Freemason's Tavern, in celebration of the memory 
of the Poet Burns, and in compliment to Mr. Hogg, the " Ettrick Shepherd." 
The latter was present on the occasion. Mr. Hogg died in 1835. 

DISSENTERS first separated from the Church of England . 1571 
DISSOLUTION OF MONASTERIES by Act. 1539 

Monasteries were dissolved to the value of £361,000 per annum, by which 50,000 
religious persons were maintained, equal now to £1,750,000. There were 
643 Monasteries, 90 Colleges, 374 Chapelries, and 110 Hospitals. 

DISTAFF SPINNING first introduced in England by 

Bonavera, an Italian 1505 

DISTILLATION of Spiritous Liquors began in 1200 

In Ireland, in 1590. 

DISTILLERY yielded in England £421,193 Is. 3d. in 1786 

In 1794 it yielded £680,573 16s. 8d. If the tax on malt, and the product of 
the Scotch Distilleries are included, it will be £900,000 0s. 9d. 

DISTILLING first practised in Spain by the Moors 1150 

DISTURBANCES in the Army at Madras 1809 

DIVORCE, the first, at Rome, b.c 229 

DOCTOR'S degree began in England 1607 

DON, a title first taken by the king of Spain, 759 

DOVE OF CASTILE, Knights of the, began, 1379 

DRAGON, Knights of the, in Hungary, began 1413 

DRESDEN CHINA invented 1702 

DRESS restrained by law 1465, 1574,1580 

DROIT D'AUBAXNE abolished in France, 6th August ... 1790 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 239 

DRUNKENNESS forbidden by the Canon Law to the 

Clergy 741 

Restrained bylaw in the Commonalty, 975. 

DUEL— Between Mr. Elliott, and Mr. Charles Flower 

Mirfin, August 29 1838 

This Duel took place on Wimbledon Common, and terminated in the death of Mr, 
Mirfin. After the death of Mr. Mirfin, Mr. Elliott fled to Belgium, from 
which place .he was expelled by the Government, on account of his previous 
bad conduct at Brussels. 

DUKE, GRAND, the first title of, given to the Duke of 

Tuscany, by Pope Pius V 1570 

DUKE, the first created in Scotland 1398 

DUNKIRK sold to France for £200,000 '. 1662 

DUTCHY COURTS were erected by Henry IV. 

DUTIES, termed " incident Duties," yielded £2,000,000, in 1717 
DUTY ON BRANDIES lowered 4s. 6d. per gal. 10th May 1787 
DYING, abuses in it prevented 1 783 

EASTER ISLAND discovered 1722 

EARL, the first created in England, October 14 1066 

EARL-MARSHALL, the first in England 1313 

ECLIPSE, the famous Racer, death of, February 26 1789 

This celebrated horse was bred by His B.. H. the Duke of Cumberland, and was 
foaled during the great eclipse that happened on the 1st day of April, 1764, 
from whioh circumstance he took his name, He was never beat, nor ever 
paid forfeit. He was got by Marsk, son of Squirt, a son of Bartlett's Chil- 
ders, (own brother to flying Childers, which was got by the Darly Arabian. 
Eclipse's dam, Spiletta, (dam also of Garrick and Proserpine) was purchased 
by His B.H. of the late Sir Bobert Eden, Bart, and was got by Regulus, son 
of the Godolphin Arabian, his grandam, (called Mother Western) by Smith, 
son af Snake, brother to Williams's Squirrel, that won the King's guineas at 
York, in 1725. 

His great grandam by Lord D'Arcey's Old Montague, out of a daughter of 
Old Hautboy, and she out of a daughter of Brimmey. After the Duke's de- 
cease, Eclipse became the property of Mr. Wildman, and in 17^9, won the 
maiden plate of £50. at Epsom, beating four others. They were altogether 
at the three-mile post, notwithstanding which he distanced the whole four. 
He also won £50. at Ascot Heath, beating Cream-de-Barbe. The King's 
plate at Winchester, at 12st. though only five years old, beating five others, 
two of which were distanced. lie walked over for the £50. for five years old 
at Winchester, and the King's plate at Salisbury; the day after, he won the 
City Bowl, with thirty guineas, beating Sulphur ; he afterwards started alone 



240 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ECLIPSE, the celebrated Racer, Death of, February 26, 

(continued.) 1789 

for the King's plate at Canterbury. Won the King's plate at Lewes, and 
Litchfield; and at Newmarket, in April, 1770, he beat Mr. Wentworth's 
Bucephalus, 8st. 7lb. each over the B. C. Mr. Wildman staked 600 to 400 
guineas: after which he was purchased by Mr. O'Kelly, in whose possession 
he won the King's plate at Newmarket, beating Mr. Bland's Diana, Mr. 
Strode's Pensioner, and two others : the odds at starting were ten to one on 
Eclipse ; and, after the first heat, six and seven to four that he distanced Pen- 
sioner, which he did with great ease; after which, he walked over for the 
King's plate at Guildford, Nottingham, and York, and also won the great 
subscription of £309. 10s. at York, beating the famous horses, Tortoise and 
Bellario. He afterwards walked over for the King's plate, at Lincoln and at 
Newmarket. In October he won 150 guineas for six years old, and aged 
horses, (Mr. O'Kelly paying 1 100 guineas entrance) beating Sir Charles Bun- 
bury's Corsican : the odds were seventy to one on Eclipse; and on the 
following day he walked over for the King's plate there, which was the last 
time of his starting. This celebrated horse died at Mr. O'Kelly's, at Cannons, 
near Edgewere, in Middlesex, February 26, 1789, aged nearly twenty-five 
years. His heart weighed 131bs. Mr. O'Kelly stated that his winnings by 
Eclipse, exceeded £25,000. 

Eclipse was sire of the dam of the very famous horse, Phenomenon, and 
also of the 162 following truly capital Racers and Winners, and no less eapi- 
tal breeders, as the progeny fully proves. 

A splendid coloured print of this celebrated Racer may be obtained at J. 
Moore's Sporting Repository, Nos. 1 and 2, West-street, Upper St. 
Martin's-lane, London. 

PROGENY OF ECLIPSE, 

Name. When Run. No. of Plates. 

Adonis 1779 3 

Alphonso 178 1 10 

Achilles 1782 3 

Adjutant 1783 15 

Alexander...... 1785 9 

Annet 1786 .. 5 

Anna Liffey, (Ireland) 1787 1 

Aurelius 1788 3 

Basilius 1775 1 

Burringdon 1779 17 

Bondrow 1780 18 

Bank , 1783 1 

Bobtail , 1788 2 

Brush , 1789 1 

Big Ben, (afterwaids Traveller) the last son ofl ,„„, „ 

Eclipse j 1791 d 



Chestnut Colt, (Mr. O'Kelly's) 1776 3 

Dittto ditto 1776 1 

Colt, Sir John Shelly's 1777 1 

Colt, Mr. O'Kelly's 1778 1 

Chefsfield „ 1778 6 

Colt, Mr. O'Kelly's 1778 1 

Colt, Lord Suit 1779 1 

Colt, brother to Eutychus 1779 1 

Colt, Mr. Parker's ...., 1779 1 

Colt, Mr. O'Kelly's 1779 1 



TEE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY - . 241 

ECLIPSE, the celebrated Racer, the Progeny of, (con- 
tinued.') 

Name. When Run. No. of Plates. 

Colt, Mr. O'Kelly's 1779 1 

Crafsus 1779 6 

Colt, Mr. Wentworth's 1781 1 

Colt, Mr. Hamilton's 17S1 I 

Colt, Mr. Schutz's ..., 1781 1 

Colt, brother to Venus 1781 ...... 1 

Colt, Sir John Shelley's 1782 1 

Colt, Mr. Carper's 1782 3 

Cherry 1784 3 

Chaunter '.... 1785 5 

Clarinet 1785 1 

Colt, Lord Grosvenor's 1786 1 

Canta Baboo 1788 2 

Competitor 1789 5 

Charlemont 1790 ...... 2 

Dion '.. 1788 6 

Dido, (sold for 350 guineas) 1781 5 

Duplicity 1782 . , 2 

Dennis' Jo Andrews 1782 15 

Dungannon, beat Rockingham, and was Sire's 1700 97 

of Lurcher, &c } 

DonQuixotte 1787 18 

Drummer 1785 2 

DeviSing 1791 2 

Eagle 1778 1 

Eutychus 1778 4 

Everlasting, (Dam of Skyscraper) 1778 9 

Elegant 1779 2 

Empress, (Dam of Montezumar) 1779 3 

Eliza 1791 S 

Filley, Mr. O'Kelley's 1776 2 

Filley, the Duke of Bolton's 1778 2 

Filley, Lord Grosvenor's 1778 1 

Filley, Mr. Clark's „ 1778 1 

Filley, Mr. Carteret's c 1778 1 

Filley, Sister to Horizon 1778 2 

Filley, Mr. O'Kelley's 1779 1 

Farmer 1779 11 

Filley, Sister to Twilight 1779 1 

Filley, sister te Eagle 1779 1 

Filley, Mr. Hanks's 1780 1 , 

Filley, Mr. Parker's 1780 1 

Filley, sister to Venus 1780 1 

Filley, Mr. Garforth's 1781 1 

Filley, Lord Derby's 1781 1 

Filley, Mr. Douglass' 17S2 .. 1 

Filley, Mr. Garforth's 1782 1 

Filley, Mr. Champreux's 1783 1 

Flamer 1783 8 

Filley, Duke of Rutland's • • 1786 1 

No. 31- li 



242 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ECLIPSE, the celebrated Racer, the Progeny of, (con- 
tinued.) 

Name. When Run. No. of Plates. 

Fair Barbara „ 1786 1 

Filley, Lord Egremont's 1787 3 

Golden Rose 1775 2 

Glow-worm 1776 2 

Grimalkin 1777 3 

Greybeard 1778 1 

Giant „ 1779 4 

Gelding, Mr. Vernon's 1782 1 

General 1784 8 

Gunpowder 1787 15 

Horizon, first son of Eclipse that ever ran 1774 10 

Harmonia 1780 3 

Henley , 1780 4 

Horse, Lord Grosvenor's 1781 1 

Horatio '!• 1781 6 

Hiccough 1782 10 

Hermes 1782 3 

Horse, Sir John Shelley's 1783 2 

Hope 1783 ...... 2 

Hackwood „, 1786 8 

Hidalgo 1787 7 

Impudence ' 1775 4 

Isabella 1787 3 

Javelin, first son (sire of Chance, Halbert, \ . _*(. « 

Lance, and Spear) 3 

Jupiter 1777 5 

Jessey 1779 1 

Jockey 1779 10 

KingHiram 1777 3 

King Fergus 1779 8 

King Herman 1780 1 

Lavinia 1780 2 

Lightning 1780 2 

Luna 1780 13 

Light Infantry 1783 3 

Mare, Mr. Wildman's 1^77 1 

Madcap 1777 1 

Milerus.... 1777 1 

Mercury, sire of Precipitate, Calomel, Cinna- ~i i 7 g2 26 

bar, &c § 

Meteor (the best of his get) 1786 31 

Mare, Mr, Monson's 1790 I 

Mountebank 1782 19 

Nina 1787 II 

Obscurity 1781 4 

Pot-8 o's, sire of Coriander, Waxey, Druid, &c. 1776 33 

Planet 1776 13 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 243 

ECLIPSE, the celebrated Racer, the Progeny of, (con- 
tinued.) 

Name. When Run. No. of Plates. 

Paris 1777 ..... 7 

Postillion 1777 1 

Polydore .' 1780 1 

Princess 1781 4 

Plutus ..... 1782 ...... 13 

Poor Soldier 1786 10 

Pegasus 1788 12 

Peeping Tom 1789 1 

Regatta 1776 4 

Ready Rhino - 1779 14 

Romp 1779 ...... 5 

Recruit 17&2 1 

Satellite (sire of Kesia, and Keren Happuch . . 1777 7 

Spitfire 1780 11 

Speranga 178 1 4 

Sussex 1782 2 

Soldier, (beat Rockingham) 1782 19 

Saltram, sire of Whiskey 1783 5 

Serjeant, brother to Dungannon 1784 10 

Sister to Duplicity 1785 2 

Scota 1786 2 

Spartacus 1786 „ 2 

Spark 1787 1 

Stripling 1787 7 

Serpent = . 1789 , 21 

Squeak 1790 1 

Twilight 1775 6 

Termagant f 1775 1 

Tempest 1775 3 

Trimbush 1778 2 

Tiffany 1779 13 

Thunderbolt 1779 2 

Ticklepitcher 1783 2 

Teresa 1787 3 

Venus, sister to Mercury 1776 10 

Vercumnus, sire of Baronet 1778 6 

Volunteer, sire of Portio and Ccelia, who both } .„„« n 

won the Oaks Stakes § 

Whizgig 1779 6 

Zantippe, dam of John Bull 1783 2 

Young Eclipse „ 1781 13 

Yarico 1787 :.... 3 

Zoroaster 1783 2 

Zelia 1785 7 



Total number of Sweepstakes, Matches, and Plates won by, \ g^ 
and Forfeits paid, to the produce of Eclipse § 



244 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

EDINBURGH CASTLE. 

It is remarkable that the guns of this ancient fortress fired no less than ten times, 
exclusive of annual holidays, in little more than four months, viz. on the 

6th of July, 1813 for the Battle of Vittoria. 

1 9th of August ...... for the Battles of the Pyrenees. 

17th September fall of St. Sebastian. 

24th ,, Crown Prince, and Blucher's victories. 

1st. of October Invasion of France. 

6th of November . „ . . for the Battle of Leipsic. 

12th , the fall of Pamplona. 

25th ,, the Restoration of the House of Orange. 

27th ,, the Restoration of Hanover. 

28th „ the Defeat of Marshal Soult. 

ELECTORS of Germany began 1298 

ELEPHANT, Knights of the, began in Denmark ............ 1478 

EMINENCE, the title given to Cardinals 1644 j 

ENGRAVING protected by a Bill ....1775, and 1777 

ENTAILING ESTATES introduced by Statute, 1279 and . 1307|| 
ENTERTAINMENT, Places of, about London, licensed ... 1752 

EPSOM MINERAL SPRING first discovered 1630 

EQUESTRIAN STATUE, founded at one cast 1699 

The first was that of Lewis XIV. of France. 

ERMINE, Knights of the, began in France 1450 

In Naples in 1463. 

ESSEX, The, taken by the Phoebe, March 28 1814 

The Essex, a large American frigate, was taken by the Phoebe, 36, and Cherub, 
18 guns, off Valparaiso, March 28, 1814. 

ESQUIRE, the title of, first used to persons of honour not 

attendants on Knights 1345 

First mentioned in an Act of Parliament, 1st Henry VII. c. 61, of Private 
Acts. 

EXCHEQUER, The, stopped payment, from December 6, 

1672, to May 1673 

EXCISE. See" Excise Office." 

EXPORTS from Great Britain in... 1700 

Were £7,302,716. 8s.1d.:~ Imports, £5,970,175. 1*. Id.; in 1786, £5,600,000; 
in 1787, £5,700,000. In 1788, the exports amounted to £18,296,166. 12s. 
lid. ;— the imports were £17,804,024. 16*. Id. In 1793, they were 
£24,000,000.: and in 1794, £27,000,000. In 1811, they were £34,923,576^ 
in 1812, £24,131,734;— and in 1813, £31,243,362. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 245 

FAIR, ST. BARTHOLOMEW, Resolution of the Corpo- 
ration respecting, August 1840 

This Fair, the Charter of which was granted in the time of Henry II. is by a 
late resolution of the Corporation, arising out of a Pieport from the Market 
Committee, likely to be entirely abolished. In consequence of that Report, 
it was determined, that booths for the exhibition of plays, interludes, panto- 
mimes, and all other Theatrical entertainments be henceforth entirely ex- 
cluded from the fair;" and also, " that no swing, roundabout, flying vehicle, 
or other machinery of a like nature, be permitted in any part of Smithfield 
Market." The Fair will, in future, instead of lasting four days, be limited 
to two and a half: and will conclude on Saturday, by ten o'clock at night, 
so that all machinery and paraphanalia may be removed before Sunday. By 
this decision, the death-blow to the future Fair of St. Bartholomew may be 
considered as determined on. All the arrangements of this Fair are under the 
controul of a Court of Piepoudre, vulgarly called " Piepowder," 
which is the lowest, and, at the same time, the most expeditious Court of 
Justice known in the law of England. It is called Piepoudre probably from 
the dusty feet of suitors, or. according to Sir Edward Coke, because justice 
is there done as speedily as dust can fall from the feet. It is upon the same 
principle that justice among the Jews was administered in the gate of the 
city, that the proceedings might be the more speedy, as well as public. 
Another authority assigns its etymology to pied poddreux, " a pedlar," in 
old French, and therefore signifying the court of such petty chapmen as 
resort to fairs and markets. It is a Court of Record, incident to every fair 
and market, of which the steward of him who owns or has the toll of the 
market is the judge. This for Bartholomew Fair was formerly the Steward 
of Lord Kensington, the lord of the manor, who sold his privilege a few- 
years since to the Corporation of London, who now appoint the Steward. It 
was instituted to administer justice for all commercial injuries done in the 
very Fair or Market, and not in any preceding one; so that the injury com- 
plained of should be heard and decided within the compass of one and the 
same day, unless the Fair lasted a day longer. The Court, as constituted, 
takes cognizance of all matters that arise in the Fair, whether of debt or 
trespass, and a writ of error lays from its decisions to the Courts ot West- 
minster. The reason of its establishment was to do speedy justice, and save 
the expense of appealing to a superior Court of Judicature. The Court of 
Bartholomew Fair is held daily at " The Hand and Shears" public house, iu 
Cloth-fair in Bartholomew Close, where matters connected with stall-keepers 
are the chief subjects of complaint. Several ludicrous cases have occurred 
in the Court, and the members of Richardson's Company, and other 
Thespian Companies, were often brought up for breaches of contract. 

FAIRLOP OAK, The. 

This celebrated oak, situated near Hainault, a forest of Essex, lying to the south 
east of Epping forest, and supposed to be so called from some of the deer, 
with which it was stocked, having been brought from the province of the 
same name in the Netherlands, flourished in the reign of Queen Anne. The 
report of its vast bulk having reached the royal ear, the Queen, attended by 
several of her Court, determined to pay a visit to it, in order to witness this 
astonishing tree. It was planted by one Thomas Day, who had frequently 
made merry with his friends and neighbours under its far-spreading boughs. 
It was forty-eight feet in circumference, and covered an acre of ground. 
Geat pains had been taken for some time to secure it ; but it was blown 
down by the wind about the year 1819-20. On the death of Mr. Day, his 
coffin was made of one of the limbs of this famous tree. 

The fair of Fairlop, which formerly lasted two days, is, like that of St, 
Bartholomew, likely to be done away: it being now, (1840) by the decision 
of the Magistrates, limited but to ONE day, and a prohibition of the erection 
of ail booths, &c. 



246 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FAMINE. 

A severe famine which lasted seven years, B. c. 1708 ; — at Rome, when a number 
of persons threw themselves into the Tiber, B.C. 440; — one at Constanti- 
nople, A. D. 446; — in Italy, when parents devoured their children, 450; — in 
France, from 1»193 to 1195, and 1353. In England and Wales, 272 (so that 
the inhabitants ate the bark of trees; — in 1310, when 40,000 people were 
starved ;— again in 325, 739, 747, 792, 836, 864, 974, 976, 1005, 1050, 1087; 
from 1193 to 1195;— in 1251, 1315, 131S, 1335, 1348, 1353, (calledthe 
dear summer,) 1389, 1438, (so great, that bread was made of fern roots), and 
in 1565, (when £2,000,000. was expended on the importation of corn). In 
Scotland, in 272, 306, (when thousands perished), 325, 576, 739, 793, 803, 
823, (when great numbers were starved) ; one from 954 to 958 ; — and 1047-8 
(which lasted two years); — all over Britain, 1748, 1788, and 1800. 

FESTIVAL OF THE JEWS. 

The principal festival of the Jews, is the Feast of the Tabernacles, and is cele- 
brated by them to this day; it was instituted by Moses in the Wilderness, 
B.C. 1490: but was celebrated with the greatest magnificence, for fourteen 
days, upon the dedication of the Temple of Solomon, 1005 B. c. They car- 
ried boughs loaded with fruit in procession, 

FESTIVALS of Christmas, &c. in ordered to be observed ... 68 

The Festivals of Christmas, Easter, Ascension, and the Pentecost, or W'hitsun- 
tide, first ordered to be observed by all Christians. Rogation days ap- 
pointed, 469. 

FIRE ARTILLERY in England, the first in Europe, 1347 

FIRE-ENGINES. See " Engines." 

FIRST FRUITS ACT 1704 

First-fruits and tenths were instituted hy Pope Clement V. in 1306; first col- 
lected in England, 1316; granted by Queen Anne for the relief of Poor 
Clergy, February 7, 1704. 

FISH. 

The increase of fish is calculated as follows : — a flounder of 2 ounces contains 
133,407 eggs, or spawn: 1 of 24 ounces, 1,357,403. Herrings, weighing 
from 4 ounces to 5|, from 21,285 to 36,960. Lobsters from 14 to 36 ounces, 
contain 21,699. Mackarel, of 20 ounces, 454,961. Prawn, about 3806. 
Shrimps, from 2849 to 6807. Smelts, from 14,41 1 to 38,278. A soal of 5 
ounces, 38,772; one of 14^ ounces contains 100,362. To the above may be 
added the cod, which produces 3,686,700, and a ling, 19,248,625. 

FISHING on the English coasts, tribute of the Dutch for ... 1609 

In 1683, the Dutch paid the sum of £30,000. for liberty to fish. Welwood, in 
his Answer to Grotius, says, " That the Scots obliged the Dutch, by treaty, 
to keep eighty miles from the shore in fishing, and pay a tribute at the port 
of Aberdeen; where a tower was erected for that and other purposes, and the 
Dutch paid the tribute even in the memory of our forefathers." 

FISHING TOWNS legally regulated 1542 

FLAGELLANTES, the Religious Order of, began 1259 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 247 

FLORIDA discovered by Cabot 1500 

That part of this country possessed by the French and Spaniards, was ceded to 
the English by the Treaty of Peace in 1763; in whose hands it continued till 
1781, when it was again taken by the Spaniards, and ceded to them by the 
fifth Article of the Treaty of Peace in 1783. 

FLOWERS, the Art of preserving them in sand observed . 1633 
FCEDAL, or FEUDAL LAWS. 

The tenure of land by suit and service to the Lord or Owner of it 5 it was intro- 
duced into England by the Saxons about 600. The slavery of this tenure 
increased under William I. in 1068. This was dividing the kingdom into 
Baronies, giving them to certain persons, and requiring those persons to 
furnish the King with money, and a stated number of soldiers, It was dis- 
countenanced in France by Louis XI. about 1470.; restored and limited by 
Henry VII. 1495 ; abolished by statute of 12th Charles II. 1662. 

FORBISHER'S STRAITS discovered 1578 

FORFEITED ESTATES. 

Forfeited Estates in Scotland of £29,694. 6*. 8 d. annual value ; and in England, 
to the annual value of £47,626. 18*. bd. were seized by Government, in 
1716. Those in Scotland were restored by Parliament, in August, 1784. 

FORFAIR ELECTION, decision respecting, January 30 . 1832 

A Committee of the House of Commons on the Forfair Election, decided that Mr. 
Ogilvy, the sitting Member, was not duly elected, and that Mr. Haliburton 
was duly elected. 

FOX ISLANDS, in the North Pacific Ocean, discovered... 1760 

They are sixteen in number, each island having a particular name; but this 
general name is given to the whole group, on account of the great number of 
black, grey, and red foxes with which they abound. 

FRANCISCANS, the Religious Order of, began 1206 

Settled in England, 1217. 

FREEHOLDERS permitted to alienate their lands 1492 

Also in 1512 ; those under £40. per annum, were unqualified to vote for Mem- 
bers of Parliament, in 1429. 

FRENCH KING, the phrase first used by Edward III. ... 1332 

FRENCH TONGUE, The, abolished in the English Courts 

of Justice, in 1362 

GALLEYS first used with three rowers to each oar, b. c. ... 786 

They came from Corintb. 

GAMING prevented by an Act passed in 1739 

GARTER, ORDER OF THE. 

It is remarkable that this is the only Order which has been granted to foreign 
Princes. Of this illustrious Order there have been 
Eight Emperors of Germany, 



248 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORV. 

GARTER, ORDER OF THE, (continued.) 

One Emperor of Russia, (Alexander, in 1813), invested by- 
Viscount Cathcart, acting as proxy Sovereign, Sept. 29, 

Three Kings of Spain, 

One King of Arragon, 

Seven Kings of Portugal, 

One King of Poland, 

Two Kings of Sweden, 

Six Kings of Denmark, 

Two Kings of Naples, 

One King of Sicily and Jerusalem, 

One King of Bohemia, 

Two Kings of Scotland, 

Five Princes of Orange, and 

Thirty-four foreign Electors, Dukes, Margraves, and Counts. 
The Order of St. George began in Carinthia, 1279 ; — in Spain, 1318 ; — in 
Austria, 1470;— at Rome, in 1496; and in Venice, in 1200. 
For a further account of this Order, see pag-e 57. 

GARTER, KING OF ARMS, first appointed in England 1420 
GENOA captured, April 17 1814 

Genoa was captured by the army under Lord William Bentinck, and the fleet 
under Sir Edward Pellew; when the latter was shortly after created Lord 
Exmouth, with a pension of £2000. a-year. 

GENS D' ARMS began 360 

GENTLEMEN, the first use of the distinction 1430 

GEORGE, ST. D'ALFAMA, Knights of, began, 1201 

GIPSIES, or EGYPTIANS, quitted Egypt when attacked 

by the Turks in 1515 

They wandered over almost all Europe; in England an act -was passed for 
their itinerancy, in 1530 : they were expelled France, in 1560, and most 
countries of Europe soon after. 

GLADIATORS, their combats abolished, 325 

GLADIATORS, the Order of, began in Livonia. 1204 

GLOVE TAX passed, August 2 1785 

It was soon afterwards repealed. 

GODFATHERS and GODMOTHERS appointed 130 

GOLDEN FLEECE, Knights of the, began in Flanders ... 1492 
GOLDEN SHIELD AND THISTLE, Order of the, began 1370 
GOODWIN SANDS first overflowed 1100 

The Goodwin, or Godwin Sands, were lands that belonged formerly to 
Godwin, Earl of Kent, father of king Harold, and being low ground, were 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 249 

GOODWIN SANDS, The, (continued.) 

defended from the sea by a great wall, which wanted constant care to uphold. 
This tract of land was afterwards given to St. Austin's monastery, near 
Canterbury, whose Abbot neglecting the wall, while he was eager in building 
Tenterden steeple, the sea broke in and drowned the said lands, leaving 
the sands upon it, which have proved so dangerous to sailors. 

GOREE ISLE, on the Guinea Coast, first planted by the 

Dutch 1617 

GRANADA ISLE settled by France 1652 

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, opening of the, July 4 1837 

GREENLAND discovered 1585 

Settled, 1721, 1731. 

GREENWICH RAILWAY, opening of the, October 10 . 1836 

GREY FRIARS, the Religious Order of, began 1 122 

GU AD ALOUPE, the Island of, discovered in 1493 

Planted by Fiance, 1632, and colonies sent out; but in the year 1759, it was 
taken by the English, who found it extremely pleasant and fertile. It was 
restored to the French by the treaty of peace in 1763. It is now in the pos- 
session of the British. 

GUINEA COAST discovered by the Portuguese 1682 

HAMBURGH founded 804 

Walled in 811. 

HAMMET, SIR BENJAMIN, fined £100. October 13 ... 1797 

Sir Benjamin was fined by the Court of Common Council of London, for refusing 
to serve the Office of Lord Mayor. 

HANDKERCHIEFS first manufactured in Paisley, in Scot- 
land, 1743 

Fifteen thousand, eight hundred and eighty-six pounds worth were made j in 
1784, the manufacture yielded above £164,385. 

HANOVER, hitherto but a village, walled 556 

Obtained the privileges of a city, 1178; made the Ninth Electorate, 1692. 

HANOVER. 

Entered on the 6th of November, 1813, by the Allies, and the Electoral govern- 
ment of His Britannic Majesty restored, in the presence of his son, the Duke 
of Cumberland, amidst the acclamations of the people. 

HARROGATE MINERAL SPRING discovered 1571 

No. 32- Kk 



250 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

HATS invented at Paris 1404 

Made in London, 1510. 

HAVRE-DE-GRACE built and fortified 1545 

HEMP AND FLAX first planted 1533 

There are 180,000 lb. of rough hemp used in the cordage and sails of a first-rate 
man of war. In 1783, the nation paid £153.5. bounty to encourage its culti- 
vation ; in 1784, £2165. were paid, and in 1785, £2396. 

HERMITS, the Religious Order of, began 1257 

Revived in 1425. 

HIGH CONSTABLE. See page 25. 

HOBHOUSE, SIR JOHN CAM, vacated his seat for 

Westminster, February 8 1832 

Sir John vacated his seat for Westminster, in consequence of his accepting the 
Office of Secretary at War, 

HOLBORN-BARS first set up by the City of London 1346 

HOLLAND allowed the independence of America, Oc- 
tobers 1782 

She soon after lost her own, (1795), the Statholder being expelled, and a new 
form of Government established, February 19, 1796. 

HOLLANDERS, The, made money of pasteboard, in...... 1574 

HOLSTEIN ceded to Denmark, by Russia 1773 

HOLY TRINITY, the Religious Order of, began 1214 

HOLY GHOST, Knights of the, began in France 1468 

Restored January 1, 1559 ; abolished, 1791 ; at Rome, 1798. 

HOLY TRINITY, Knights of the, began 1211 

HOMILIES drawn up by Archbishop Cranmer 1547 

HOSPITALLERS, Order of the, began 1097 

HUBERT, ST. Knights of, in Juliers, began in Germany . 1473 

HUNTINGTONIANS, the Religious Order of, began 1780 

From Huntingdon, a coal-heaver. 

HURRICANE in the West Indies, July 26 1837 

This hurricane was most calamitous in its consequences, nearly 1200 persons 
losing their lives. 



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ILLUMINATIONS. 

Illuminations in London for three nights, in honour of the battle of Vittoria, on 
the 5th, 6th, and 7th of July, 1813. A general, for the battle of Leipsic, 
November, 1813; and again for the restoration of the Bourbons, in April, 
1814. At London, on the arrival of the foreign Sovereigns, on the 9th, and 
for the restoration of Peace on the 23rd of June, 1814. 

IMPOSTORS, four crucified in . 1221 

Two were crucified for assuming the character of Christ; and two women, for 
pretending to be the Virgin Mary or Mary Magdalen. > 

IMPROPRIATIONS. 

Previous to the destruction of the Monasteries, by Henry VIII. in 1539, they had 
many livings in their possession ; the great tithes they kept to themselves, 
allowing those of the smaller to the Vicar, or substitute that served the 
church. On the suppression of the Monasteries, Henry disposed of these 
great tithings among his favourites. 

INSURANCE POLICIES first used in Florence 1523 

First Society established at Hanover, 1530. That at Paris, 1740. 

INTEREST, first mentioned for the word Usury 1624 

ITALY, the kingdom of, began 476 

Ended, 964. 

JACOBITES, the religious Order of, began 1 198 

JAMES, ST. KNIGHTS OF, began in Spain 1030 

In Holland, 1290; in Portugal, 1310. 

JANUARY, the 30th of, ordered to be kept as a Fast 1660 

JAPAN discovered 1542 

Visited by the English,. 1612. 

JESUITS BARK introduced into France 1650 

In general use, 1680. 

JESUS SOCIETY, Sisters of, began 1626 

JEWISH NATURALIZATION ACT passed 1753 

It was repealed in the year following. 

JOHN, ST. OF JERUSALEM, Order began 1099 

Removed to Rhodes, 1300; to Malta, 1522; suppressed in England, 1540. 

JULIAN, ST. of Alcantara, in Spain, Knights of, began ... 1176 
JUSTICIARY COURT OF SCOTLAND established ... 1672 

KENT, kingdom of, began 455 

Ended 823. 



252 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

KNIGHTHOOD first used in England , 897 

KNIGHTHOOD, all its Orders abolished in France, by the 

National Assembly, July 30 1791 

KNOT, Knights of the, began in Naples 1351 

LA CALZA, Knights of, began in Venice 1400 

LAND CARRIAGE, Fish brought to London by 1761 

LA SCAMA, Knights of, in Spain, began 1420 

LATIN TONGUE, the abolished in Courts of Law 1731 

LAZARUS, ST. Knights of, began .. , 366 

LENT, the Fast of, instituted 142 

In Kent, 640. 

LEOPOLD, PRINCE, made King of Belgium 1831 

LILY OF NAVARRE, Knights of the, began 1048 

Of Arragon, began in 1403. 

LINENS taxed ;. 1785 

LIVERPOOL incorporated 1299 

LOLLARDS, the Religious Order of, began 1315 

LONG PARLIAMENT, the dissolution of the 1653 

The dissolution of the Long Parliament, took place on the 20th of April, 1653. 
This was the only dissolution of Parliament that ever occurred in Saint 
Stephen's Chapel, and the scene was the most extraordinary that ever took 
place there. 

The longest English Parliament on record, was the Long Parliament of 
Charles II. which met on the 8th of May, 1661, and was not dissolved till 
January 24, 1678, after it had existed for 16 years, 8 months, and 16 days ; 
but what is commonly known by the name of the Long Parliament is its more 
famous predecessor, which first met on the 3rd of November, 1640, in the 
reign of Charles I. A history of this Parliament would comprehend the 
beginning, progress and completion of by far the greatest revolution England 
has ever undergone since it first became one kingdom; for assuredly neither 
the Norman Conquest, nor the Reformation, nor the settlement of 1688, 
momentous as each of those changes were, will bear to be compared in magni- 
tude with that brought about within the period in question. In the Revo- 
lution of 1649, the Crown was not merely taken from one family and given 
to another, but the monarchy was utterly overthrown ; and the church, which 
had been merely reformed in the preceding century, was now abolished by 
the proceedings of the Long Parliament. 

About the end of the year 1648, just before the trial and execution of the 
King, Colonel Pride blockaded the House with a party of military, forcibly 
seized forty-one of its Members, and shut out 160 more, not one of whom 
was allowed to enter his place again. This clearing of the House was not 
enough for the great director of these operations ; the Members of which 



THK NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 253 

LONG PARLIAMENT, dissolution of the 1653 

having long before lost the confidence of the nation, all parties were desirous 
of witnessing some event which would bring it to a close, there being no 
authority in the Commonwealth by which it could be legally dissolved. A 
motion had been made in the House to that effect by one of Cromwell's 
paity, but it was speedily negatived; and its failure being communicated 
to the Protector, he was greatly enraged, and commanding some of his offi- 
cers to fetch a party of soldiers, he marched forthwith to the House; which, 
having entered, (accompanied by the soldiers,) he forced the Speaker from his 
chair, ordering his men to " take away that bauble," as he called the mace, 
and locking the doors, no one made the least resistance against him, but all 
of them tamely departed. On the 16th of December, in the same year, he 
was formally invested in Westminster Hall, with the dignity and authority 
of Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland. By 
the firm and lofty tone which he adopted towards foreign Powers, he elevated 
England to a height of influence and glory, which, since the time of Eliza- 
beth, she had never approached; in other respects, he was little better than 
a despot; that is, everything being conducted solely according to his will and 
pleasure. 

On the 20th of June, 1656, he was publicly enthroned anew as the head 
of the State, with still greater pomp and ceremony thau on the previous occa- 
sion, the new Parliament having, (after the ejection of above two hundred 
of the mrst refractory) agreed to conform to his authority; but from this 
moment his future reign was disturbed by suspicion of a conspiracy against 
his life. Alarm and disease at length made rapid inroads upon his health: 
and he expired September 3, 1658, aged 60. His remains were escorted 
with great pomp from Somerset House to Westminster Abbey, where they 
were deposited, in Henry the 7th's chapel, but dug up after the Restoration, 
and publicly exposed, with every mark of indignity. (For an account of 
which, see page 137 — " Protectorates." 

LORD HIGH STEWARD, the first appointed for a Coro- 
nation was Thoma?, second son of Henry IV. 

The first for the trial of a Peer, was Edward, Earl of Devon, on the arraignment 
of John, Earl of Huntingdon, in the same reign. 

LORD STEWARD OF THE HOUSEHOLD, so called 

since 1540 

Previous to that time he was styled Grand Master of the Household. 

LORD DANES, a title used in London, in 1000 

LORETTO, Knights of, began at Rome 1587 

LOUIS, ST. Knights of, began May 10... 1603 

Abolished in 1791. 

LUBECK founded 1140 

LUCCA, Republic of, founded 100 

LUTHERANS, the Religious Order of, began 1517 



254 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

MADAGASCAR discovered by the Portuguese 1506 

MAGELLAN, the Straits of, discovered, 1520 

A famous Strait of South America, discovered in 1520 by one Magellan, a Por- 
tuguese, in the service of Spain, since which time it has been sailed through 
by several navigators; but the passage being dangerous and troublesome, 
they have now found out another, to the South Sea, round Cape Horn. 

MAHOMETANS, the Religious Order of, began 622 

MALACCA GOLD MINES discovered 1731 

MALTA, KNIGHTS OF ; see " Malta," page 108. 

MARIAN KNIGHTS ; see « Teutonic Order." 

MARK, ST. Order of, began at Venice 830 

Revived, in 1562. 

MARK, ST. the glorious, Knights of, began in Italy 1233 

At Rome, in 1618. 

MARIGALANTE ISLE discovered 1349 

One of the least of the Caribbee Islands, and subject to Great Britain. 

MARQUIS, the title of, instituted 1365 

The title of Marquis, is a term derived from the Teutonic Marche, a word signi- 
fying a limit or boundary, the officers so called having originally been ap- 
pointed to guard the frontiers of the kingdom. Hence they were styled 
Lords Marchers, and subsequently Marquisses. Their peculiar authority 
was abolished in the reign of Henry VIII.: but long before that period the 
title was considered merely honorary. The title of Marquis was bestowed 
by Richard II. on his favourite, De Vere. 

MARSHALS OF FRANCE instituted 1436 

Abolished, in 1791. 

MARTYRS, Knights of the, in Palestine, began 1319 

MARY, ST. DE MERCED, Knights of, began in Spain . 1218 

MARY-THERESA, or Royal Order for Ladies in Spain, 

instituted 1 792 

MARYLAND PROVINCE planted by Lord Baltimore, at 

the expense of £40,000 in 1633 

MARY ROSE, THE, sunk in an engagement, in 1545 

Since the commencement of operations in the endeavour to raise the wreck of the 
Royal George, a like attempt has been proceeded in, to restore some portion 
of the above ship, and the task has been attended, in some measure, with 
success. A brass gun, between eleven and twelve feet long, of exquisite 
workmanship, and upwards of five inches in the bore, has by the indefati- 
gable exertions of Mr. Dean, and his party, been brought up; it bears an 
inscription, which will require some little cleaning in order to render it 



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MARY ROSE, THE, (continued.) 

more clear to the reader; the name of Henry VIII. however, is very legible: as 
is also the figure of a full-blown rose. The " Mary Rose" was sunk in an 
engagement, in the reign of Henry VIII. Alongside of this curious and 
perfect piece of ordnance, was also found an iron gun, of the very rudest de- 
scription, made out of bars hooped round: and what is still more remark- 
able, a granite shnt, rather larger than a 32-pounder ! after having been 
sunk nearly three centuries. 

MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES first appointed 1603 

MAURITIANS, Knights of the, began in Savoy 1480 

Restored, in 1572. 

MAURITIUS ISLE discovered 1598 

Settled in 1721. 

MEAL TUB PLOT, The, 1679 

A forged conspiracy against James II. was so called from the place where the pre- 
tended correspondence lay concealed, 

MEDICINAL SIMPLES first brought from the East into 

Europe 1200 

MEETING OF RADICALS, attempted one, January 29 . 1832 

A Meeting was attempted to be held on this day, (Sunday) of Radicals in St. 
George's Fields, Manchester, but they were dispersed by the Civil Power, 
and seven of trie leaders captured. On the 12th of March, E. Curran, R. 
Gilchrist, N. Broadhurst, and W. Ashmore, the promoters of the same were 
indicted at the Lancaster Assizes, for having feloniously combined, at a 
Meeting at Manchester, with more than 1000 others, for the purpose of en- 
deavouring to subvert the established Institutions of the Realm. They were 
tried, and convicted on the third charge for riotously assembling to disturb 
the public peace. The other prisoners, J.Maskell, G. Lomax, T. Faux, and 
J. Faux, were acquitted. On the 15th of March, sentence was passed — 
Twelve months imprisonment. 

MERCATOR'S CHARTS invented 1556 

MERCHANTS known b. c. 1865 

The Peerage, as well as the Baronetage of England, exhibits numerous proofs of 
voluntary respect paid to commerce by British Sovereigns. The house of 
Osborne had for its founder Edward Osborne, apprentice to Sir Wm.Hewett, 
a merchant, who lived in London, and was Lord Mayor in 1559. Sir Wm. 
had only one daughter, Anne, who, when a child, was, by the carelessness of 
her nurse, dropped in the Thames. The apprentice, Edward Osborne, 
jumped into the river and saved her life. When the child grew up to woman- 
hood, as she was rich, she had many suitors, among whom was the Earl of 
Shrewsbury, but the father refused them all, saying, that as Osborne had 
saved her life, he should have her. They were married, and their descend- 
ant is Duke of Leeds. The Marquis Cornwallis is lineally descended from 
Thomas Cornwalleys, merchant, who was Sheriff of London in 1378. The 
noble house of Wentworth was founded by Sir W. Fitzwilliam, who was an 
Alderman of London, and Sheriff in 1506; he was a retainer of Cardinal 
Wolsey, and knighted by Henry VIII. for his attachment to that prelate in 
his misfortunes. The Earl of Coventry is descended from John Coventry, 



256 THfi NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

MERCHANTS, (continued.) 

mercer and Lord Mayor, in the year 1425. Laurence des Bouveries married 
a daughter of a silk mercer at Frankfort on-the-Maine, and returning to 
England, laid the foundation of tVie house of Radnor. — The ancestor of the 
Earl of Essex was Sir William Capel, Lord Mayor of London, in 1503. The 
ancestor of the Earl of Dartmouth, T. Legge, or Leggett, a skinner, was twice 
Lord Mayor, in 1347 and 1354, and lentking Edward III. no less a sum than 
£300. for his French war. Sir William Craven, merchant tailor and Lord 
Mayor of London, was ancestor of the present Earl of Craven; and the 
present Earl of Warwick is lineally descended from William Greville, a 
citizen of London, and " flower of the woolstaplers." Thomas Bennet, 
mercer, Sheriff in 1594, and Lord Mayor in 1603, laid the foundation of the 
fortunes of the Earls of Tankerville, who are lineally descended from him. 
Th« ancestor of the Earls of Pomfret was Richard Fermour, who, having 
amassed a splendid fortune as a citizen in Calais, came to England, and suf- 
fered attaint under Henry VIII. and did not recover his property till the 4th 
of Edward VI. The Earl of Darnley owes the first elevation of his family to 
John Bligh, a London Citizen, who was employed as agent to the speculators 
in the Irish estates forfeited in the Rebellion in 1641. John Cowper, an 
Alderman of Bridge Ward, and Sheriff in 1551, was ancestor of Earl Cowper; 
and the Earl of Romney is descended from Thomas Marsham, alderman, who 
died in 1624. Lard Dacre's ancestor, Sir Robert Dacre, who was banker to 
Charles I. although he lost £80,000. by that Monarch, left a princely fortune 
to his descendants. Lord Dormer is descended from Sir Michael Dormer, 
Lord Mayor in 1541. Viscount Dudley and Ward's ancestor was William 
Warde, a goldsmith in Lond m, and jeweller to the consort of Charles I. 
Sir Rowland Hill, who was Lord Mayor in the reign of Edward VI. was 
ancestor of Lord Berwick, Lord Hill, and " all the Hills in Shropshire." 

MERCIAN KINGDOM began 584 

Ended in 823. 

MERIT, a Military Order of Knighthood in Prussia, insti- 
tuted... 1730 

METHODISTS, the Religious Order of, began 1734 

METHODISTS in the year 1767 

It appears, that in the year 1767, the number of itinerant preachers was not more 
than 92, and of the people in the Societies 25,911; hut that in 1795, the 
number of Preachers was 357, and that of the people of the Societies 83,368* 
By the Reports produced at the Methodist Conference held at Leeds, July 
26, 1812, the number of itinerant Preachers in Great Britain, Ireland, and 
the West Indies, was 956, and about double that number of local Preachers 
(for those of America there was no correct statement;) the numbers of 
people were as follows, viz. : — 

Great Britain ,. 155,124 

Ireland 27,823 

Gibraltar 129 

Sierra Leone 60 

Nova Scotia and Newfoundland 1,225 

West Indies , 13,042 

United States of America 170,000 

Additional number in Gieat Britain, up to July, 1813. . . . 9,000 

Total 376,403 



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METHODISTS, (continued.) 

The following is an Abstract of the Return made to the late Conference of 
the number of Members in the Society, showing an increase during the year 
of 22,551, viz.:— 

Great Britain 1840 323,178 

1839 307,068 

■ Increase . . 16,110 

1840 27,047 

1839 \ 26,383 

■ Increase. . 664 

Foreign Stations, 1840 78,504 

1839 ,72,727 

> Increase. . 5,777 

Total increase. . 22,551 

Reported as on trial in Great Britain, March, 1840 19,603 

The gross receipts of money during the past year, (1839) for Missionary 
purposes by this body, from every source, both at home and abroad, has been 
£92,697. 18*. 8d. being an increase of annual income amounting to more 
than £10,000. on the year 1838. The expenditure has been, for the past 
year, for Missionary purposes, £104,017. 65. Id. 

MEXICO conquered by the Spaniards under Cortez 1519 

MICHAEL, ST. Knights of, began in France 1469 

In Germany, 1618. 

MICROSCOPES first used in Germany 1621 

The double ones discovered by Torricelli, 1624; solar Microscopes invented in 
1740. 

MICROMETERS invented by Mr. Wm. Gascoigne, who 

was slain at Marston Moor, aged 23, in 1644 

MILAN. 

The capital of this celebrated Dukedom is reputed to have been built by the 
Gauls, B.C. 408. It submitted to the Romans, B.C. 222; was formed into a 
Republic, A. D. 1221; and lastly was governed by Dukes from 1395, till 
1501 ; the French were expelled, from it by Chartes V. of Germany, about 
1525, who gave it to his son Philip II ; taken by the Imperialists, 1796; 
given to Austria, on Naples and Sicily being ceded to Spain, 1748. Seized 
by the French, 1706; re-taken by the Austrians, May, 1799. 

MILE. 

The length of it first determined, 1593. It was calculated to consist of 5280 feet, 
or 1760 yards; so that a square mile contains 27,178,400 square feet, or 640 
square acres. 

MILITIA, one established in Ireland by king Cormac O'Con, 

about 254 

In England, Alfred the Great first enrolled a militia, which continued till the 
Wo. 33. LI • 



258 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

MILITIA, (continued.) 

reign of James I. ; revived under Charles IT. ; the present Militia Act passed 
1757; altered, 1764, 1781, and for Scotland, 1797- Supplementary Militia 
embodied, 1797; the whole number was 104,000, in 1800. 

In 1761, the Militia Act was opposed at Hexham, when 45 persons were 
killed, and about 300 wounded; it was opposed in various parts of Scotland 
in 1796, particularly at Tranent, where several persons in the neighbour- 
hood of that village were killed while pursuing their lawful avocations. 

MILITIA ACT, to enable His Majesty to establish a per- 
manent Local Militia Force, under certain restrictions, 
for the defence of the Realm, June 30 1808 

Again May 12, 1809. Completion of in Great Britain, May 27, 1809. An Act 
to amend several Acts relating- to the Militia, and to the enlisting of the 
Militia into His Majesty's regular Forces, July 3, 1813. An Act to amend 
the Laws relating to the Militia in Great Britain, May 25, 1815. 

MILITARY UNIFORMS first used in France, by Lewis 

XIV. 

MINICHEES, the Religious Order of, began 343 

MINIMES, the Religious Order of, began 1450 

MINISTERS, the, in a minority of the House of Commons 

on theLand-Tax Bill for 1767 

This was the first instance of the kind on a Money Bill since the Revolution. 

MINISTERS, liberation of the French Royalist, October 17 1836 

Prince Polignac, landed at Dover, after his long confinement in France, De- 
cember 2, 1836. 

MINORS, the Religious Order of, began 1009 

MODENA made a Duchy 1451 

MOGUL EMPIRE. 

The first conqueror, was Jenghis Khan, a Tartarian prince, who died 1226. Timur 
Bek became Great Mogul, by conquest, 1399; the dynasty continued in his 
family till the conquest of Tamerlane, in the fifteenth century, whose de- 
scendants have kept the throne ever since ; Khouli Khan, the famous Sophi 
of Persia, considerably diminished the power of the Moguls, carried away 
immense treasures from Delhi, and since that event many of the Nabobs have 
made themselves independent. 

MONKS first associated 328 

MOON, Knights of the, began in Sicily 1464 

MONMOUTH made an English County by Henry VIII. ... 1535 



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MONTEJIA, Knights of, began in Spain, 1223 

MONTREAL discovered 1534 

MONTSERRAT, in the West Indies, discovered by Co- 
lumbus 1493 

Planted by England, in 1632. 

MORAVIANS, or UN IT AS FRATRUM, appeared in 

Bohemia 1457 

In England, in 1737. 

MOROCCO, The Empire of, anciently Mauritius, first 

known 1 008 

It was possessed by the Romans, 25 B.C. and by them reduced to a province, 50. 
From this time it underwent various revolutions, till the establishment of the 
Almovarides. The second Emperor of his family built the capital, Morocco. 
About 1116, Abdalla, the leader of a sect of Mahometans, founded the dynasty 
of Almahides, which ended in the last sovereign's total defeat in Spain, in 
1312. At this period, Fez, and Tremecen, then provinces of the Empire, 
shook off their dependence. Morocco was afterwards seized by the king of 
Fez; but the descendants of Mahomet, about 1550, subdued and united the 
three kingdoms again, and formed what is at present the Empire of Morocco. 

MOSCOW founded 1156 

Invaded by Bonaparte, with an army of 300,000 men ; and set on fire, by the 
Russian Governor, to prevent its falling into the hands of the French, 1812. 

MOUNTJOY, Knights of, began 1015 

Ceased in 1221. 

MUGGLETONIANS, the Religious Order of, sprung from 

one Muggleton, a journeyman tailor, in 1647 

MUNICH, in Bavaria, founded, 962 

Walled in 1157. 

NATIONAL CONFEDERATION at Paris commemorated 

in the field of Mars, July 14 1790 

NATIONAL DEBT. 

The National Debt, first contracted in Henry Vllth's reign, was £1430. The 
present system was established by king William III. on the suggestion of 
Bishop Burnet, a Scotchman. 
Progress of the National Debt: — in 1755 we owed seventy-two millions. In 1776, 
123 millions. In 1786, 239 millions. And at Midsummer 1796, it was 3S0 
millions sterling. 

Money advanced by the Bank of England for the public service, and out- 
standing December 7, 1798 : — £. s. d. 

On Land-Tax, 1797 551,000 

Ditto 1798 1,880,000 

Malt, 1797 ' 220,000 



260 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

NATIONAL DEBT, The, (continued.) 

£. s. d. 

Ditto 1798 750,000 

Supply of Bills 1798 3,000,000 

Total £.6,401,000 

By the Official Statement of tlie National Debt, created in Great Britain 
ALONE, as laid before the House of Commons, it appears that the Funded 

Debt was, February 1, 1806, 640,725,103 

Short Annuities, per ann 485,167 

Long .. ditto.... ditto 1,047,494 

Further borrowed that Session, £.29,880,000 
Less paid off 5 pr Ct. Annuities 979,256 

28,900,744 

Created in Britain for Ireland . £.38,198,000 

Borrowed that Session 3,320,000 

41,518,000 

Exclusive of Long Annuities to the amount of 912,081 
Created for the Emperor (independent of an- 
nuities which expire in 1819, of £230,000 

a-year) 7,502,633 

Exchequer Bills unprovided for 15,341,000 

Unfunded Debt in Navy Bills, Jan. 5, 1806. 5,91 1,588 

N.B. — No notice was taken of the other Unfunded Debt. 
So that, by this Statement, the whole FUNDED Debt of 

Great Britain, was £.739,826,068 An. 1,762,661 

Purchased by the Commis- Irish ditto 912,081 

sioners for reducing the — . 

National Debt £104,701,999 £2,674,742 

Net amount of Funded Debt , 

and Annuities, &c £.635,124,069 



By this a further deduction is made of Funded Debt of £22,000,000 odds, 
transferred to the above Commissioners towards reducing the National Debt, 
on account of Land-Tax redeemed. 

The following is an Account of the National Funded Debt at the Revolu- 
tion, and at the commencement and termination of each war since : — 

Debt at the Revolution 1689 1,054,925 

Funded Debt at the Peace of Rys wick 1697 21,515,772 

Ditto at the commencement of the War .... 1701 16,394,701 
Ditto at the Peace of Utrecht, (including An- 
nuities afterwards subscribed to the South 

Sea Stock) 1714 55.282,978 

Ditto at the commencement of the War .... 1740 47,954,623 

Ditto at the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle 1748 79,193,313 

Ditto at the commencement of the War 1756 73,289,673 

Ditto at the Peace of Paris, (including 

£9,839,957. which was funded in the 

subsequent years) 1763 133,959,270 

Besides this, there was about £6,000,000. of 

Debt paid off, without being funded. 
Ditto at the commencement of the American 

War 1775 123,644,500 

Ditto at the Peace of Versailles 1783 211 ,363,524 

Besides this, there was a large Unfunded Debt, 

which being Funded in the following 

years, raised the amount to 238,231,248 



THE NEW TABLET OF M E M O R V . 261 



NATIONAL DEBT, The, (continued.) 



And this was reduced by purchases for the re- 
demption of the National Debt, at the 
commencement of the War 1793 227,989,148 

Ditto at the Peace of Amiens, in 1802 

Including that year's Loan £567,008,978 

Of which redeemed 67,255,915 

499,753,063 



There was no reduction of the National Debt 

in the short Peace which followed the 

Treaty of Amiens. 

Funded Debt, Feb. 1, 1812 ..£. 769,764,356 

Of which redeemed 189,538,480 



580,225,876 



In this Statement the value of Annuities granted for lives and years is not 
included. The amount of these Annuities, February 1st, 1812, was 
£1,318,421. 

Debt at the Revolution 1,054,925 

Contracted in the 

War commencing . . 1689, of 8 years, 20,460,847 

Ditto 170L, of 13 „ 38,888,277 

Ditto 1740, of 8 „ 31,238,690 

Ditto J756,of 7 „ ...... 66,669,597 

Ditto 1775, of 8 „ 114,586,748 

Ditto 1793, of 9 „ 271,763,915 

Ditto 1803, to 

February 1,.. 1812, 9 ,, 80,472,813 

Contracted in 62 years' War, including that exist- 

ing at the Revolution, £.619,135,812 



Debt paid in the Peace of 1697, .. 4 years 5,121,071 

7,328,355 

5,903,640 

10,314,770 

10,242,000 



Ditto... 




. 1714, 


.26 


Ditto . . . 


.. ditto. 


. 1748, 


.. 8 


Ditto . . . 


. . . ditto . 


. 1763, 


.12 






. 1783, 


.10 






1803, 


. 1 



Debt paid off in 61 years' Peace £.28,909,936 

Funded Debt, February 1, 1812 £580,225,876 



Reduction of the National Debt, up to August 1, 1813 : — jj 

Redeemed by the Sinking Fund. , 221 ,928,973 

Transferred by Land-Tax redeemed 24,534,1 14 

Ditto by Life Annuities purchased 2,195,111 

On account of Great Britain 248,653,198 

Ditto of Ireland 11,532,365 

Ditto of Imperial Loan 1,429,359 

Ditto of Loan to Portugal 207,606 

Ditto of Loan to the East India Company 190,893 

Total £.262,018,421 



The whole Debt contracted during 62 years of War, is £618,080,887. 
being £9,969,046. annually, at an average. 



262 



THE NEW TABLET OK MEMORY. 



NATIONAL DEBT, The, (continued.) 

Thewhole Debt discharged during 61 years of Peace is £38,909,936. being 
£637,867 annually, at an average. 

The management of the National Debt is conducted by the Bank of Eng- 
land, except a small part, which is in the hands of the South Sea Company. 

The expense of management, in most articles, before 1786, was at the rate 
of £562. 10*. per million of capital, whether of a Three, Four, or Five per 
Cent. Annuity, reckoning £40,000. of terminable Annuities, equal to a 
million of capital. 

In 1786, the rate of management was reduced to £450. per million; and 
this was confirmed by an Act of Parliament in 1791. 

In 1808, the rate of management was further reduced, aad settled on the 
following terms: — £450. per million, if the capital exceeded 300 millions, but 
fell below 400 millions; — £340. per million, if the capital exceeded 400 
millions, but fell below 600 millions; — £300. per million on such part of the 
Public Debt as exceeded 600 millions. No agreement was made for the case 
of the Public Debt falling below 300 millions. 

It was farther agreed that the Bank should advance, without Interest, 
£500,000. in addition to £376,739. formerly advanced, in consideration of a 
large sum of unclaimed Dividends always remaining in their hands. 

Besides these allowances for management, the Bank receives considerable 
sums for conducting Loans. 

NATIONAL DEBT, The, of England and Ireland 1840 

DEBT.— Great Britain. 

South Sea Company, at 3 pr Cent. £. 3,662,784 8 7 
Old South Sea Annuities ditto .. 3,497,870 2 7 

New ditto ditto .. 2,460,830 2 10 

South Sea Ann. 1751 ..ditto .. 523,100 

Debt to Bank of England ditto .. 11,015,100 

Bank Annuities, 1726 826,636 

Consolidated Annuities 357,960,903 3 8 

Reduced ditto ditto 126,115,262 9 9 

Total at 3 pr Cent. . 506,062,486 7 5 

Annuities at 3i pr Cent. 1818 10,727,622 15 1 

Reduced Annuities, 3J> pr Cent 66,298,818 13 9 

New 3| per Cent. Annuities 146,237,360 3 8 

New 5 pr. Cent Annuities 438,240 13 4 



Great Britain £729,764,528 13 3 



IRELAND, (in British Currency. J 

Irish Con. 3 pr. Cent. Annuities . 

Reduced 3 pr Cent dittto .. 

3^ pr. Cent. Debenture & Stock . . 
Reduced 3^ pr Cent. Annuities . 
New 3| pr Cent. Annuities .... 
Debt to Bank of Ireland 4 pr. Ct. 

New 5 pr Cent. Annuities 

Debt to Bank of Ireland, 5 pr Ct. 

Ireland 33,463,343 5 2 



3,004,253 


19 


7 


162,882 


8 


1 


14,757,160 


15 


9 


1,045,712 


7 





11,855,903 


9 


1 


1,615,384 


12 


4 


6,661 


1 





1,015,384 


12 


4 



Total Debt of the United Kingdom £.763,227,871 18 5 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 263 

NATIONAL DEBT, The, of England and Ireland, (con- 
cluded) 1840 

CHARGE. 

Annual Interest unredeemed Debt £.24,142,471 15 2 

Long Annuities to expire inU860 1,294,586 6 10 

Annuities 4 Genrge IV. ex. 1867 585,740 

Ditto 10 Geo. IV. various periods 1,402,363 18 6 

Ditto Waterloo Fund, 59 Geo. III. \ 2 900 

expired July 5, 1837 > 

Life Annuities, 48 George III. \ 074 939 4 « 

10 Geo. IV. & 3 Win. IV. . . % 

Life Annuities, payable at IN a- 1 iq ojr- 19 in 

tional Debt. Office, England, $ ' 

Ditto Irish 41,053 15 10 

Annual Interest on Redemption 7 12 848 5 9 

of Land-Tax j ' 

Management 157,120 14 11 



Total Charge of United Kingdom £.28,533,192 14 4 



Total of Unfunded Debt and De- 
mands outstanding the 5th of . 
January, 1837 •••• provided 3 1 «n 

Uprovided 28,155' 



\ 








£34,504.544 6 5 



Exchequer Bills to complete the Charge upon the \ n 5 90c ooi 15 in 
Consolidated Fund, issued 5th January, 1837 . . J ' ' 

NAVY, THE BRITISH, strength of, August 1840 

SHIPS IN ORDINARY. guns. 

The Queen, (ready for commissioning) 110 

Waterloo 1 20 

Royal George 1 20 

Nelson 1 20 

Hibernia 120 

Prince Regent. . . c 120 

Neptune 1 20 

St. Vincent 120 

Royal William : 120 

Caledonia 120 

Queen Charlotte 104 

Camperdown , 1 04 

Nile 92 

Bombay 84 

Calcutta i 84 

Canopus 84 

Clai ence 84 

Achille 76 

Indus 78 

Foudroyant 78 

Kent 76 

To which may be added 29 ships of 72 guns; making 50 sail of the 
line fit at any time to be put in commission. 



264 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

NAVY OF ENGLAND, The, August, (continued) 1840 

SHIPS BUILDING. 

The Trafalgar, Woolwich, 1 20 "1 

St. George, Plymouth 120 > ready for launching-. 

London, Chatham 92 3 guns. 

Victoria 110 

Prince Albert 90 

St. George 120 

Royal Frederick „ 110 

Algiers 110 

Albion 90 

Hannibal 90 

Exmouth 90 

Centurion « . . ., 80 

Collingwood 80 

Colossus 80 

Goliath 80 

Lion 80 

Majestic 80 

Mars 80 

Superb . 80 

Hindostan , . . 78 

Cumberland 70 

Boscawen , c 70 

Twenty-two sail of the line to be brought forward for launching in succes- 
sive years, as wanted. 

NEYIS, one of the Caribbee Islands, planted by England... 1628 

NEW CALEDONIA discovered 1774 

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE built 1079 

Incorporated by king John, in 1213. 

NEWFOUNDLAND discovered by Cabot 1497 

Settled, in 1614. 

NEW GUINEA discovered 1770 

New Guinea has, by former voyagers, been stated to have been discovered in the 
year 1669; but Captain Cook has had the merit of establishing, beyond dis- 
pute, the time to be the year 1770. 

NEW JERSEY, in America, planted by the Swedes 1637 

NEWMARKET — the celebrated race at, between Hamble- 

tonian and Diamond, March 25 1799 

At the Newmarket Craven Meeting, March 25, 1799, the celebrated race between 
Sir Harry Vane's Hambletonian, and Mr. Cookson's Diamond, for 3000 gs. 
was decided, Hambletonian bearing away the palm from Diamond. Never 
did a contest bring such a throng and press of spectators and visitors to the 
neighbouring town and county. The inns overflowed. Barns and stables 
became equally the repertory of grain, bipeds, and quadrupeds. Expecta- 
tion stood on tiptoe as the day of trial dawned ; nor, till within a very few- 
strides of the winning post, could the name of the conqueror be confidently 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 265 

NEWMARKET, (continued.) 

dently pronounced. If ever a cast of the figure of Victory should be exe- 
cuted for the plains of Newmarket, it should assume the form of Buckle — 
whose unrivalled management of Hambletonian ensured the conquest to its 
owner. Never since that memorable day hath jockey worn a brighter 
w reath. 

Upon this identical turf did the Violantes, the Selims, and Sultans of old, 
astonish both their owners and the lookers on by their marvellous achieve- 
ments. Here did Filho da Puta and Sir Joshua strive for the mastership; 
and the latter may be almost said to have died as he attained it. (He died 
the next day, in consequence of the exertion.) The stride of his antagonist 
was fearful ; but the winner more than counterbalanced it in fleetness, and 
was much the smaller horse. Here too, of later years, did the once unrivalled 
Emilius bear away his most splendid prizes. Under the discipline of the 
same consummate commander did he defeat the Laird's Jock, the pride and 
wonder of the north! and in turn was himself defeated by the winged gallop 
of Bazaar. And yet more recently, on the same spot, did an illustrious 
Marquis see many of his bright hopes darkened by his beloved. Green Mantle 
(she, that bore away the Oatlands prize) distanced by the intrepid Lusetta ! 
Nor let the achievements of Stumps, (he deserved a better name,) at this 
famed spot, be overlooked in the records of future chroniclers. He was the 
property of the late Mr. Wyndham; and concluded a brilliant career by the 
decisive overthrow of Rufus, upon the Round Course. 

NEW YORK settled 1664 

NOBLE PASSION, Knights of, in Saxe Weissenfels, 

began 1704 

NOOTKA, in the North-west of America, discovered 1778 

Settled by the English, 1789 5 captured by the Spaniards, 1790, but afterwards 
confirmed to the English by treaty. 

NORMANDY erected into a Dukedom , 876 

NORTH-EAST PASSAGE to Russia discovered 1553 

NORTHUMBERLAND Kingdom began 457 

Ended in 828. 

NOTTINGHAM built . 924 

NOVA SCOTIA settled '. 1622 

Nova, Scotia divided into two provinces, in 1784. 

NOVA ZEMBLA discovered 1553 

An island separated from the northern part of Russia by the strait of Wygate, 
called by the Dutch Strait Van Nassau. Several attempts have been made to 
find a North-east passage to China by this strait 3 which the Dutch passed, 
and wintered on the east side of Nova Zembla in 1596, but did not penetrate 
further for the mountains of ice and snow. 

OAK OF NAVARRE, Knights of the, began in Spain ... 722 

OIL consumed in London, cost £300,000. in 1775 

Wo, 34- M jh 



266 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

OPHITES, the Religious Order of, began 187 

ORDER IN COUNCIL, an, revoking the quarantine of 
any vessels coming to the Ports of the United 
Kingdom, March 2 1832 

OREBITES, the Religious Order of, began 1 422 

OSNABURGH BISHOPRICK established. „ 1780 

The Duke of York was appointed Bishop of it. 

OUR LADY AND ST. GEORGE OF MONTESA, 

Knights of, in Spain, began...... 1317 

PADUA built b.c. 1269 

Surrounded with a wall, &c. by the Venetians, in 1019. 

PAMPLONA, surrender of, October 31, 1813 

Pamplona, the capital of Navarre, (42 miles south of Bayonne, and 137 north- 
east of Madrid) surrendered by capitulation to Don Carlos D'Espana, com- 
manding the blockade under the Marquis of Wellington. The garrison 
consisted of twenty-four officers, and 4,198 privates. 

PARIS taken possession of by the Allies, and Louis XVIII. 

proclaimed King, March 31 1814 

PARIS founded 357 

Made the capital of France, 510 ; the city of consumed by fire, 588. The States 
General of the kingdom were assembled here in 1302 and 1303, under Philip 
the Handsome; in 1355, under John II,; in 1356, under Charles V. then 
Dauphin; in 1357 and 1369, under the same Charles V.; in 1380, 1382, 
and 1412, under Charles VI; in 1614, under Louis XIII.; and the first Na- 
tional Assembly of France, convoked by Louis XVI. at Versailles, was held, 
after the 19th of October, 1789, at Paris, and was succeeded by the second 
National Assembly in 1791, and by a National Convention in 1792. In 
1795, a new constitution being established, which vested the government of 
the country in a Council of Ancients and a Council of Five Hundred, these 
met for the first time on the 27th of October, the former at the Palais 
Bourbon, the latter at the Thuilleries. There are nine principal bridges 
in Paris, three of which occupy the whole breadth of the Seine, namely, Pont 
Neuf, Pont Royal, and Pont de Louis XVI. But all the names of buildings, 
squares, streets, &c. given in honour of their kings, were totally changed, 
at the time of the abolition of monarchy, at the close of 1792. The Pont 
Neuf, the finest of all the bridges, was bepun under Henry III. in 1578, and 
finished by Henry IV. in 1604. It is 1020 feet long by'72 broad, and has 
twelve arches. In 1614 was erected an equestrian statue of Henry IV. in 
bronze; but this statue of him whose memory was once idolized by the 
French, was destroyed in the general demolition of the royal statues in 1792. 
The Louvre is distinguished into the Old and New. The Old Louvre was 
begun by Francis I. in 1528; and the grand gallery, 1362 feet long, and 30 
broad, which joins it to the Thuilleries, was begun under Charles IX. and 
finished by Louis XIV. who likewise built, in 1665, the New Louvre. The 
Thuilleries, begun in 1564, by Catherine of Medicis, continued by Henry 
IV. and completed by Louis XIV. takes its name from its situation in a plaee 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 267 

PARIS founded, (continued.) 357 

in which were formerly many tile-kilns, (tuileries), which for three or four 
centuries, furnished the greatest part of the tiles used in Paris. From this 
palace, when attacked by the enraged mob, on the 10th of August, 1792, the 
unfortunate Louis XVI. went for an asylum to the hall of the National As- 
sembly, thence to a prison, and from thence to the scaffold. The Palais 
Royal was built by Cardinal Richelieu in 1629, and had the name of " The 
Cardinal's " Palace, till Anne of Austria came to reside in it, in 1643, with 
her son Louis XIV. It had been long the property of the late Dukes of 
Orleans. The Palace of Luxemburg was built by Mary of Medicis in 1715, 
and, in form, somewhat resembles Queen's College, Oxford. The Hotel des 
Invalides, for the wounded and superannuated soldiery, is a magnificent 
structure, built by Louis XIV. ; as is the Military School, in the Champ de 
Mars, which was founded by Louis XV. 

PARNELL'S, SIR H. Corn Bill, thrown out, June 6 1814 

Sii H. Parnell's Corn Bill, was thrown out of Parliament at the above date, in 
compliance with the united Petition of the British people. 

PARTHENIAN GAMES first instituted, b.c. 1262 

PATRICK, ST. Knights of, in Ireland, began, February 25 1783 

PAUL, ST. Knights of, began at Rome 1540 

PAWNBROKERS introduced into Scotland 1806 

PEARLS, artificial, invented 1686 

PEARL ASHES MANUFACTORY first set up in Ire- 
land 1783 

PEERS, eldest sons of, first permitted to sit in the House 

of Commons 1550 

PEERS OF FRANCE began 778 

PEERS, twelve created at once in the reign of Queen Anne, 

in 1711 

Sixty were made in seven years preceding 1718. * 

PELAGIANS, the Religious Order of, began 382 

PENITENT WOMEN, the Religious Order of, began 1494 

PERSONS worth £40. per annum, compelled to take the 

Order of Kuighthood in 1430 

PETERSBURGH, in Muscovy, built by the Czar, Peter I. 1703 

PETER, ST. Knights of, began at Rome 1520 

PISA Republic founded 1403 



268 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PLACE OF INTERMENT, The, for Malefactors executed 

at Newgate, first burial of at, May 1 1820 

This piece of ground is appropriated to the burial of the bodies of those executed 
for high-treason, or murder; previous to this, they were given to the 
surgeons for the purposes of Anatomy. As none at that time were dissected 
but men of the above, stamp, it was thought by the legislature, added to the 
daring deeds of the " Resurrection Men," that dissection was more de- 
grading and odious, by murderers being made the subjects of it; although 
in fact it was then a part of their sentence. This law has since been altered, 
their bodies being, in future, to be buried within the precincts of the prison. 
The first who were deposited within the walls of this cemetery, were Arthur 
Thistlewood, together with the rest of his companions in the Cato-street 
conspiracy; (for an account of which, see page 24, ante.) On the day that 
he was executed, his wife intreated to have his body delivered to her; but 
the answer returned was, — " That Thistlewood was buried within the 
prison." Here also lie the remains of the murderers Pegsworth, Greenacre, 
Lees, Marchant, and, lastly, Courvoisier. It is also the general belief, that 
the bodies of Bishop and Williams, the murderers of the Italian boy, were 
likewise placed here: but this is not true; — after the execution, the body of 
Bishop was sent to King's College, in the Borough; and that of Williams, 
to Mr. Tuson's Theatre of Anatomy, Upper Windmill-street, from whence, 
(after the operation of dissection had been performed,) it was likewise sent 
to the before- mentioned place, where both still remain. (For an account of 
the Trial of Bishop, Williams, and May, the individuals who perpetrated 
this horrid affair, see Section V. — " Remarkable Persons." 

This cemetery is about forty yards long, not near so wide, and open to the 
heavens. Tall upright stones, with rude inscriptions of names, are all that 
mark the spot of these notorious characters. At their burial, no funeral 
service is read, eight o'clock in the evening being the hour of interment, as 
eight in the morning was the hour of their execution. The number already 
deposited are twelve. 

PLYMOUTH BREAKWATER, The, commenced 1812 

This great undertaking was begun by the advice of some of the most experienced 
Engineers, the object of which was, to construct, at St. Carlos rocks, near 
Plymouth, a mole, consisting of a vast heap of stones, in the middle of the 
Sound, stretching across its entrance, occupying half its width, and leaving a 
free passage for vessels, on the eastern and western shore, the sole expense 
of which was estimated at £1,171,100. viz. — £1,051,200. for the mole, or 
breakwater, and £119,900. for a pier, with lighthouses. The whole length 
wasto be 1700 yards ; 4000 feet in the middle being quite straight, and the 
two extremities having a slope up the Sound. On the 12th of August, 1812, 
the first stone was sunk; and on the 31st of March, 1813, the building 
made its appearance above the surface of low water at spring-tides. The 
stones were purchased from a quarry of the Duke of Bedford, at the cost of 
£10,000. The quantity of stone deposited up to the end of the year 1816, 
was upwards of 100,000 tons, of which 12,000 were five tons each. At the 
close of the second year, the swell was so much broken, that ships of various 
sizes ran in, and anchored behind the breakwater; since which, 200 sail of 
vessels have found shelter; so that twenty-five or thirty sail of the line may 
ride here in security. The only damage which this great work has received, 
was during the dreadful gale on the night of November 24, 1824, when it was 
discovered that a considerable chasm had taken place near to the eastern 
end. ' 

Previous to the Breakwater being 1 erected at Plymouth, ships sought the 
more distant anchorage of Torbay ; but, owing to its bearing so bad a charac- 
ter among naval officers, Lord Howe has been heard to say, " that it would 
one day be the grave of the British Fleet." 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 269 

POLICE ACT, THE NEW, came into operation Janu- 
ary 1, 1840 

By the provisions of this Act, which came into operation as above, it was enacted 
that every person should be liable to a penalty, not more than forty shillings, 
who, within the limits of the Metropolitan Police District, shall, in any 
thoroughfare or public place, commit any of the following offences, viz: — 
any person who shall expose for sale, except in a market lawfully appointed 
for that purpose: — any person suffering a ferocious dog to be at large un- 
muzzled: — or causing any accident byjiegligent driving': — or endangering 
the life or limb of any passenger in any thoroughfare : — or causing any cart, 
&c. to stand longer than necessary in loading or unloading: — or leading any 
horse, or any other animal, &c. on the footway: — or roll, or carry any cask, 
&c. on the same : — or after being made acquainted with the regulations, act- 
ing contrary thereto: — or affixing any posting bill on a wall without consent 
of owner, occupier, &c. : — or common prostitute loitering in the streets, &c. 
to the annoyance of the inhabitants or passengers : — or sell, or offer for sale 
or distribution, any profane, or indecent book, &c. or use any indecent song, 
&c. to annoy any passenger: — using threatening-, or abusive language, which 
may cause a breach of the peace: — or any one blowing a horn, or other noisy 
instrument, the guards of mails, and postmen, excepted: — or discharging 
any fire arms, or throwing any missile, to the danger of any one, or making 
bonfires, or throwing any fireworks: — nr wilfully and wantonly ringing of 
door-bells, knocking at doors, and extinguishing lamps: — or flying kites, or 
playing at any game, whereby the public are likely to be annoyed; any one ' 
so offending, may be taken into custody, without a warrant, who shall break 
any of these regulations. And any person, after the first day of January, 
1840, who within the Metropolitan Police District shall use any dog for the 
purpose of drawing or helping to draw any cart, carriage, truck, or barrow, 
shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings for the first, 
offence, and not more than five pounds for the second, or any following 
offence. 

It shall be lawful for any householder within the Metropolitan Police Dis- 
trict, personally, or by his servant, or by any police constable, to require any 
street musician to depart from the neighbourhood of the house of such house- 
holder on account of the illness of any inmate of such house, or for other 
reasonable cause; and every person who shall sound or play upon any musi- 
cal instrument in any thoroughfare, near any house after being so required 
to depart, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings. 

Persons found drunk in any street, or public thoroughfare, or gnilty of any 
riotous or indecent behaviuur, or committing the same in any police station 
house, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty shillings for every 
such offence, or may be committed, if the Magistrate before whom he shall 
be convicted shall think fit, instead of inflicting on him any pecuniary 
penalty, to the House of Correction for any time, not more than seven days. 

It is also enacted, that any Police Constable belonging to the Metropolitan 
Police Force shall have the power of destroying any dog, or other animal, 
suspected to be in a rabid state; and the owner of such dog permiting it to be 
at large after having information, or reasonable ground for believing it to be 
in a rabid state, or to have been bitten by any dog or other animal in a rabid 
state, shalhbe liable to a penalty of not more than five pounds, 

The preceding are the principal regulations contained in the New Police 
Laws. 

POLISH INSURRECTION, the, 1831 

POLYGAMY forbid by the Romans 393 

POOR WOMEN, the Religious Order of, began 1212 



270 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PORCUPINE, Knights of the, began in France 1393 

POST, RExMITTANCES BY, New Regulation respecting, 1840 

By ihis new Regulation of the Lords Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury, 

parties may send, in a small sheet of note paper, coin of the following 

amounts, viz. . — * s. d. 

In silver, 2 . . or . . . . \ oz. for 1 penny. 

,, 4 6 .. ,, .... 1 ,, 2 pence. 

„' 9 6 ..,,.... 2 „ 4 pence. 

In gold, a i sovereign 1 . , ~ , , 

j , . 2 ., ° > 11 .. „ i ,, 1 penny. 

and is. in silver, . . ) i r ' 

,, \.\ sovereign, 30 ..„•••• \ » 1 penny. 

,, 3 ,, 1 ,, 2 pence. 

,. <6\ „ 2 ,, 4 pence. 

A £5. note, or Bank of England note of any amount, might be added to 
the above sums, or to a sum less in each case, the smallest coin, as 4rf. 
Where it is necessary to transmit pence or odd amounts of money for which 
there is no silver coinage, such as a \d. 2d. 3d., when the Postage Stamps 
are prepared, it will be a convenient arrangement, available to the public, to 
transmit stamps instead of coin. 

POYNING'S ACT repealed in Ireland, when indepen- 
dency was restored there, May 17 1782 

PREDESTINARIANS, the Religious Order of, began 371 

PROPERTY TAX, an Act to repeal certain parts of, passed 

June 5 1805 

An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act (43 George III. c. 122,) for granting a 
contribution on the profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades and 
Offices ; and to consolidate, and render more effectual the provisions for 
collecting the said duties. 

PROTESTANTS, in 1229 

They were so called, from the Elector of Saxony having protested against the 
decree of the Diet of Spires, not to make any innovations, particularly re- 
specting Mass, till the sense of a General Council could be taken. The Con- 
fession of Augsburg was brought forward the year following, after which the 
separation of the two churches was irrevocably fixed. (See page 138, ante.) 

PUBLICAN SECT first came to England 1162 

PURGATORY invented 250 

Introduced into the Church, in 593. 

PURITANS, the Religious Order of, began 1545 

QUAKER, the first one admitted as a Member of Parlia- 
ment^ in 1833 

The first Member was Mr. Pease, elected for Durham. 

QUEENSTOWN, (CANADA), an American division of 

800 men taken prisoners at, June 24 1813 

QUIETISTS, the Religious Order of, began 1685 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 271 

RECORDS OF SCOTLAND, being sent by sea from 

England to Scotland, were lost 1 295 

RED EAGLE, Knights of the, in Prussia, revived 1792 

REDEMPTION, Knights of, began 1212 

REGNANT QUEEN, the first in England, (Mary) 1553 

In Scotland (Mary Stuart), 1542. 

REPENTANTS, the Religious Order of, began 1360 

REVOLUTIONS in ancient history. — The Assyrian Empire 
destroyed, and that of the Medes and Persians founded 
by Cyrus the Great, b. c. 546 

The Macedonian Empire founded on the destruction of the Persian, on the defeat 
of Darius Codomanus, by Alexander the Great, 331 B.C. — The Roman 
Empire established on the ruins of the Macedonian, or Greek monarchy, by- 
Julius Caesar, 47 B. c. — The Eastern Empire founded bv Constantine the 
Great, on the final overthrow of the Romans, A. D. 306. — The Empire of the 
Western Franks began under Charlemagne, A. D. S02. This Empire under- 
went a new revolution, and became the German Empire, under Rodolph of 
Auasbourg, the head of the house of Austria, A. D. 1273, from which it is 
also called the monarchy of the Austrians. — The Eastern Empire passed 
into the hands of the Turks, A. D. 1800. 

REVOLUTIONS. 

In England, in 1688.— Poland, in 1704, 1709, and 179.5— Turkey, in 1730. 
Persia, in 1748, and 1753.— Russia, in 1682, 1740, and 1762.— Sweden, in 
1772.— America, in 1775.— France, in 1789.— Venice, 17th May, 1797. 
Rome, February 26, 1798. 

RUPERT, ST. Knights of, began in Germany 1702 

SABBATICAL YEAR, the first, b.c. 451 

SACRAMENTARIANS, the Religious Order of, began ... 878 

SANCTUARIES abolished in England' 1534 

SANDEMANIANS, (called Glassites in Scotland), the Re- 
ligious Order of, began 1 760 

SCRIPTURES, The, enjoined to be read in Monasteries in 

Britain .' 746 

SEPULCHRE, Knights of the, began in Palestine 1092 

SERAPHIM, Knights of the, began in Sweden 1 334 

SHAVING OF PRIESTS introduced 169 



272 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SHEEP from England, permitted to be sent to Spain 1467 

SHIP, Knights of the, began, 1252 

SHIP AND DOUBLE CRESCENT, Knights of the, be- 
gan in France 1269 

SICILIES, Queen of the, obliged to abandon the Govern- 
ment, and retire into Austria in April 1813 

SINCERITY, Knights of, in Saxony, began 1 690 

SMITHFIELD MARKET, number of cattle brought into, 

in 1774 

The number of cattle brought to this market in 1774, was 94,000 head, and 
above 800,000 sheep: since which time it has greatly increased. The 
average number of cattle annually sold in Smithfield, is about 150,000; of 
sheep, 1,200,000. The number of calves is not included in that of cattle, 
but the average brought into the market is upwards of 20,000, besides those 
called sticklers, which are generally sold with the cows. The number of 
horses annually brought to market, (the horse-market being on a Friday) 
average from twelve to thirteen thousand ; but there is no correct account of 
the number sold, it not being obligatory to register the same; nor is there 
any account of the number of pigs sold, — but for those fer which toll is 
paid on entering the Market, this amounts to about 24,000; but freemen 
being exmpted, the exact number cannot be stated, but are supposed to be 
nearly 60,000. This Market is likely to continue the greatest of all Markets, 
notwithstanding the rivalry attempted by the New Market at Islington. 

SNAKES, a prodigious quantity appeared on a plain at 

Tournay, near Flanders, in 1059 

A prodigious quantity of these reptiles formed themselves into two bands at the 
above place, and fought with such fury, that one band was almost destroyed, 
and the peasants killed the other with sticks and fire. 

SOLI DI ROMA, the Estate of, in Spain, voted to the 

Marquis of Wellington 1813 

This Estate was voted to the Marquis of Wellington, by the Cortes, in testimony 
of the gratitude of the Spanish nation, October 1, 1813. 

SPAIN, (NEW) established 1520 

SPAIN. 

Spain was first civilized by the Phoenicians, who possessed great part of it; these 
called in the Carthaginians ; it was afterwards invaded by the Rhodians; the 
Carthaginians however madenew conquests, 209; and, after the destruction 
of ancient Tyre, became the most powerful in this country. Conquered by 
the Romans, 216 B.C. Granada and Andalusia was the Bcetica of the 
Romans. 

SPONSORS instituted 130 

SPORTS allowed on Sunday after Service, in 1617 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 273 

STAMP DUTIES, an Act granting to his Majesty certain 

Duties on Receipts, August 11 1803 

An Act repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, Law Proceedings, and other 
written or printed Instruments, and the duties on Legacies, and Successions 
to personal Estate, upon Intestacies, now payable in Great Britain, July 2, 
1803 ; repealed again, July 11, 1815. 

An Act repealing the Stamp Office Duties on Advertisements, Almanacks, 
Newspapers, Gold and Silver Plate, Stage Coaches, and Licenses for keep- 
ing stage coaches, now payable in Great Britain, July 11, 1815. 

An Act to reduce the Stamp Duties on Advertisements, and on certain 
Sea Insurances; to repeal the Stamp Duties on Pamphlets; on Receipts for 
sums under £5. ; and to exempt Insurances on Farming Stock from Stamp 
Duties, June 28, 1833. 

STANDING at the reading of the Gospels introduced, in... 406 
STAR, Knights of the, began in France, and disused in ... 1455 
STEAMER, THE BRITISH QUEEN, seizure of, August 1840 

Information having been obtained by the Commissioners of Customs that a great 
quantity of contraband goods were concealed on board, an order was accord- 
ingly issued by them to the officers to search the said vessel, which being 
done, there was found concealed tea, cigars, and tobacco. 

ST. LEGER STAKES, THE, DONCASTER, first esta- 

blisment of at, in 1776 

At what precise period hoise-racing commenced at Doncaster, we are unable to 
determine: but it is supposed to have taken place about the Sixteenth cen- 
tury, for we find that it was introduced in various parts of the kingdom, long- 
before the time of James I.; since which, it was patronised by Charles I. 
Cromwell, Charles II. and most of the Monarchs of England since that 
period. 

On the 6th of June, 1615, an Order was issued by the Corporation of 
Doncaster, in consequence of the riot ous manner in which the sports of 
horse-racing were conducted, such Order being intended to put a stop to its 
future progress. The following is a literal copy: — 

" Forasmuch as plainely appereth by divers accidents and inconveniences 
" past that the Race on Doncaster More had brought and bred many caires 
'■ and sutes wch tendeth to the great damage and prejudice of the Corpora- 
" con, and quairells and open inconveniences have by occasion of this race 
" bene stirred upp, therefore for the preventinge of sutes quarrells murders 
" and bloodshed that may ensue by the contynninge of the same race, it is 
" agreed that the Stand and the Stoopes shal be pulled upp and imploied to 
" some better purpose, and the Race to be discontinued." 

After the passing of this Order, we are unable to state how soon after 
Horse-Racing was revived at Doncaster ; but in 1703, we find the Corpora- 
tion passing a Resolution respecting the sum of £5. subscribed by Mr. 
Patterson, the late Mayor, and adjudging it should not be allowed, in conse- 
quence of its having been done without the consent of that body ; but it was 
agreed at the same time that £4. 4s. should be contributed towards the Plate 
to be run for, during the new agreement, for seven years. In 1710, the 
subscription was raised to £5. 5s. ; and in 1716, the sum of £5. 7s. 6d. was 
voted towards a Plate, denominated " The Town's Plate, " on condition of 
the neighbouring Gentry subscribing for a valuable Plate, to be also run for. 

In 1754, the Corporation voted a piece of Plate value £50. for that year 
only, which was called " The Corporation Plate; " but which has ever since 
been continued annually. In 1776, that splendid Subscription, called " THE 
No. 35. Nn 



274 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ST. LEGER STAKES, THE, AT DONCASTER, (con- 
tinued.) 

St. Leger," was fixed, a race which has, for a number of years caused the 
greatest anxiety to every individual connected with the turf. The first 
winner of this celebrated Sweepstakes, was the Marquis of Rockingham's 
horse, Sampson. 

September 26, 1776, the Corporation commenced the formation of a new 
Course, and a more elegant Stand : in order to effect which, a Committee 
■was empowered to treat with a Mr. Childersfor about fifteen acres of land, at 
the southern extremity of the Common, (part of the enclosed Commons of 
Chantley ;) of which a lengthy lease of 99 years was obtained, from February 
15, 1779> by the Corporation, at the yearly rent of £15. 

In 1803, the King's Plate of 100 guineas was removed from Burford to 
Doneaster; and another day was also added to the three during which the 
Races had previously been held. 

WINNERS OF THE ST. LEGER SINCE THE YEAR 1800, TO 

THE PRESENT TIME, 1840 

Year. Horse. Owner. 

1801 Quiz Mr. Goodrich e. 

1802 Orville Lord Fitzwilliam. 

1803 Remembrancer Lord Strathmore. 

1804 Sancho Mr. Mellish. 

1805 Stavely Mr. Mellish. 

1806 Fyldener Mr. Clifton. 

1807 Paulina Lord Fitzwilliam. 

1808 Petronius Duke of Hamilton. 

1809 Ashton Duke of Hamilton. 

1810 Octavian Duke of Leeds. 

1811 Soothsayer Mr. Gascoigne. 

1812 Otterington Mr. Rob. 

1813 Altisidora Mr. Watt. 

1814 William Duke of Hamilton. 

1815 Filho da Puta Sir W. Maxwell. 

1816 The Duchess Sir B. R. Graham. 

1817 Ebor Mr. Pierse. 

1818 Reveller Mr. Pierse. 

1819 Antonio Mr. Ferguson. 

1820 St. Patrick Sir E. Smith. 

1821 Jack Spigot Mr. T. O. Powlett. 

1822 Theodore Mr. Petre. 

1823 Barefoot Mr. Watt. 

1824 Jerry Mr. Gascoigne. 

1825 Memnon Mr. Watt. 

1826 Tarrare Lord Scarborough. 

1827 Matilda Mr. Petre. 

1828 The Colonel Mr. Petre. 

1829 Rowton Mr. Petre. 

1830 Birmingham Mr. Beardsworth. 

1831 Chorister Duke of Cleveland. 

1832 Margrave Mr. Gulley. 

1833 Rockingham Mr. Watt. 

1834 Touchstone Marquis of Westminster. 

1835 Queen of Trumps Mr. Mostyn. 

1836 Ellis Lord Lichfield. 

1837 Mango Mr. Greville. 

1S38 Don John Lord Chesterfield. 



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ST. LEGER STAKES, THE, AT DONCASTER, and 
the GOLD CUP, Winners of. 

Year. Horse. Owner. 

1839 Charles Twelfth Major Yarburgh. 

1840 Launcelot Marquis of Westminster. 



DONCASTER CUP. 

1801 Chance .\ Mv. Wentworth. 

1802 Alonzo Mr. Brandling. 

1803 Remembrance Lord Strathmore. 

1804 Sir Oliver Lord Grey. 

180. r ) Caleb Quot'em Lord Fitzwilliam. 

1806 Camillus Mr. Garforth. 

1807 Scud Lord Monson. 

1808 Laurel Leaf Mr. Duncomb. 

1809 Whitenose Lord Milton. 

1810 Trophonius Lord Darlington. 

1811 Grimalkin.. Mr. Duncomb. 

IS 12 Slender Billy Mr. Glover. 

1813 Viscount Sir W. Maxwell. 

1814 Tramp Mr. Watt. 

1815 Catton Lord Scarborough. 

1816 Filho da Puta Mr. Houldsworth. 

1817 Fulford Colonel King. 

1818 Rasping Duke of Leeds. 

1819 Otho Mr. Garforth. 

1820 The Juggler Mr. Powlett. 

182L Consul Mr. Lambton. 

1822 Euphrates Mr. Dilly. 

1823 Figaro Mr. Farquharson. 

1 824 Mercutio Duke of Leeds. 

1825 Lottery Mr. Whittaker. 

1826 Fleur-de-Lis Sir. M. W. Ridley. 

1827 Mulatto Lord Fitzwilliam. 

1828 Laurel Major Yarburgh. 

1829 Voltaire Duke of Cleveland. 

1S30 Retriever Lord Kelburne. 

1831 The Saddler Mr. Wagstaff. 

1832 Gallopade Mr. Riddell. 

1833 Rockingham Mr. Watt. 

1834 Tomboy Mr. Orde. 

1835 Touchstone Marquis of Westminster. 

1836 Touchstone Marquis of Westminster. 

1837 Bee's-wing Mr. Orde 

1838 Don John Lord Chesterfield. 

1 839 Charles the Twelfth Major Yarburgh. 

1840 Bee's-wing Mr. Orde. 

STOCKHOLM built v 1253 

STONE cured by a medicine, for which Government paid a 

Mrs. Steevens a premium, June, 1739 

STORE-CASK, one made, in January 1792 

A store-cask for a brewery was made by Mr. Layton, in Southward, which would 



276 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

STORE-CASK, (continued.) 

contain EIGHT THOUSAND casks, of sixteen gallons each. Its diameter fifty- 
five feet six inches, and in depth twenty feet, all of English oak. Finished 
in January, 1792. 

STRALSUND, in Pomerania, founded 1209 

STUCCO WORK revived by D'Udine about 1500 

SUPPLIES granted during the reign of 

King William III. was £.72,047,369 

Queen Anne 122,373,531 

George 1 79,832,160 

George II 276,349,773 

George III. to Michaelmas, 1788 450,041,321 

Ditto, for the year 1798 28,490,005 

George IV. for the year 1813 68,585,942 



£.1,097,720,101 



SURPLICES first used in Churches 316 

SUSSEX KINGDOM, founded by Alia, a Saxon 49 1 

Ended in 448. 

SWAN, Knights of the, (time immemorial.) 

SWEDENBORGIANS, the religious Order of, began 1780 

SWORN, Order of Knighthood, in Cyprus, began 1 195 

In Sweden, in 1528. 

SYRACUSE, in the Isle of Sicily, founded ' 709 

THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES encouraged 1194 

Theatrical performances were encouraged as early as the reign of Richard I. and 
laid the foundation for the regular Drama. 

THE LAW r OF SETTLEMENT, ACTS relating to. 

Settlements are acquired, — 1st by Birth. — 2nd Parentage. — 3. Marriage — 
4. Hieing and Service.— 5. Apprenticeship. — 6. Renting a Tenement. 
7. Estate. — 8. By Serving an Office. — 9. Paying of Taxes. 

1st. — Birth. Bastards are settled where they are born, (before August 14, 
1834) unless the mother be confined in another parish by collusion or fraud 
— or under an order of removal — or whilst removing under such order — or in 
a lying-in Hospital — or in a prison — in these cases they take the mother's 
settlement, as do all bastards born since August 14, 1834. For legitimate 
children, the birth settlement is only taken after inability to discover that of 
the parents, taking first the father, then the mother. 2nd. Parentage. Chil- 
dren follow their father's settlement until they acquire one in their own 
right, or cease to be a part of the family; but if the father has no settlement, 
as a foreigner, &c. then they follow the Settlement of the mother, prior to 
her marriage; if the husband die, and the widow acquire another settle- 
ment, it is communicated to the children, but the children do not take the 
second husband's settlement; if the widow many again they retain her last 



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THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT, ACTS relating to, (con- 
tinued.) 

settlement prior to such marriage. 3rd. By marriage, the wife takes the 
husband's settlement, and every subsequent settlement he may acquire until 
his death; but if the husband has no known settlement, she retains her 
maiden settlement. 4th. Hiring and Service: — an unmarried person, not 
having child or children, lawfully hired as a yearly servant, is settled in the 
parish in which he serves the last forty days, provided he has continued in 
such service one whole year; an unmairied person includes Widow and 
Widowers, if they have no children dependant on them. This mode of set- 
tlement was abolished, August 14, 1834: and unless the party had been in 
the service one year on that day, no settlement could be acquired. 5th Ap- 
prenticeship. — The person bound an apprentice, gains a settlement in the 
parish in which he resides the last forty days of such Apprenticeship. To 
constitute a legal apprenticeship there must be an indre propeity executed 
and stamped, if it require a stamp. 6th. Renting Tenement. — Before July 2, 
1819, a person residing forty days upon a tenement of the value of £10. per 
annum, gained a Settlement: the tenement or holding might consist of vari- 
ous parcels, and might be taken at various times, and be in different parishes. 
The settlement would be in the parish where the residence was : — an apart- 
ment, a shop, stable, land, mill — are all tenements prior to this period. (39 
Geo. III. c. 50.) But after July 2, 1819, the tenement must consist of a 
dwelling-house, or building, or of land, or of both, bona-fidc hired by the 
person occupying for one whole year, and must be entirely situate within the 
same parish, and of the value of £10. per annum, and rent to the amount of 
£10. actually paid. The tenement might consist of different parcels; if a 
house, part of il might be under-let — but if land, it could not. The hiring 
might also be at different times. On the 22nd of June, 182.5, another Act 
was passed, requiring the dwelling-house, building, or land must be bona- 
Jide rented by the party for the sum of £10. a-year at the least, for the term 
of one whole year, and must be occupied under such yearly hiring and rent 
for the same, to the amount of £10. actually paid for one whole year at the 
least. From this period, (i. e. June 22, 1825, to March 30, 1831,) a settle- 
ment would still be obtained, although the house or land be under-let, and 
although the rent was paid by some one else; but the occupation must be 
under the same hiring, and not under several. On the 30th of March, 1831, 
an Act was passed (1 Wm. IV. c. 18), requiring " Such house or building, 
" or land, or both, shall be actually occupied under such yearly hiring, in the 
" same parish or township, by the person hiring the same for the term of 
" one whole year at the least, and the rent for the same to the amount of 
" £10. at the least shall be paid by the person hiring the same." After this 
period no person could gain a settlement, if he under-lets, so as to give 
another person an adverse possession, but merely letting beds for the night, 
as in the case of an Innkeeper, or lodging-house keeper, does not defeat the 
settlement. After August 14, 1834, in addition to the former requisites for 
gaining a settlement by renting a tenement, it is necessary the party should 
be assessed to, and pay the poor-rate for one year. As the Settlement, by 
renting a tenement, is the most difficult branch of the Su! ject, I have thought 
it not amiss to put the subject in another form, as follows: — In consequence 
of the loose nature, and the great latitude occasioned by the decisions on the 
subject of settlements by renting a tenement prior to the passing of the 59th 
Geo, III. c. 50, itappears to have been the intention of the legislature to re- 
strict such settlements to renting a house, or building, or land, or both com- 
bined, of the annual value of £10. bona fide hired, occupied, and the payment, 
on account of rent, of not less than £10. which requisites should be per- 
formed by the party hiring, and not by any other on his behalf. That the 
tenement should be entirely situated in one parish, and taken at one time, 
and under one agreement, and should not be under-let. To attain these 
objeets, the 59th Geo. III. c. 50 was passed, but failed in doing so. The 



278 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT, ACTS relative to, (con- 
tmued.) 

decisions on that Statute are to the effect — that an actual occupation, {i.e. no 
part under-let) of the house, or building, was not necessary, although it was 
with regard to land: nor that the tenement should consist of an undivided 
parcel, or be contiguous to one another, nor be occupied or rented under the 
same hiring; part, (say £5.) might be hired in May 1823, and occupied till 
May following: part (say £5.) might be hired June 1823, and occupied till 
June following, and both might be connected, and confer a settlement. To 
remedy these inconveniences the 6th Geo. IV. c. 57 was passed June 22, 1 825, 
repealing the former statute; but although the terms were varied, to render 
an actual occupation necessary, the omission of the words " by the party 
hiring the same" frustrated that intention, and the decisions on that statute 
are to the effect, that the house, building, or land, or both, maybe under-let, 
that the rent need not be paid by the party hiring, but by some one else. 
This statute, however, confines the occupation to the same year as the hiring, 
by the words under such yearly hiring. To remedy these defects, and to ex- 
plain the 6th of Geo. IV. c. 57, the 1st Wm. IV. c. 18, was passed on the 
30th March, 1831, which very materially narrows the means of obtaining a 
settlement by renting a tenement. The party must bona fide hire a separate 
and distinct dwelling-house, or building, or land, or both, of the value of 
£10. per annum : cannot under-let either house or land : and must actually 
pay rent to the amount of £10. himself. 7th. Estate. — A person obtains a 
settlement by residing on his own estate for forty days ; the estate may be 
freehold, copyhold, leasehold, held for life, or for years ; if purchased, the 
consideration must not be less than £30.; but if held by descent, devise, &c. 
the value is of no consequence. House. — If a person takes the lease of a 
house of less than £10. per annum value, he obtains no settlement, but his 
heirs would. This settlement is only retained so long as the party resides 
within ten miles of such Estate. 8, Serving an Office. — Persons holding a 
public annual Office, as Constable, — Tylhingman, — Collector of Taxes, — 
Parish Clerk, — Sexton, obtain settlements thereby; he must be appointed, 
and serve for a year. A deputy gains no settlement, though the principal 
for whom the deputy serves does. This mode of settlement is now abolished ; 
(4 & 5, Wm. IV. c. 76, s. 64.) 9. Paying Taxes.— (3 Wm. and Mary, c. 11. 
s. 6.) " If any person, who shall come to inhabit in any parish or township, 
" shall be charged with, and pay his share towards the public taxes, or levies 
" of the said township or parish, then he shall be deemed to have a legal 
" settlement in the same." These taxes are, Poor Kate, — Church Rate, — 
Land-Tax, and every other general and public tax which the inhabitants of 
the parish are bound by law to pay, except Scavenger's Rate, — Highway 
Rate, — and Window Duties, which are specially excepted by Statute. The 
parties must both be charged and pay ; if he pay without being rated, or, if 
rated, and another pay, no settlement is gained by either. He must also 
reside in the parish fortv days in which he is rated. By 35 Geo. III. c. 101, 
s. 4, passed June 22, 1795, these payments of rates, &c. are to be made in 
respect of tenements not being less than the yearly value of £10. This had 
the effect of rendering this mode of settlement nearly obsolete: for the party 
would gain his settlement by renting the tenement, it being of the value of 
£10. whether he paid taxes or not. It was again brought into operation by 
59th Geo. III. c. 50, for a man might be rated and pay taxes for a tenement 
of the value of £10. and yet not occupy it the whole year, in which case he 
would gain a settlement by paying taxes, but not by rent of a tenement. 
The Act 6th Geo. IV. c. 57, (June 22, 1825) again nearly extinguished this 
mode of settlement, by subjecting it to all the requisites for obtaining a 

settlement by renting a tenement. Since the decision in the case of R , 

v. St. Nicholas, Rochester, it has become of more general application than 
ever; for as by that decision it was held, that since March 30, 1831, no 
person could gain a settlement, by renting a tenement, who under-let any 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 279 

THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT, ACTS relative to, (con- 
cluded.) 

part, recourse was immediately had to settlements, by paying taxes which 
were in nowise affected bv such decision : and as most persons renting a 
tenement pay the rates chargeable thereon, settlements are obtained by that 
m eans 

TIMES NEWSPAPER, the first sheet of paper printed by 

Cylinders, and by Steam, November 28 1814 

TOLL, the, of Waterloo Bridge, reduced for Cattle, July 1 1839 

TRANSIT OF MERCURY, over the Sun's disc, in 1802 

The last transit of this Planet visible in England, was November 9, 1802; the 
next will be on the 8th of May, 1845. There was a transit in 1815, and 
another in 1822; these taking place in our night, they were to us invisible. 
These phenomenons of Planets passing over the sun's disc were not attended 
to previous to the invention of Telescopes. Three transits of Mercury hap- 
pened in 1615, 1618, and 1628, subsequent to the invention of that in- 
strument, which were allowed to pass unnoticed, although that of 1618 might 
have been seen in different parts of Europe. 

In 1629, Kepler, in a paper published at Leipsic, called the attention of 
Astronomers to this subject, by announcing that there would be a transit of 
Mercury in 1631 : of Venus, the same year; and another of Venus, in 1761. 
Kepler's death occurring in November, 1630, he could not, therefore, wit- 
ness his predictions ; but the transit of Mercury was seen at Paris, by — — 
Garsendi, December 6, 1631, and was the first observation of such an occur- 
rence. That of Venus, predicted by Kepler, to have taken place in the same 
year was not seen; but another one of that Planet, and which he had not 
foretold, was observed December 4, 1639, at Pool, near Liverpool, by Jeremiah 
Horrox, an English Astronomer, then in his 20th year, and who, previous 
to this, though self-taught, had acquired great reputation; but unfortunately 
for the admirers of Astronomy he only lived to finish a Treatise, entitled — 
" Venus in sole Visa," — (Venus seen in the sun) and which was an account 
of the phenomenon which he had observed; he died January 3, 1640, a few 
days after his having finished this work. 

That celebrated man, Halley, was the first to show, that the transit of 
Venus, would, if observed under certain circumstances, afford the means of 
determining with accuracy, (and which preceding Astronomers had failed to 
do) the ascertaining the distance of the earth from the sun. Halley died at 
an advanced age in 1742, after having confirmed the announcement of Kepler, 
that the next transit of Venus would take place in the beginning of June, 
1761, and calculated the dates of a succession of subsequent phenomena of 
the same kind. 

In 1761, Maskelyne, the Astronomer, was sent to St. Helena, at the ex- 
pense of the British Government to observe the appearance of what had so 
long been foretold ; but the sky being covered with clouds on that day, the 
transit was unable to be seen on that station ; but it was afterwards observed 
in various places by other Astronomers. 

The next instance of this phenomena was in 1769 ; the government again 
gave its assistance to this noble science, by ordering an expedition to the 
South Sea, for the purpose of making an observation of the transit in that 
quarter, and was one of the three expeditions conducted by the celebrated 
Captain Cook; by whom, (and those who accompanied him) it was favour- 
ably observed at the island of Otaheite. The next transit will occur in 1874, 
and 1882. The transits of Mercury are more common, happening generally 
to the number of fourteen or fifteen in a century. In the present century,, 



280 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

TRANSIT OF MERCURY, The, over the Sun's disc, 
(continued.) 

tlie phenomena has already occurred, in 1802, 1815, 1822 and] 1835; and 
besides these, there will be other transits of Mercury, viz. in 1845, 1848, 
1861, 1868, 1878, 1881, 1891, and 1894. 

TYTHES first granted : 854 

UNITED LADIES FOR THE FIONOUR OF THE 

CROSS, Order of Knighthood, in Germany, began . 1666 

VAN DIEMAN'S LAND, discovered by Tasman, 1642 

Taken possession of by the English, 1804: Colonel David Collins being appointed 
Governor of, ib, Governor Collins, died 1810, and was succeeded by Lieut.- 
Colonel Davey, in 1813. Colonel Sorell succeeds Colonel Davey in the Go- 
vernment, 181 7- Emigration to Van Dieman's Land, began, 1821. A Supreme 
Court of Judicature established at, 1824. Colonel Sorell replaced at, by 
Colonel Arthur, 1824. Van Dieman's Land declared independent of New 
South Wales; and an executive and legislative Council, appointed as advisers 
to the Governor, the Members of each being named by the Crown, in De- 
cember, 1825. The island divided into eight Police Districts, and each 
placed under the control of a stipendiary Magistrate, December, 1827- The 
island in a more flourishing state, in 1828; and a New Act of Parliament 
passed for the government of the Colony, the provisions of which were, to 
transfer the power of levying taxes from the Governor to the Legislative 
Council, and the extending of all the laws of England to the Colony of Van 
Dieman's Land as far as circumstances permitted, 1829. The natives, after 
various attempts had been made to tame them, again commence their depre- 
dations against the settlers; the Governor, in consequence, is obliged to 
call upon the inhabitants to arm themselves, in order to confine them in one 
particular part of the island, to prevent their incursions in future, Sept. 
1830. 

VASE, THE WARWICK, accidental discovery of, in ... 1774 

The Warwick Vase was dug up from the ruins of the Emperor"Adrian's Villa, at 
Tivola, and sent to England by the late Sir WillianvHamilton. It is pro- 
bably the most beautiful specimen of ancient sculpture which this country 
possesses. The material of which it is made, is white marble. Its form is 
nearly spherical, with a deep reverted rim. The Vase is very large, and is 
capable of containing ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-THREE GALLONS! It is 
still at Warwick Castle. 

VASE, THE PORTLAND. 

The celebrated Portland, or rather, as it used to be called, Barberini Vase, 
the workmanship of which is Grecian, may be seen in the British Museum, 
and in as perfect state as when it first came from the hands of the artist. It 
is of small dimensions; the height of it being but ten, and its diameter, at 
the broadest part, only six inches. The shape is elegant: and it has two 
handles. It is composed of a dark, but transparent blue glass, supposed by 
some to be a species of stone. The figures, formed of a delicate white sub- 
stance, are in bas-relief. This Vase was discovered about the middle of the 
Sixteenth century, enclosed within the monument of the Emperor Alexander 
Severus, and his mother Julia Mamaea, commonly called^ the Monte del 
Grano, ab«ut two miles from Rome. The Vase was for more than two 



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VASE, THE PORTLAND, {continued.) 

centuries in the palace of the Barberini family, in the same city. It eventu- 
ally fell into the hands of Sir William Hamilton, from whom it was pur- 
chased about forty-seven years ago, by the Duke of Portland. A mould of 
the vase had been taken at Rome, previous to the possession of it by Sir 
W. Hamilton, by Pechler, the gem engraver; and from which the late Mr. 
Tassie, the famed modeller, took sixty casts in plaster of Paris ; after which 
the mould was broken up. Some beautiful imitations of it were also devised 
by that famed artist, Mr. Wedgwood. 

VICTORIA I. (QUEEN), took possession of the New 

Palace, in St. James's Park, July 13 1837 

Windsor Castle, August 22, 1837. 

VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, the first, in 1525 



WATER mixed with Wine in the Sacrament, introduced ... 122 

WEEKLY BILLS OF MORTALITY round London began 1603 

WESER, The, French frigate, of 44 guns, taken by the 

Scylla, and Rippon, October 21 1813 

WEST END FAIR, dreadful riot at, and last one held ... 1818 

On the evening of the day on which it was customary for this fair to close its 
amusements, one of the most ruffianly attacks was made on the company as- 
sembled, ever known. A numerous gang of pickpockets, armed with bludgeons, 
entered several of the tents, and committed the most unheard of cruelties. 
The men were knocked down, and robbed, and the women were most shame- 
fully ill-treated : some had the ear-rings torn from their ears, whilst others 
were robbed of various articles of dress. Several of the gang were overpow- 
ered and secured; two of whom were tried, and executed at Newgate. The 
Magistrates, in consequence, prohibited the holding of a fair there for the 
future. 

WEST INDIES, The, discovered by Columbus 1492 

WET DOCKS, of London. (See Docks; Section III.) 

WHIPPERS, the Religious Order of, began 1355 

WHITBY, the tide rose and fell at, four times in an hour, 

July 17 1761 

WHITE COATS, the Religious Order of, began 1396 

WHITE MONKS, the Religious Order of, began... 1319 

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THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 



WINNERS OF THE ASCOT GOLD CUP, from 1800, 

to 1840 

Year. Horse. Owner. 

1807 Master Jack ey Mr. Durand. 

1808 Brighton Mr. Fermor. 

1 809 Anderida General Gower. 

1810 Loiterer . Lord Lowther. 

1811 Smallhopes . . „ Mr. Ashmole. 

1812 Flash Lord Lowther. 

1813 Lutzen Mr. Trevanion. 

1814 Pranks Mr. Batson. 

1815 Aladdin Duke of York. 

1816 Anticipation Mr. Thornhill. 

1817 Sir Richard Mr. Blake. 

1818 Belville Lord Darlington. 

1819 Anticipation Mr. Goddard. 

1820 Campignon Mr. Fraser. 

1821 Banker DulieofYork. 

1822 Sir Huldibrand Mr. Ramsbottom. 

1823 Marcellus Lord Darlington. 

1824 Bizarre Lord G. H. Cavendish. 

1 825 Bizarre Lord G . H. Cavendish. 

1826 Chateau Margaux Mr. Wyndham. 

1 827 Memnon Lord Darlington. 

1828 Bobadilla Mr. Malony. 

1829 Zinganee. Lord Chesterfield. 

1830 Lucetta Sir Mark Wood. 

1831 Cetus Sir Mark Wood. 

1832 Camarine Sir Mark Wood. 

1833 Galata , Lord Exeter. 

1834 Glaucus Lord Chesterfield. 

1835 Glencoe Lord Jersey. 

1836 Touchstone Lord Westminster. 

1837 Touchstone... Lord Westminster. 

1838 Grey Momus Lord G. Bentinck. 

1839 Caravan Captain Berkeley. 

1840 St. Francis Mr. R. Pettitt. 

WOOLWICH, re-casting of cannon taken from the French 

at, in 1716 

The Government foundry, for the casting of brass ordnance, was formerly situated 
in Moorfields. The process of casting cannon, was at that time, considered 
very curious hy the inhabitants of the metropolis, many of them frequently 
attending to the operation of pouring the melted metal into the moulds. The 
cannon which had been taken from the French in the campaigns of the Duke 
of Marlborough, amounting to a great number, had been placed before the 
foundry and the artillery ground, when it was determined, in 1716, to re- 
cast them. On the appointed day a vast number of persons were assembled 
to view the process. A great many of the nobility, and several general offi- 
cers were present, and for whom temporary galleries were erected near the 
furnaces. Among the company drawn together was Andrew Schalch, a 
native of Schaffhausen, in Switzerland, who was travelling for improvement ; 
he Tfcas at the foundry at an early hour, and having been permitted minutely to 
inspect the works, he detected some humidity in the moulds, and instantly 
preceived the danger likely to arise in pouring the hot metal into them. He 
inconsequence communicated his fears to Colonel Armstrong, the Surveyor- 
General of the Ordnance ; explained his reasons for believing that an explo- 
sion would take place, and strongly urged him, with the rest of the company, 



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WOOLWICH, (continued.) 

to withdraw from the foundry before the commencement of casting. Colonel 
Armstrong having closely questioned Schalch on the subject, found him per- 
fectly conversant with the knowledge of the art of the foundry, and being 
convinced by the justness of his observations, he accordingly, (the rest of 
the company following his example) withdrew from the foundry. 

The furnace being opened, the fluid metal rushed into the moulds, the 
moisture in which was instantly converted into steam, and its expansive 
force acting upon the metal, drove it out in all directions with extreme 
violence; part of the roof was blown off, the galeries gave way, and many of 
the spectators had their limbs broken, and most of the workmen were burnt 
in a dreadful manner, so that many lives were lost. 

An advertisement appeared in the Newspapers a few days after, notifying, 
that if the young foreigner who foretold this explosion would call at the 
Ordnance Office, it might prove advantageous to both parties. Schalch being 
informed by a friend of this, hastened to obey the summons. On his arrival 
there, he hadafurther conversation with Colonel Armstrong on the subject; 
by this means he was so well assured of Schalch's ability, that it was agreed 
to intrust him with putting into execution the intention of Government of 
procuring a fit situation out of the Metropolis, to be within twelve miles 
thereof, and to which place the Royal Foundry was to be removed. After 
an examination of several places, Schalch fixed upon the rabbit warren at 
Woolwich, and the erection of the works was left to his entire management. 

The specimens of Schalch's first attempt were highly approved of, and he 
was in consequence appointed Master Founder to the Board of Ordnance: 
which office he continued to hold for the long period of sixty years, during 
the latter part of which, he was assisted by his nephew, Lewis GaschliD, 
who in 1808, was still employed there, as principal modeller, though more 
than eighty years of age. Schalch died in 1776, at the great age of ninety, 
and was buried in Woolwich Church-yard. 

During the period which Schalch superintended the Arsenal at Woolwich, 
not a single accident happened. 

WORCESTER built 225 

STORK, celebrated Race at, between the Lady of Colonel 

Thornton, and Mr. Flint, August 25, 1804 

J"he particulars are as follow : — In the course of one of their equestrian excursions 
in Thornville park, the lady of Colonel Thornton and Mr. Flint were con- 
versing on the quality of their horses : and as the difference of opinion was 
great, and the horses occasionally put at full speed, for the purpose of deter- 
mining the question, the horse on which the lady rode, aided by the skilful- 
ness of its rider, distanced his antagonist every time, which so displeased 
Mr. Flint, that he was at length induced to challenge the lady to ride on a 
future day. The challenge was accepted (on the part, of the lady) by Colonel 
Thornton; and it was agreed that the race should take place on the last day 
of the York August Meeting, 1804. The Match was accordingly announced 
as follows : — 

" A Match for 500 guineas bye — four miles, between Colonel Thornton's 
" Vingarillo, and Mr. Flint's brown horse, TJiornville, by Volunteer. Mrs. 
" Thornton to ride her weight against Mr. Flint's." 

On the Saturday, August 25, this race took place. Never did we witness 
such an assemblage of people as were drawn together on the above occasion 
— there being 100,000 at least. The appearance was greater on this occasion, 
than when the celebrated Bay Malton run, or when Eclipse went over the 
Course, leaving the two best horses of the day a mile and a half behind. At 
starting, expectation was raised to the highest pitch from so novel an occur- 
rence j and in order to keep the ground as clear as possible, a party of the 



284 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

YORK, celebrated Match at, (continued.) 

6th Light Dragoons were on the ground to keep order, and to this precaution 
we may unquestionably attribute the saving of many lives. 

About four o'clock, Mrs. Thornton appeared on the ground, in high 
spirits, her horse led by Colonel Thornton, followed by Mr. Baker, and Mr. 
H. Boynton; soon after, Mr. Flint appeared. At starting the lady took the 
lead for upwards of three miles, in excellent style ; but her horse was much 
the shorter of the two in his stride. When within a mile of the Winning- 
Post, Mr. Flint made play, and got the lead, which he kept. The lady made 
every exertion, but it being next to impossible to win the race, she threw 
up, when within distance. 

At the commencement, the Lets were 5 and 6 to 4 on the lady ; in running 
the three first miles, 7 to 4 and 2 to 1, in her favour. It was the opinion of 
the oldest Sportsman on the Stand that she must have won. In running the 
last mile, the odds were in favour of Mr. Flint. The Lady wore a leopard- 
coloured body, with blue sleeves: the rest buff, with blue cap. Mr. Flint 
rode in white. The race was run in nine minutes, and fifty-nine seconds. 

Thus ended this interesting race ; and no words can express the disap- 
pointment felt at her defeat. Not less than £300,000. was pending, if the 
bets in every part of the county were included. The same lady rode a race 
against the celebrated jockey, F. Buckle, in 1805, which she won. 

ZEALAND, NEW, discovered by Abel Jansen Tasman, 

December 1 642 

He traversed the eastern coast from lat. 34, to 43 south, and entered the strait 
that divides the two islands ; but being attacked by the natives, soon after 
he came to an anchor, in the place to which he gave the name of Murderers 
Bay, he did not go on shore. He called the country Staten Land, hi honour 
of the States General, though it has been generally distinguished in our 
maps and charts by the name of New Zealand. From the time of Tasman, 
the whole country, except that part of the coast which was seen by him, 
remained altogether unknown, and was by many supposed to make part of a 
southern continent, till the year 1770, when it was circumnavigated by 
Captain Cook, who found it to consist of two large islands, separated by a 
strait four or five leagues broad, to which he gave his own name. On the 
west side of this strait, in lat. 41 south, Queen Charlotte's sound is situ- 
ated, which was made a principal place of rendezvous in his subsequent 
voyages. Captain Cook, in 1773, planted several spots of grouud with Euro- 
pean garden seeds; and in 1777, in several of these spots, although totally- 
neglected and over-run with weeds, were found cabbages, onions, leeks, 
purslain, radishes, mustard, &c. and a few fine potatoes, greatly improved by 
change of soil. In other places, every thing- had been rooted, to make room 
for temporary villages. The only quadrupeds are dogs and rats: the former 
are domestic, and for food, and the latter, though not numerous, seem also 
to be eaten. 



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SECTION II. 

SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS, ITS 
VICINITY, &C. &C. 



FIRE. At Rochester „ 677 

Again 1130: — again in June, 1137. 

In London, which destroyed part of the city, in ' 982 

Again in 1087;— 1132;— and in 1136. 

At Gloucester Abbey, 1102 

Again in 1122. 

On London Bridge, which destroyed 2000 persons, 

July 10 „ 1212 

This bridge was nearly consumed by a fire, which broke out at both 
ends at the same time. The sides of the bridge being occupied by 
rows of houses, there was, consequently, no escape for the unfor- 
tunate inhabitants, thus hemmell in by the fire on both sides, and 
the water behind. 

At Hastings 1277 

At Leadenhall, in 1484 

At Westminster Palace 1540 

— At Honiton, Devonshire, July 13. „ 1647 

In 1765, Honiton had 140 houses burnt: — in May, 1790, thirty-seven 
houses were destroyed; in August, 1797, the same place had forty- 
seven houses burnt, valued at £10,000. 

THE GREAT, OF LONDON, in 1666 

The fire of London broke out September 2, 1666, (Old Style) and has 
ever since been called — " The Great Fire of London." Scarcely 
were the inhabitants of London recovered from the disastrous effects 
of the Plague, when the above scene of ruin and desolation took 
place. Although from that period, to the present time, the greatest 
obscurity as to its origin prevails, all the accounts agree that it com- 
menced in Pudding-lane, situated on the east side of Fish-street 
hill, near Thames-street, at the house of a baker, of the name of 
Farryner. It appears to have broken out, not as Evelyn in his 



286 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE, THE GREAT, OF LONDON, (continued) ...... 1666 

" Diary " states, at ten o'clock at night, but rather about one in the 
morning of Sunday, the 2nd of September, the time mentioned in 
the account published by authority in " The London Gazette." No 
further account has been given of the first appearance of the confla- 
gration than that which we find in the " Diary" of Pepys, then 
Clerk of the Acts of the Navy. He says, — " Some of our maids 
" sitting up late last night to get things ready against our feast to- 
" day, Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of 
" a great fire they saw in the city. So I rose and slipped on my 
" night-gown, and went to her window ; and thought it to be on the 
" back side of Mark Lane at the farthest; but being unused to such 
" fires as followed, I thought it far enough off; (Pepys' house and 
" office were in Seething-lane, Crutched Friars,) and so went to bed 
" again and to sleep. About seven rose again to dress myself, and 
" there looked out at the window, and saw the fire not so much as 
" it was, and farther off. So to my closet to set things to rights, 
" after yesterday's cleaning. By and by Jane comes, and tells me 
" that she hears that above three hundred houses have been burned 
" down to-night by the fire we saw, and that it is now burning down 
" all Fish-street, by London Bridge. So I made myself ready pre- 
" sently, and walked to the Tower, and there got up upon one of the 
" high places, Sir J. Robinson's little son going up with me; and 
" there I did see the houses at that end of the bridge all on fire, 
" and an infinite great fire on this and the other side the end of the 
*' bridge. So I drove to the water-side, and there got a boat, and 
" through bridge, and there saw a lamentable fire. Every body 
" endeavouring to remove their goods, and flinging into the river, 
" or bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in 
" their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then 
" running into boats, or clambering from one pair of stairs by the 
" water side to another. And among other things the poor pigeons, 
" I perceive, were loth to leave their houses, but hovered about the 
" windows and balconies, till they burned their wings and fell 
" down." 

" In the evening," he continues, — " to the fire, up and down, it still 
" increasing, and the wind great. So near the fire as we could for 
" smoke: and all over the Thames, with one's faces in the wind, 
" you were almost burned with a shower of fire drops. This is very 
" true : so as houses were burned by these drops and flakes of fire, 
" three or four, nay five or six houses, one from another. When we 
" could endure no more upon the water, we to a little alehouse on 
" the Bankside, over against the Three Cranes, and there staid till 
" it was dark almost, and saw the fire grow, and as it grew darker, 
" appeared more and more, and in corners, and upon steeples, and 
" between churches and houses, as far as we could see up the hill of 
" the city, in a most horrid malicious bloody flame, not like the fine 
" flame of an ordinary fire. We staid till it being darkish, we saw 
" the fire as only one entire arch of fire from this to the other side 
" the bridge, and in a bow up the hill for an arch of above a mile 
" long : it made me weep to see it. The churches, houses, and all on 
" fire, and flaming at once : and a horrid noise the flames made, and 
" the cracking of houses at their ruin." 

It appears that on the Sunday this devouring element had run as far 
Garrick Hythe, in Thames-street, and so into Cannon-street, level- 
ing all before it to the ground: and a violent east wind, which had 
been blowing with little intermission for a week, drove the flames up 
the bank of the river into the heart of the city. 

On Monday the entire of Gracechurch-street was on fire, as also 



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FIRE, THE GREAT, OF LONDON, (continued) 1066 

Lombard-street, to the west, and Fenchurch-street, to the east. 
The flames then caught Cornhill, the Royal Exchange, and some 
other buildings in that street. On the afternoon of that day, Evelyn 
went to the Bankside, in Southwark, to see the fire, which he again 
describes, as follows: — " It was," he says, " so universal, and the 
" people so astonished, that from the beginning, I know not by what 
" despondency or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it, so that 
" there was nothing heard or seen but crying out and lamentations, 
" running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting 
" to save even their goods. Here we saw the Thames covered with 
" goods floating, all the barges and boats laden with what some had 
" time and courage to save : as on the other, the carts, &c. carrying 
" out to the fields, which for many hiiles were strewed with move- 
" ables of all sorts, and tents erecting to shelter both people and 
" what goods they could get away. All the sky was of a fiery 
" aspect like the top of a burning- oven, and the light seen above 
" forty miles round about for many nights. God grant mine eyes 
" may never behold the like, who now saw above ten thousand 
" houses all in one flame! The noise, and cracking and thunder of 
" the impetuous flames, — the shrieking of women and children, — 
" the hurry of people, — the fall of towers, houses, and churches, — 
" was like a hideous storm, and the air all about so hot and inflamed 
" that at last one was not able to approach it, so that they were 
*' forced to stand still and let the flames burn on, which they did for 
" near two miles and length and one in breadth. The clouds, also, 
" of smoke were dismal, and reached, upon computation, near fifty 
" miles in length." 

The night of Tuesday was more dreadful than that of Monday ; the fire 
rushing- with irresistible rapidity to the west, whilst its dreadful 
devastations continued to flame elsewhere: but in the course of the 
night, the wind abated a little : and according to an account of it by 
Malcolm, the fire was stopped at the Temple, Fetter-lane, and 
Holborn Bridge, between two and six on the Wednesday morning. 
In Shoe-lane, however, it was not got under till twelve: and in 
Cripplegate and the neighbourhood it burned till the evening. Its 
extinction at the different points where it was stopped was effected 
in a great measure by the blowing up of the houses in its course 
with gunpowder : a barrel of which was placed under each house, 
which was lifted up by the effect, but afterwards fell in a mass of 
ruins. It was at this time that the full extent of the damage was to 
be seen and felt. Not more than six or seven individuals fell a 
sacrifice to the flames, though it is very probable that the sudden 
removal from their homes into the open fields, proved fatal to many 
of the sick and infirm. 

Evelyn gives a touching account of this unfortunate transaction : — He 
says, — " The poor inhabitants were dispersed about St. George's 
" Fields, and Moor-fields, as far as Highgate, and several miles in 
" circle, some under tents, some under miserable huts and hovels; 
" many without a rag, or any necessary utensils, bed, or board, who 
" from delicateness, riches, and easy accommodations, in stately and 
" well-furnished houses, were now reduced to extremest misery 
" and poverty. The people walked about the ruins like men in 
" some dismal desert ; to which was added, the stench that came 
" from some poor creatures' bodies, beds, and other combustible 
" goods. Nor was I yet able to pass through any of the narrower 
" streets, but kept the widest; the ground and air, smoke and fiery 
" vapour, continued so intense that my hair was almost singed, and 
" my feet insufferably surbated. The by-lanes and narrower streets 



288 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE, THE GREAT, OF LONDON, (concluded.) 1666 

*' were quite filled up with rubbish, nor could one have possibly 
" known where he was, but by the ruins of some church or hall that 
" had some remarkable tower or pinnacle remaining. I then went 
" towards Islington and Highgate, where one might have seen 
" 200,000 people, of all ranks and degrees dispersed and lying 
" along by their heaps of what they could save from the fire, deplor- 
" ing their loss, and though ready to perish for hunger and desti- 
" tution, yet not asking one penny for relief, which to me appeared 
" a stranger sight than any I had yet beheld." 

To add to this misery and confusion, a rumour had gone forth that the 
French and Dutch had landed, and were expected to enter the city. 
This news excited the greatest terror ; and it was found necessary 
to send the military to the fields to preserve order. 

Maitland, in his " History of London," informs us, — " That the 
" fire laid waste and consumed the buildings on four hundred and 
" thirty-six acres of ground, four hundred streets, lanes, &c. 13,000 
" houses, the Cathedral church of St. Paul, eighty-six parish 
" churches, six chapels, the magnificent buildings of Guildhall, the 
" Royal Exchange, Custom-House, and Blackwell Hall, divers Hos- 
" pitals and Libraries, fifty-two of the Companies' Halls, and a vast 
" number of other stately edifices, together with three of the City 
" Gates, four stone bridges, and the prisons of Newgate, the Fleet, 
" the Poultry, and Wood-street Counters ; the loss of which, 
" together with that of merchandise and household furniture, by the 
" best calculation, amounted to ten millions, seven hundred 

" AND THIRTY THOUSAND, AND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS." 

A fluted Doric column was erected on Fish-treet hill to commemorate 
the event, two hundred and two feet in height, and the shaft is fif- 
teen feet. There was formerly an inscription on the Monument, 
imputing the cause of the Fire to the Papists, who were much per- 
secuted at that time. It has since been erased by a vote of the 
Corporation of London. 

At St. Catharine 1673 

In Southwark, when 600 houses were burnt 1676 

In the Temple, January 26 1679 

In Grey's Inn, February 7 1680 

In Whitehall Palace, which was partly burnt, April . 1 690 

In 1606, the slight Banquetting House erected here by Queen Eliza- 
beth, was pulled down by James, who built a more substantial one 
in its stead, but it was soon after destroyed. It is thus described by 
Stowe: — 

" In 1619, about ten a clocke, in the morning, vpon Tuesday the 12 
of January, the faire Banquetting House at Whitehall was vpon the 
sodaine all flaming a fire, from end to end, and side to side, before it 
was discerned or descryde by any persons or passengers, either by 
scent or smoke; at sight whereof the Court being sore amazed, sent 
speedy newes to the great Lords of the Councell, who were then but 
newly set in the Guildhall in London, about excessive and disor- 
derly buildings; but they all arose and returned to Whitehall, and 
gave directions to the multitude of people to suppresse the flame, and 
by hooke to pull downe some other adjoining buildings, to prevent 



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in Whitehall Palace, (continued.) 

the furious fire, and so bv their care and the people's labour, the 
flame was quite extinct by twelve a clocke : besides the Banquetting 
House, there were diuers lodgings burned and the writings in the 
office of the Privy Signet, which was vnder the Banquetting 
House." 
In 1691 a very considerable portion of the Palace was again destroyed 
by fire ; and on the 5th of January, 1698, the entire edifice, with the 
exception of the Banquetting House, (still remaining), was con- 
sumed • in consequence of this, St. James's Palace became the future 
royal residence, the Banquetting House remaining useless for _ some 
years; but in the reign of George I. it was converted into a Chapel, 
chiefly for the military, to which pews for the officers, and seats for 
the privates of the foot guards were added; the King giving a stipend 
of £30. yearly to twelve Clergymen, (six from each University), to 
officiate a month each in succession. Since that period, the number 
is increased to twelve Preachers, from Oxford, and the same from 
Cambridge, each serving the half of the month. They are appointed 
by the Bishop of London, as Dean of Her Majesty s Chapel ; and 
selected from the resident Fellows of Colleges. 
A military chapel having been erected in St. James's Park for the entire 
use of the troops, Whitehall Chapel was no longer attended by the 
military; it having- been greatly altered, the sittings are now appro- 
priated to the use of certain public Officers, &c. of the Crown estate 
of Whitehall and Privy Gardens. 
The ceiling of the Banquetting House, was ordered by Charles I. to 
be painted; which was performed by Rubens, (assisted by Jordaens) 
for which they received the sum of £3000. It represents the apo- 
theosis of James I. and is in nine compartments, the middle one of 
which represents James on his earthly throne, turning with horror 
from Mars, and other deities, towards Peace, with her attendants, 
Commerce and the Fine Arts. It was repaired by Kent in the reign 
of George II.; and by Cipriani, in 1778, who received the sum of 
2000 guineas. 
In their original state, the walls were decorated with rich hangings, 
represpnting a portion of the Acts of the Apostles, from the Cartoons 
of Raphael. But after the decapitation of Charles I. they were pur- 
chased by the Spanish Ambassador, who sent them to the Marqms 
del Carpio, in Spain. They were afterwards purchased by an Enghsa 
gentleman, from the Duke of Alva, and exhibited at the Egyptian 
Hall, Piccadilly, in 1825. 

In Thames-street, Wapping, December 4 1716 

~\T\c\ 

At Limehouse 

At the Custom House, (the first in England, 1559); 

re-built in ■ 17iy 

At Billingsgate '•— 1718 

Again May 14, 1809, when the loss was estimated at near £70,000. 

. At Constantinople, September 27 1729 

At this fire there were above 12,000 houses and 7000 inhabitants de- 
stroyed. Another, which burnt five days, May 31, 1745. Another 

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290 THE NEW TABLET OF MEM0RY. 

FIRE. At Constantinople, (continued.) 

January 29, 1749, when 12,000 houses were destroyed. Another 
in June, 1750, 10,000. Another in 1751, by which 4000 houses 
were destroyed. Another in 1755, had 500 houses burnt. Another 
in 1756, when 15,000 houses and 1000 persons were burnt, July 5 ; 
great havoc made in 1761, 176*5, 1767, 1769, and 1771. February 
19, 1782, 600 houses were burnt. On the 10th of June following, 
7000 ditto; and on the 22nd of August following, there were 10,000 
houses, 50 mosques, and 100 corn-mills, &c. destroyed. On the 5th 
of August, 1784, 10,000 houses, &c. were destroyed. In 1778, 
there were 2000 houses, and in July, 1782, 7000 ditto. August 4, 
1784, 10,000 houses were destroyed. Between March and July, 
1791, 32,000 houses were destroyed. In September, 1792, 7000 
houses were destroyed, and the same number in August, 1795. The 
suburb of Pera had 1300 houses, and several magnificent buildings, 
burnt down, March 13, 1799, 

At St. Catharine 1734 

At the Inner Temple, January 5 1736 

Again in 1750. 

Moscow, July 1736 

At this fire 2000 houses were destroyed; at one in 1752, 16,000 
houses shared the same fate. At that of 1812, its Governor, General 
Rostopschin, set fire to the City and Kremlin, to prevent its becom- 
ing the winter quarters of Bonaparte, when above one half of this 
ancient city was destroyed, and the French army compelled to make 
that disastrous retreat which almost annihilated that immense force 
in the beginning of 1813. 

At Shadwell, when fifty houses were burnt, Sep- 

tember 10 1736 

At Haxey, Lincolnshire, March 4 1743 

Had fifty-six houses burnt, valued at £10,000. 

At Rycaut, the seat of the Earl of Abingdon, No- 

vember 1745 

It was totally destroyed, and the Earl's eldest son burnt to death. 

At Thoresby, the seat of the Duke of Kingston, 

Northamptonshire, April 4 1745 

The whole of the valuable furniture was destroyed. 

- — At Cornhill, March 25 .... 1748 

Again November 10, 1759: — another November 7, 1765. 

At Battle Bridge, August 12 1749 

■ At Gillingwood, in Yorkshire, December 4 1 750 

- At Cotton Wharf, August 12 1751 

The loss was estimated at £40,000. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 291 

FIRE. In Lincoln's-Inn Square, June 27 /752 

At Hindon, Wilts, July 2 1754 

At this fire one hundred and fifty houses were destroyed. 

At Billingsgate, January 13 1755 

■ At Hermitage Brewhouse, loss £20,000. May 1 1755 

At Sir John Bingham's Castle, Ireland, 1755 

Received damage to the amount of £50,000. 

At Staples Inn, November 27 1756 

Three persons were unfortunately burnt to death. 

At Maidstone 1756 

At the London temporary bridge, April 11 1759 

At Duke-street, Lincoln's-Inn . . 1 759 

At this fire the Sardinian Ambassador's chapel was entirely destroyed, 
November 30. Again by the rioters, in 1780. 

At King-street, Covent Garden, 1759 

Fifty houses fell a prey to this destructive element j the loss was esti- 
mated at £70,000. 

At Portsmouth Dock Yard, July 3 1760 

Received damage to the amount of £400,000. Again, July 27, 1770; 
received damage to the amount of £150.000. Again, December 7, 
1776, when it received damage to the amount of £60,000. 

At Fishmonger's Hall, and several houses in Thames- 
street, February 10 1761 

At East Smithfield, April 11.... 1761 

Twenty-eight houses were burnt. 

In Swallow-street, April 24 1761 

Fourteen houses were burnt. « 

At Shadwell, May 2 1761 

Thirty houses were burnt, besides barges. 

At Maxtock Castle, August 1 ; 1762 

In the Vault under St. James's church, Piccadilly, 

January 15 1 763 

At Rotherhithe, June 1 1765 

At Fonthill, near Salisbury, February 12 1765 

It was burnt down, and the loss sustained amounted to £30,000. 

At London House, in Aldersgate-street 1768 



292 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE. In Throgmorton -street, May 9 1772 

■ In Chandos-street, Covent Garden, November 10 ... 1772 

» At Cornhill, June 6 1773 

At the Tower, January 31 1774 

; In King-street, Covent Garden, May 4 1774 

— — At the Dock, Wapping, September 28 1 775 

Twenty houses were burnt. 

■ At Sidney House, in the Old Bailey, August 1 1775 

In Russell-street, Covent Garden, September 29 ... 1775 

At the Savoy, March 2, 1776 

In Pope's-head Alley, Cornhill, December 1 1776 

At the Marine Hospital, at Brest, December 1 1776 

Fifty galley slaves, and a great number of sick, fell victims to the 
flames. 

At Flaxley Abbey, April 1 1777 

Flaxley Abbey was built in the reign of Henry I. The damage was 
estimated at £7000. 

At Greenwich Hospital, January 2 1779 

The steeple, and one quadrangle of the whole building was destroyed. 

At Hermitage Stairs, 16 March 1779 

At London Bridge Water Works, October 31 1779 

At Plymouth Victualling Office, July 1779 

The damage done amounted to upwards of £3000. ; and a fire in 
South-street did damage to the amount of £30,000. February, 1792. 

At Horse-ly- down, April 30 1780 

Nearly thirty houses were destroyed, besides warehouses and shipping. 

■ In the Strand, near the New Church 1781 

At Gun-dock, Wapping, September 23 1783 

At this fire fourteen houses were destroyed. 

— — At Exeter Exchange, July 1784 

In Abchurch Lane, July 27 1784 

■ At Wimbleton House, Surrey, the seat of Lord 

Spencer, March 28.. 1785 



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FIRE. At Windsor Forest, April 17 1785 

Several miles of the heath were burnt, and the trees much damaged. 

— — At Spring Garden's Gate, April 2 1785 

In Compton-street, January 12 1785 

Sixteen houses were burnt. 

At Dock Head, May 2. 1785 

At this fire several Warehouses were destroyed to a very considerable 
amount. 

In Holborn, January 13 1785 

In James-street, Haymarket 1786 

In Vine-street, Piccadilly, October 2 1786 

At the Corner of Bow-street, Covent Garden, Janu- 

ary 10 1788 

At the Opera House, in the Haymarket, June 17 ... 1789 

At Malta, April 6 1789 

By this disastrous fire the superb Observatory at that place, with its 
valuable apparatus and MS. Observations, were entirely consumed. 

■ ■ In Hanway Yard, Oxford-street, March 12 1790 

At the foot of Westminster-bridge, February 18 ... 1790 

Twenty persons were killed or maimed in consequence. 

In Aldersgate-street, May 16 1790 

In Fleet-street October 4 1790 

At Rotherhithe, October 12 1790 

Twenty houses were destroyed. 

At Hermitage Stairs, April 1 1790 

The damage done was estimated at £30,000. 

— — At Wark Castle, in Cumberland, December 1 1791 

At Domingo, in October, November, and December, 1791 

At Port-au-Prince, by the revolted Negroes. 

At the Albion Mills, March 2 1791 

These mills were erected in 1786 ; and it was strongly suspected that 
the fire was not the effect of accident: for, so determined were the 
populace against any assistance being given to extinguish the flames, 
they cut the hose during the time of the water passing through. 



294 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE. At Cherry Garden Stairs, Rotherhithe, September 14 1791 

This dreadful fire reached to West-lane, Rotherhithe, destroyed several 
vessels, and sixty houses. 

— , — ■ At a Sugar-house, Wellclose-square, December 12.. 1791 

The damage was estimated at £30,000. 

At the Duke of Richmond's house, &c. Privy Gar- 

dens, which was destroyed, December 21 1791 

At the Pantheon, Oxford-street, January 14 1792 

(For a further account of the Pantheon, see " Panthson," Section 
III.) 

In Finsbury-square, Moorfields, July 28 1 792 

This fire took place at a timber-yard, the damage at which was esti- 
mated at £10,000. 

At a Manchester Calico Manufactory, March 15 1792 

The goods destroyed were valued at £100,000. 

At the Birmingham Theatre, August 16 1 792 

At the Dublin House of Commons, February 27 ... 179*2 

It was built in 1731, at the ^expense of £40,000.; it has since been 
restored, 

At the Falmouth Theatre, August 2 1 1 792 

The Theatre, and twenty-two houses, were destroyed. 

At Hawley's Wharf, Hermitage Wharf, December 21 1793 

The damage done to the sugar, was estimated at £10,000. 

In Duck-lane, near Wardour-street, December 13.... 1793 

Thirteen houses were burnt down. 

■ At the L'Orient Magazine, April 11 1793 

At Co wdrey House, Kent, September 25 1 793 

The whole of its valuable paintings and furniture were destroyed. 

— — At Limehouse Hole, where many houses were burnt, 

June 18 1794 

At Ratcliffe Cross, July 22 and 23 1794 

At this fire, there were upwards of 630 houses destroyed, together 
with an East India warehouse, in which 35,000 bags of salt-petre 
were destroyed; the whole loss was estimated at above £1,000,000. 
sterling. There was £40,000. worth of sugar in one sugar-house; 
and the whole loss is said to be the most severe of the kind since the 
Great Fire of London in 1666. The house of Mr.Bere, (the Quaker) 
was miraculously saved from the great destruction. 

At Tiverton, June 30 1794 

Had 200 houses burnt down, June 5, 1781 ; — twenty-six, Muy 27, 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 295 

FIRE, at Tiverton, June 30, (continued.) 1794 

1762; — between sixty and seventy, in April, 1785; — and about 
200 at the above date. 

At Astley's Theatre, near Westminster Bridge, 

August 17 1795 

Property to the value of nearly £30,000. was 'destroyed by this fireY 
Nineteen dwelling houses were also destroyed. Again, September 
2, 1803, when forty houses were burnt. , v 

At St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, September 12 1795 

The elegant church of St. Paul's, Covent Garden, was accidentally 
burnt down by the carelessness of the workmen, whilst undergoing 
some repairs. Re-built, and opened again for divine service, Ausust 
1, 1798. 

At Romford Barracks, May 27 1795 

Cost £10,000. building. 

At Dartford Cotton Mills, which were destroyed, De- 

cember21 1795 

The loss was estimated at £10,000. 

At Copenhagen, June 5 1795 

In 1728, there happened there a dreadful fire, which destroyed seventy- 
seven streets, the royal palace, with all its rich furniture, to the 
amount of twenty millions of rix dollars, equal to £4,500,000. 
sterling, and above 100 persons lost their lives, February 26, 1794. 
By the conflagration of June 5, 1795, the arsenal, admiralty, &c. 
with near fifty streets, having 1363 houses, were destroyed. It 
burnt with great fury for forty-eight hours. 

At Shadwell, November 1, 1796 

At the Theatre at Mentz, August 1796 

This Theatre was destroyed during a performance, when seventy indi- 
viduals were burnt, and many crushed to death on the falling in of 
the roof. 

At Baltimore, in America, which was nearly de- 
stroyed, December 4 1796 

■ In the Minories, March 23 1797 

Thirty houses were consumed at this fire. 

At the Water Works, at Shadwell, December 12 ... 1797 

These works conveyed water from the Tower, to Limehouse, and raised 
903 gallons in a minute; they were burnt down in one hour and a 
half. 

■ At Hanworth Park House, March 26 1797 

At the King's Bench Prison, July 14 1799 

Fifty apartments were burnt. 



296 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE. At Philadelphia, which broke out in the Theatre, 

December 28 , 1799 

One near the Custom House, February 11 1800 

At this fire three large warehouses of West- India goods, valued at 
£30,000. were destroyed. 

At Wapping, October 6 180( 

Thirty houses, besides warehouses, valued at £80,000. were burnt, 
and many lives lost; it extended from New Stairs to Execution 
Dock. 

In Store-street, Tottenham-court-road, September 27 180$ 

Property to the amount of £40,000. was destroyed at a Brewery there. 

At Liverpool, August 14 180$ 

By this destructive fiTe, goods to the value of a million in money were 
consumed. 

■ At the Printing Office of Mr. S. Hamilton, in Falcon 

Court, Fleet-street, February 21 180^ 

The destruction'of Printing materials, &c. &c. caused by this fire, was 
estimated at £80,000. 

In the Great Choir of Westminster Abbey, which 

was destroyed, July 9 1803 

At an Inn in Chelmsford, October 22 1804 

By this unfortunate circumstance, out of 120 Hanoverian troops, who 
had but a few hours before been lodged there, twelve of them were 
burnt to death. 

In Adam-street, Edgeware-road, January 27 1805 

Eight persons were burnt at this fire. 

At St. James's Palace, January 21 1809 

One of the wings was destroyed by fire, and a servant maid found suf- 
focated in the apartment where it was supposed to have originated. 
Re-paired in 1823. 

— — At Mr. Smeelon's Printing Office, St. Martin's-lane, 

May 27 1809 

By this unfortunate accident, Mr. Smeeton and his wife fell victims to 
the flames. 

In Conduit-street, July 8 1809 

At this fire a Mr. Windham, in exerting himself to save Mr. North's 
library and manuscripts, received so severe a blow on the thigh, as 
to cause his death. 

At Mr. Askell's, York-street, Westminster, January 1809 

The above fire originated at Mr. Askell's cooperage, and burnt with 
astonishing rapidity for above an hour, threatening entire destruc- 
tion to the York Brewery, nearly adjoining, and the neighbourhood. 
It consumed the whole of the premises where it began ; the houses 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 297 

FIRE. At Mr. AskelFs, (continued.) January 1809 

of Mr. Lamb, grocer, and Mr. Dudley, patten-maker, were in immi- 
nent danger of being consumed. Mr. Elliot sent his engine the first, 
and his men played it. A waggon-load of canteens for the army 
were delivered to the premises on the Saturday, consisting of 1,200 
in number. Mr. Askell made his escape with nothing but his waist- 
coat and small-clothes. 

At Covent Garden Theatre, September 20, 180S; 

and at Drury Lane Theatre, in February 1809 

(For a further account of the destruction of these Theatres, see 
" Public Edifices," Section III.) 

At the Wharf of Messrs. Pococke and Buckley, 

Whitefriai*'s Dock, January 1 1810 

This fire was the cause of the loss of timber to the amount of £30,000. 
and nine valuable horses. 

- — — At Reeves's Floor-cloth Manufactory, Little Titch- 

field-street, July 13 ; 1810 

Seven houses, with Mr. Huntington's Chapel, were destroyed. 

At the house of Mr. Paris, printer, in Took's-court, 

July 20 1810 

Three houses were destroyed, and a woman burnt to death. 

At Gillett's Printing Office, in' Salisbury-square, 

July 29 1810 

A calamity of the same kind happened in 1805. 

At the Mexican Coffee House, Lisle-steret, De- 

cember 8 1810 

Mr. Simeon, the proprietor, and his wife, were destroyed in the flames. 

■ At Goullee's Pork Shop, the corner of Half Moon- 

street, Bishopsgate-street, April 22 1811 

Mr. Goullee, his wife, three children, nurse, maid-servant, and shop- 
boy perished in the flames. 

■ In Bury-street, St. Mary- Axe, by which nearly half 

the street was destroyed, June 18 1811 

At Mr. Holland's, tallow-chandler, South Audley- 

street, by which that and several other houses 
were destroyed, August 25 1812 

At Mr. Merle's, Picture-frame maker, Leaden-hall- 

street, October 17 1812 

By this unfortunate event, every house to Billiter-lane, was consumed, 
with three others. 

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298 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE. At the Commercial Hall, Skinner-street, which was 

entirely consumed, April 4 1813 

At a Fishmonger's, near Vauxhall Turnpike 1813 

The Oak Tavern, and Vauxhall Chapel, were destroyed, August 12. 

At the Dock Yard, Woolwich, July 8 1813 

Nearly all the hemp and oakum were destroyed. 

On the premises of Messrs. Jones and Co. timber 

merchants, King-street, Southwark, December ... 1813 

At this fire fifteen houses were destroyed. 

In Denmark-street, January 18 181' 

Five houses were destroyed, and a woman lost her life. 

At the Custom House, Thames-street, February 12 . ISh 

At this fire the whole range of buildings, and many other houses, were 
destroyed. The loss was estimated at half a million in property. 
The first Custom House erected there in 1559, was destroyed by fire 
in 1 7 1 8 , and re-built the same year. 

At the Flour Mills, Light-House Quay, near Wat- 

ford, June 9 1814 

The premises were destroyed, and two men lost their lives. 

At the Mustard Mills of Messrs. Lingard and Jones, 

Southwark, August 28 1814 

Dreadful devastation was made by this fire : several adjoining ware- 
houses being destroyed, together with a great extent of stabling be- 
longing to Messrs. Thell and Steel. 

In High-street, Shadwell, October 10 1814 

Twenty dwellings were consumed. 

In a narrow street, Limehouse, November 1 1 1814 



Sixteen dwelling houses were consumed, together with several ware- 
houses. 

At Mr. Biggs', St. Paul's Church-yard, January 19 . 1815 

The house, and two of his children were burnt. 

At the Works belonging to the Gas Company, in 

Dorset-street, which were destroyed, May 24 1815 

In Leadenhall-street, opposite the India House, 

June 4 1815 

Two houses were burnt down. 

At the range of buildings between the Crescent, and 

America Square, July 14 1815 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 299 

FIRE. At the Mint, October 31 1815 

At this fire the eastern and southern wings of the building were 
unroofed, and the interior, containing the machinery, destroyed. 

In Wardour- street, at the house of Mr. Seymour, 

October 31 , 1815 

Mr. Seymour's three daughters, the eldest of whom was only eight 
years of age, unfoitunately perished in the flames. 

At Grove Place, Kentish Town, November 23 1815 

The house of Mr. Slack was destroyed, and himself perished in the 
flames. 

In Red Lion-street, Holborn, November 24 1815 

At this fire the house of a Goldbeater was destroyed, and a child was 
burnt. 

At the house of an umbrella maker, High Holborn, 

between Featherstone Buildings and Brownlow- 
street, November 28 1815 

Six houses were entirely burnt to the ground. 

■ In Crown-street, Finsbury-square, December 31 ... 1815 

The house and warehouse of Mr. Mitchell were destroyed. 

In Berkeley-square, at the house of Mr. Charles 

Boon, which with the furniture and library, were 
destroyed, February 11 1816 

At the Stock Exchange Coffee House, April 23 1816 

It was entirely destroyed, as were several adjoining counting houses. 

At " The Plough Inn," Clapham, May 29 1816 

It was entirely destroyed. 

At Mr. Irvine's, No. 49 & 50, St. Mary-le-Bone- 

street, June 1 1816 

A number of new, and unfinished carriages, were destroyed. 

At Mr. Dunkin's, tallow-chandler, Aldersgate-street, 

June 26 1816 

The House was entirely destroyed, with the upper part of the adjoin- 
ing one of Cockerton and Son, oilmen. The houses had just been 
re-built, in consequence of a similar accident in the preceding year. 

At Mr. Norris' carpet warehouse, September 20 1816 

Mr. Norris' house was at the time under repair, in consequence of 
having been burnt but ten months before. 

■ At Belvoir Castle, October 28 1816 

Belvoir Castle, the princely residence of His Grace the Duke of 
Rutland, was three-fourths of it destroyed by this unfortunate event. 



300 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE. At the shop of Mr. Falconer, carpenter, Turk's Head 

Yard, Oxford Market, October 2 181( 

The house of Mr. Falconer, and others, were greatly damaged. 

At the Warehouse of Mr. Henderson, October 23 ... 1816 

Several houses were burnt down, others damaged, and property to the 
amount of £40,000. destroyed. 

Near Wapping Docks, December 1 6 1816 

The warehouses of Messrs. Viner and Co. and several adjoining ones, 
were burnt down. 

At Poplar, at the house of Mrs. Cock, December 30 . 1816 

Mrs. Cock, aged 80, and nine houses, were burnt. 

At Mount Place, Homerton-road, at the house of Mr. 

Duskall, April 6 181' 

The house was entirely burnt; the damage was estimated at £5,000. 

At Mr. Bainbridge's, Carver and Gilder, High 

Holborn, April 7 181' 

The house was totally destroyed. 

On the premises of Mr. Mist, Fleet -street, May 23 . 1817 

At the house of Mr. Black, oilman, Bermondsey , which 

was destroyed, June 28 1817 

Mr. Black, his wife, and eldest child, were found suffocated in the 
adjoining house. 

At Mr. Wheatear's, grocer, No. 460, Strand, March 1 1818 

Ten houses were destroyed, and three persons perished in the flames. 

At Mr. Clarke's, oilman, Somers'-town, and at Mr. 

Higgs', hat manufacturer, Webber-row, Black- 
friars-road, April 14 1818 

Two children were burnt to death at this fire. 

At Messrs. Spencer's, Newton-street, High Holborn, 

July 1818 

Five houses were burnt, and several others damaged. 

In Ratcliff Highway, August 1818 

At this fire, fifteen houses were consumed. 

In Nelson-street, Whitechapel, at the sugar-house of 

Messrs. Craven and Shutts, August 1819 

The loss was estimated at £15,000. 

At Bensley's Printing Office, Bolt-court, Fleet-street, 

June 1819 



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301 



FIRE. At the house of Mr. Worms, Whitechapel, Nov. ... 1819 

Three children perished at this fire. 

At the sugar-refining house of Messrs. Severn, King, 

and Co. November , 1819 

Entirely destroyed; the loss estimated at £80,000. 

At the house of Mr. Kerr, bootmaker, the corner of 

Norfolk-street, Strand, January 17 1820 

Two houses were destroyed, and several others damaged. 

At Canton, in China, March 3 - 1820 

This terrible conflagration consumed 15,000 houses, and above 500 
people. 

In Thames-street, on the premises of Messrs. Thomas 

and Co. porter merchants, February. 1820 

Damage was done to the amount of £20,000. 

At Mr. Westlake's, ship-builder, Rotherhithe, March 1820 

This fire consumed seven houses, a brig, several warehouses, and other 
property, worth £59,000. 

In Drury-lane, at a timber-yard, November 9 1820 

Totally destroyed, with ten houses ; and, at one time, it threatened the 
destruction of the entire neighbourhood. 

At Messrs. Smith and Co.'s sugar bakers, Mile End, 

January 11 1821 

The loss was estimated at £200,000. 

In Gutter-lane, Cheapside, February 27 1821 

Destroyed the house, and damaged six others. 

On the premises of Messrs. Southall and Fossick, 

Grace-church-street, September 9 1821 

It destroyed four houses, a Meeting-House, and occasioned the death 
of four persons. 

In Princes-street, Soho, September 10 1821 

Four houses were destroyed, and three persons burnt. 

In Waterloo-row, Surrey-road, October 19 1821 

At Mr. George Hoppe's, Old Gravel-lane, Wapping, 

November 3 1821 

Several houses were destroyed, or injured. 

On board a West Indian, of 300 tons burthen, which 

was destroyed in the River Thames, November 3, 1821 



302 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE. At the extensive premises of Messrs Bagster, Book- 
sellers, Paternoster Row, which was consumed, 
March 2 1822 

At Mr. Briggs', tallowchandler, Old Gravel-lane, 

June 4 1822 

The house was destroyed, and seveial workshops. 

In St. John's-street, Clerkenwell, June 20 1822 

On the premises of Mr. White, boat-builder, at 

Rotherhithe ; and another June 28 1822 

In Adam-street, Adelphi, June 29 1822 

Two houses were consumed. 

At the house of Mr. Wardell, provision merchant, 

Old Gravel Lane, June 30 1822 

On the premises of Messrs. Astor and Co. Musical 

Instrument makers, Tottenham-street, which were 
destroyed, July 20 1822 

At the plate-glass manufactory of Messrs. Reed and 

Co. Upper Smithfield, August 11 1822 

The premises were shortly reduced to a heap of ruins, and the loss 
was estimated at £100,000. 

At the patent rope manufactory of Mr. Dun, at 

Stepney, August 14 1822 

The whole of the machinery was consumed, to a great amount. 

At the house of Mr. Stokes, calico printer, Grosvenor 

market, August 24 1822 

■ In Upper East Smithfield, August 26 1822 

Two houses were burnt down. 

In Old Court, September 2 1822 

At this fire, three houses were consumed. 

At the extensive premises of Messrs. Luntley and 

Millar, wholesale druggists, Bread-street-hill, Sep- 
tember 3 1822 

The premises were nearly destroyed. 

At the floor-cloth manufactory of Messrs. Rolls and 

Goulston, in the Bermondsey-road, September 16 1822 

At this fire, the manufactory was consumed, a timber yard, and many 
houses destroyed and damaged. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 303 

FIRE. Next door to the Architectural Library of Mr. 

Taylor, in Holborn, November 23 1822 

The house of Mr. Taylor was destroyed, with several Works of Art, 
of the greatest value. A great many other houses were also de- 
stroyed. 

■ At Long's Hotel, Bond-street, December 21 1822 

It was nearly burnt down. 

At Milford Barracks, Ireland, February 2 1822 

The above Barracks were totally destroyed by the insurgents in a riot 
there. 

In Watling-street, January 16 , 1823 

Several houses were destroyed. 

In New-street, Covent-Garden, May 12 1823 

Several houses were destroyed, and one life lost. 

In Red Lion-street, Bedford-square, June 24 1823 

Fifteen houses were consumed, and Featherstone buildings. 

In the London-road, September 14 1823 

One house was consumed, and several others damaged. 

At the Church of St. Paul, Rome, July 15 1823 

In King-street, Hammersmith, February 23 1 824 

Two houses were destroyed, and several others damoged; a child was 
also killed. 

At the extensive Wharfs of Messrs. Pick ford and Co. 

on the Banks of the City Road Basin, February 26 1824 

The damage was estimated at £30,000. Two lives were lost. 

At New Brunswick, in America, October 7 1825 

At New Brunswick, the forests having been intentionally fired for the 
clearance of brushwood, the district of Miramichi, and the sea-coast, 
were devastated by the unexpected progress of the conflagration ; 
by this unfortunate occurrence, nearly three hundred! persons 
were burnt. 

At Great Titchfield-street, Well-street, &c. &c 1825 

This destructive fire took place on the 21st of June, 1825, by which 
the houses in Great Titchfield-street, Well-street, Mortimer-street, 
and Margaret-street, were nearly destroyed. The fire commenced 
in the workshops of Mr. Crozet, carver and gilder, in Great Titch- 
field-street, caused by a kettle, containing French polish, boiling 
over, which set fire to some shavings of wood. The flames spread 
rapidly to the premises of Mr. Woolley, a stable-keeper; Mr. 
Stoddart, the pianofortemaker ; Mr. Stout, (who had a mahogany 



304 THE NKW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE. In Great Titchfield-street, (continued.) 

and timber yard;) Mr. Meser, a coachmaker; Messrs. Bolton and 
Sparrow, upholsterers; the Chapel of Ease, in Margaret-street; Mr. 
Pears, perfumer; Mr. Arnold, grocer; Miss Storer, and Mrs. 
Vennes. The houses of Mr. Wales, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Reid, Mr. 
Kensett, and Messrs. Holt and Scheffer, of Mortimer-street, were in 
a short time reduced to ruins. A party of the guards, assisted by 
the Police Officers, aided the firemen ; but the exenions of all, al- 
though there was a plentiful supply of water, seemed to have no 
effect in extinguishing the flames. Thirty houses and shops were 
destroyed, and one hundred families deprived of their homes. 

In Well-street, Oxford-street, May 17 1830 

At Nottingham Castle, by the rioters, which was 

burnt to the ground 1831 

At Cow-cross, West Smithfield, November 8 1831 

At Mr. Franks', a confectioner, 95, Piccadilly, De- 

cember 30 J831 

In Panton- street, at a Spunging-house, September 25 1832 

In a court, Queen-street, Glasgow, January 14 1832 

This fire was supposed to be the work of an incendiary. The loss was 
estimated at £150,000. 

At Messrs. Horrocks' Manufactory, near Manchester, 

January 15 1832 

Three men were taken into custody, suspected of setting fire to the 
above premises. 

At Mr. Wall's, a tobacconist, Deptford, March 9 ... 1832 

An old lady, aged 80, was unfortunately burnt to death. 

At the Brewery of Messrs. Young and Bainbridge, 

(late the Brewery of Messrs. Tritton) March 13... 1832 

At an apartment in Kensington Palace, March 16 ... 1832 

It was extinguished, without doing any serious damage. 

At the Greenwich Theatre, January 11 1832 

At the Brewery of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins, 

May22 " 1832 

Did considerable damage, before it could be got under. 

■ At the House of Mr. Mullins, pipe and bucket maker, 

in Holborn, August 3 1832 

It destroyed the same, and did a great^deal of mischief to several ad- 
joining houses. 



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FIRE. At the Painting Lofts of Messrs. Tyrrells, in Long 

Acre, November 27 1832 

This fire broke out in the rear of the premises, and injured and de- 
stroyed about fourteen houses. The valuable stock of carriages of 
Messrs. Tyrrells was consumed by the flames. 

At the House of Mrs. Manley, 103, Hatton Garden, 

January 1833 

This dreadful occurrence was attended by a loss of life truly afflicting. 
The first notice which the inmates received of their danger, was a 
violent knocking at the door about seven o'clock in the morning. The 
servant immediately rose, and on going to the door, found two men, 
who proceeded up stairs with an intention of informing Mrs. Manley 
of her perilous situation. The flames were now rapidly gaining 
ground, and before they could reach Mrs. Manley's room, a part of 
the floor fell in. The house was completely destroyed, and Mrs. 
Manley, with three of her children, were unfortunately burnt. About 
twelve months previous to this event, Mr. Manley, who retired to 
bed in perfect health, was found byhis wife a corpse in the morning; 
this event produced such an effect on her mind as to cause her a 
severe fit of illness, and for the last eight months, she was confined 
to her bed. 

At the house of Mrs. Watts, No. 56, London-street, 

Fitzroy-square, March 5 1833 

A person of the name of Strong, who resided in the house, being; awoke 
by a feeling of suffocation, found, on getting out of bed, the room 
densely filled with smoke. She immediately raised the alarm of 
"fire," which aroused Mrs. Watts. Mrs. Mensay, a widow lady, 
who occupied the back room on the first floor, as a sleeping apart- 
ment, was unfortunately burnt to death. The deceased was 75 years 
of age, and is supposed to have dropped the candle in her lap, or had 
fallen in a fit, against the bars of the grate. 

At Wood's Family Hotel, Panton-square, June 1 ... 1833 

By this melancholy event two individuals fell a sacrifice, viz.: — Lieut. 
Nagle, of the Royal Navy, and Mr. Cope, a Giasgow merchant. No 
property could be saved. 

AT BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, Oc- 

tober 16 1834 

This destructive fire took place about seven o'clock in the evening; a 
strong breeze was blowing at the time, and the moon was shining 
with great brilliancy. The bridges soon became crowded by specta- 
tors, so that, even from Blackfriars, the exact situation of the confla- 
gration could be ascertained, and the rumour that the House of 
Lords was burning, confirmed. The towers of Westminster Abbey 
were brilliantly illuminated by a mass of fire seen at a short distance 
on the left of the venerable place, and at half-past seven, the light 
was sufficient to read the small print of a newspaper; Westmin- 
ster had now become so crowded by persons collected to witness the 
fire, as to render it nearly impassable ; in consequence of which, 
several waggons, carts, and other vehicles, were engaged in convey- 
ing persons across, that a clearer view of the tremendous scene 
might be witnessed in their passage. The falling of roofs, the 
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3G8 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY, 

FIRE, AT BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, (con- 
tinued.) 

shattering of glass, the crackling and scattering of tiles and slates, and 
the roaring of the flames, all added to the destructive scene of terror 
that met the eye. A want of water was experienced at the first 
breaking out of the fire: but a supply having been procured, added to 
the great exertions of the firemen, the flames received a check ; but 
it was only for a short period, the flames having got such strong 
hold, that the water appeared to have but little effect; the wind, 
too, being unfavourable to their exertions, it blowing smartly from 
the southward. How the fire originated was doubtful. No damage 
was done to Westminster Hall ; and the mace was preserved by the 
deputy Serjeant-at-Arms, soon after the fire began ; but the House, 
Robing-Rooms, Committee Rooms in the West-front, and the rooms 
of the resident Officers, as far as the octagon tower, at the south-end 
of the building, the Painted Chamber, the north-end of the Royal 
Gallery, were totally destroyed. The loss is estimated, by competent 
judges, to be not less than HALF A MILLION. 

On the 27th of September, 1839, the Tenders for the third Contract 
for the building of the New Houses of Parliament, comprising the 
whole of the River front, and returns or wings of the buildings, were 
opened before the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Board of Works, 
when, after a spirited competition, the Contract was decided in 
favour of Messrs. Grisell and Peto, the well-known builders, of the 
York-road, Lambeth. The Contracts were as follow : — 

Messrs. Grisell and Peto £.159,718 

Baker 167,746 

Cubitt 174,452 

Winsland 177,489 

Lee 179,363 

Grimsdell , . 181,588 

Piper „. 183,106 

Hicks 183,899 

Bennett 184,639 

It is expected that three years will expire befor the above Contract 
will be finished, and that it will be near nine years ere the structure 
will he entirely completed. 

At Nocton Hall, the seat of the Earl of Ripon, which 

was entirely destroyed, July 15 1834 

At Hatfield House, 1835 

A destructive fire took place at Hatfield House, the seat of the Marquis 
of Salisbury, by which the Dowager Marchioness perished, at the 
venerable age of 85 years. 

At New York, which destroyed 700 houses 1836 

— — At Mr. Spottiswode's Printing Office, March 21 1837 

At the house of Mr. Harris, in the Strand, Sep- 

tember 14 1837 

Mr. Harris, his ehild, and servant, fell victims to the flames. 



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FIRE. On the premises of Messrs. King and Witt, South- 
ampton, November 7 1837 

This fire continued to burn with unabated fury for upwards of three 
hours, consuming in its frightful progress the counting-house and 
the extensive stores and warehouses, with all their valuable stock of 
turpentine, vitriol, oil, and other inflammable materials. No less 
than eleven bodies, some without limbs, and otherwise dreadfully- 
disfigured, were dug out of the ruins. The damage was estimated 
at £10,000. 

At Mr. Tyler's Printing Office, Bolt-court, Fleet- 

street 1838 

At the house of Mr. R. Holt, 19, Pancras-street, 

September 19 1838 

The above fire commenced early in the morning, in Pancras-street, 
Tottenham Court-road, and was attended with loss of life. On the 
ground- floor lived Mr. Holt, wife, and four children ; in the kitchen, 
were a Mr. Mead, wife, and one child ; in the first floor front room 
lived a man of the name of Scott, a stone mason, his wife, and one 
child; in the back-room, on the same floor, a young female, of the 
name of Thorn, who perished in the flames ; in the second floor 
front lived Mr. Leaman, (tailor) wife, and three children; in the 
back room, second floor, Mrs. Coif; and, on the third floor, a person 
of the name of Smith, in the whole, tenanted by nineteen individuals, 
who lost the whole of their property, being uninsured. 

At the Royal Exchange, January 1838 

This fire consumed in one night a magnificent pile of buildings, with 
vast contents of property, papers, books, and accounts of sundry 
Corporations, the whole estimated at many hundred thousand pounds 
value. (For an account of the Old Royal Exchange, see — " Royal 
Exchange," Public Edifices, Section III ) 

In one of the apartments, containing a printing ma- 

chine, of the Morning Chronicle Office 1389 

A speedy supply of water being obtained, enabled the firemen, who had 
arrived with their different engines to overcome it, before much 
damage had been done. 

At the house of Mr. Green, Dairyman, Strand 1839 

The alarm was instant, and the inmates of the upper floors made their 
escape by means of ladders into the street ; but notwithstanding 
the great exertions made, the entire building, stock, and furniture of 
Mr. Green, and his lodgers, were entirely destroyed. None of the 
inmates were insured. The house of Mr. Bayliss, brazier and 
tinman, was greatly damaged, and also that of Mr. Cowderoy. The 
lives of the inmates would, in all probability have been sacrificed, but 
for the means of escape afforded by Merryweather's ladders. 

At Houndsditch, November 12 1839 

At the above period, the neighbourhood of Houndsditch, and its vici- 
nity, were aroused by one of the most dreadful fires imaginable, which 
broke out in Widegate- alley, a narrow-street, leading from the 
centre of Houndsditch to Bishopsgate-street, surrounded by old and 
ruinous premises, and densely inhabited by the poorest classes. By 
whom_the alarm was given, is unknown ; but on the Police proceed- 



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FIRE at Houndsditch, (continued.) 

ing in the direction from whence the sounds came, they perceived 
the upper portion of the house No. 10, in the above alley, on fire. 
It appeared to be confined to the second floor front room ; but before 
they had time to give the general alarm to the neighbourhood, the 
flames burst forth from the windows, and in a very short time enve- 
loped the whole front of the house. The Police, on reaching the 
spot, beat loudly against the door with their staves and rattles, and 
succeeded in arousing the inmates, who were thought to have all 
escaped : but this was not the case. 

In about a quarter of an hour the fire brigade of the establishment of 
Jefferys-square, St. Mary Axe, arrived speedily at the spot ; but 
though they strove hard to suppress the flames in this early stage, 
their exertions and skill were baffled, and the conflagration every 
moment increased in magnitude, and within an hour after its com- 
mencement, the house (No, 9) let out to seven or eight families, and 
two houses at the back, appropriated as a kind of store, ignited, and 
were instantly in a blaze. The scene at this moment defies descrip- 
tion ; women, children, and men, now rushed into the street, with 
nothing to cover them but their night clothes, and in a state ap- 
proaching to madness. Mr. Biaidworth had at this time reached the 
spot, with the engines and firemen of the head department in 
Watling-street, and followed quickly from the station in Wellclose- 
square, Whitecross-street, Farringdon-street, Holborn, and after 
those, by that of the West of England, of the County, and several 
others. The houses 9 and 10, soon gave way, and fell with a dreadful 
crash into the street, which being anticipated by the firemen, they 
received no injury. About eight in the morning, the fire was so 
much got under, that several engines returned to their respective 
Stations, four still remaining to play on the burning ruins. Up to 
the period of half-past ten, it was supposed that all who had inhabited 
the premises, had escaped; but whilst one of the brigade was direct- 
ing the branch of an engine into a pile of rubbish, he imagined he 
saw the body of a human being hanging over a high beam in the 
ruins ; upon which he called several of his brother firemen to him, 
and on their going up, they were horror struck on discovering it to 
he the remains of a woman. They removed them from the gaze of 
the immense number of persons who surrounded the place; but no 
sooner had they done so, than the bodies of three children presented 
themselves to their view. A further search was then made by two 
firemen, and in the course of an hour after, they dug- out the re- 
mains of four others, a female, and three men; they were instantly 
wrapped in blankets, until the arrival of shells from the workhouse. 
A woman leaped from the window, and was taken to the London 
Hospital much injured. The origin of the fire was not known with 
any certainty, but is by some attributed to the dissolute habits of 
two of the persons who perished. The loss of property was very 
great, as will appeaar as follows: — In Widegate-alley, No. 10, the 
premises occupied by Mr. Barton, scale-board maker, and let out as 
tenements, totally destroyed, together with the buildings occupied 
as his manufactory, with their contents, — steam-engine, boilers, 
machinery, stock, and utensils. The buildings were insured in the 
Phcenix Office, but the contents not. 

No. 9. — Shop and dwelling-house, wholly hurnt down. Let in tene- 
ments to poor people, who lost all. 

No. 8. — Also let out in tenements ; greatly damaged, and not insured. 

No. 2. — Seriously damaged. Insured in the Royal Exchange. 

No. 11. — Seriously damaged; not insured. 



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FIRE at Houndsditch, (concluded.) 

A cottage ; partially burnt. Not insured. 

Nos. 21, 22, and 23; very seriously damaged ; but insured in the 

Westminster, Sun, and Phcenix. 
Windsor-street, 11, 12, and 13, let out to families, greatly damaged by 

fire. Not insured. 

At Pimlico, October 25 1839 

This alarming fire took place fn the neighbourhood of Buckingham 
Palace. On repairing to the spot, the house of Mr. Harding, Arti- 
ficial Fire Work manufacturer, was found to be on fire from the top 
to the bottom. Several engines arrived in quick succession, and 
proceeded to pour a vast body of water on the burning premises, 
which were, after some time, by the great exertion of the firemen, 
partly subdued. Further danger having subsided, enquiries began 
to be made with respect to the fate of the inmates in the house of 
Mr. Harding, and the one adjoining, let out in tenements; when it 
was found that Mr. Harding, Mrs. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Hanson, 
and two sons, had perished in the flames, their remains being dug 
out of the ruins on the following day. 

At the Theatre Royal, Cork, April . . . ., 1840 

The Theatre was entirely destroyed ; and the loss of property dreadful. 

At East Smithfield, Wapping, August 27 1840 

This dreadful fire continued to rage during the whole of Thursday 
night and Friday under the immense pile of ruins created by the fall- 
ing in of the roof and wall of the building. During the whole of 
Friday the neigbourhood presented the appearance of a fair, thou- 
sands of persons being assembled in every street, leading to the 
ruins, from which they could be seen. Baniers were placed, which 
were guarded by detachments of the Police, to prevent accidents in 
the event of the falling of any portion of the building still standing. 
One man however passed the barriers unnoticed, and the result was, 
he lost his life. Having stationed himself near a portion of the 
building where a crane of nearly a ton weight was still attached to 
one of the upper stories, and which was in a dangerous condition, 
the crane unl'oitunately gave way, together wilh a laige portion of 
brickwork, the whole of which fell upon him; when picked up, he 
was lifeless, and dreadfully mutilated. His name was Swinford, and 
he had come from from Suffolk but two days before. The unfortu- 
nate man Lindsey, who fell from one of the upper stories during the 
fire, was taken to the London hospital in a dangerous state. On the 
discovery of the fire, the Thames Police conveyed the new iron float- 
ing-engine which was stationed in the Docks, and which had never 
before been worked, to the edge of the wharf. Its dimensions are so 
great, as to require 140 men to work it, and throws several tons of 
water in a minute, being built for the London Fire Establishment. 
From the great assistance derived from this immense machine, may 
be attiibuled a diminution in the loss of property, which, it is thought, 
would otherwise have trebled the loss at present sustained. 

The other force employed were the two floating engines from South- 
wark-bridge and Rotherhithe, and thirteen land engines; and from 
a calculation which has been made, it would appear that upwards of 
seventeen tor - of water were thrown upon the flames in a minute. 
The firemen \ scertained that the fire first originated on Hore's 
premises, but\lhe firm were unable to account fur it. It has 



310 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE at East Smithfield Wapping, (continued.) 

been ascertained that there was a large quantity of cotton waste 
on the premises, such as is used for cleaning and oiling machiunry, 
and it was the opinion of Mr. Braidwood that that was the cause of 
the fire, as he had known it to ignite of itself, by oil getting among 
it, of which there were several barrels in the place. 

At Bermoixlsey, August 27 1840 

This fire broke out at the time when the former was at its height, and 
caused a fearful destruction of property. The loss sustained bv the 
fire at these mills, and the machinery therein, is estimated at £6000. 
Mr. Fiear is not insured. Messrs. Hasland's loss is estimated at 
between £3000. and £4000. The other sufFerers are not insured. 

In Salisbury-street, Strand, April 16 1840 

Between twelve and one o'clock on Wednesday morning, the inhabi- 
tants of the above street were greatly alarmed by the report as of a 
park of artillery; immediately after which, the house, No. 7, was 
observed to be in flames from top to bottom. The house in question 
was in the occupation of Messrs. Shaw and Robertson, wine and 
spirit merchants; and the origin of the fire was stated to be an 
escape of gas on the ground floor. In a few minutes afterwards, the 
engines and men fromChandos-street, the West of England, Water- 
loo-road, Watling-street, and several other engines belonging to the 
London Fire Establishment, under the superintendence of Mr. 
Braidwood, arrived ; soon after which a plentiful supply of water was 
obtained. In the mean time the inmates made their escape in their 
night dresses, and took shelter in the houses of the neighbours. The 
hose of several of the engines were carried through the houses at the 
Lack in Cecil-street, and the houses on either side, by which means 
the firemen were enabled to confine the devouring element to the 
house in which it originated. The conflagration spread with such 
rapidity, that it was entirely impossible to save any portion of the 
furniture, or, in fact, anv thing else the house contained ; and it was 
not until nearly three o'clock that it was got under sufficieutly to " 
allay all danger. The shock was so great that the windows of the 
house on the opposite side of the street were nearly all broken. The 
amount of property destroyed was very great. 

At Mr. Winsland's, timber merchant and builder, 

Brewer-street, Bloomsbury 1840 

At the time of this fire, several of the men in the employ of Mr. Wins- 
land, the extensive timber- merchant and builder, of Brewer-street, 
Bloomsbury, were engaged at work in the yard, when on a sudden an 
immense body of smoke was seen to issue from one of the stacks of 
timber, and in a short time it was one body of flame. Another 
account of the origin of the fire is, that it began in the lower work- 
shop, by the boiling over of pitch. The dry and combustible natuie 
of the stock caused the fire to extend with a rapidity seldom wit- 
nessed, and, before any of the engines arrived, the devouring element 
had obtained such a hold as to render all chance of extinguishing it 
hopeless. In the course of ten minutes the brigade-engine fiom 
Crown-street, Holborn, the Chandos-street, and several others be- 
longing to the London brigade, reached the spot, as well as the West 
of England and County, followed by those from Watling-street and 
the more distant stations. A good supply of water was obtained, 
and the engines were very speedily got to play. In the meantime 



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FIRE at Mr. Winsland's, timber-merchant and builder, (con- 
tinued.) 

the confusion was still further increased from the numerous persons 
living in Brewer-street endeavouring to save their furniture and 
other property: this, coupled with the confined scene of conflagra- 
tion, occasioned the fire to obtain such a hold as to endanger the 
numerous buildings abutting on the yard of Mr. Winsland; the 
utmost fear was entertained for- the safety of the extensive distillery 
of Mr. Tanqueray, known as the " Bloomsbury Distillery." To this 
point the attention of the firemen was especially directed, and the 
hoses of the engines in Broad-street and the avenues leading to the 
distillery, were conveyed up and into the building, when torrents of 
water were poured into those portions which were exposed to the de- 
vouring element; the fire, however, extended its ravages towards 
Museum-street, and by half-past eleven o'clock the whole of the rear 
of the following houses were more or less on fire: — Messrs. Haugh- 
ton, Callaghan. Queen's Coffee-house, Brackett, Cartwright, and 
others; on the house of Mr. Cartwrisht the fire appeared to extend 
its fury, as the flames were repeatedly to be seen curling over the 
front; in those houses a number of men were busily engaged in re- 
moving the furniture, the greater part of which, we regret to say, was 
forced to be thrown from the windows of the second and third floors 
into the street, and thus rendered completely useless. Through the 
united exertions of the firemen, police, and the men from the brewery 
of Messrs. Meux and Co. a/id those from Messrs. Combe and Dela- 
field, the fire was so far got under by two o'clock as to prevent any 
further loss being sustained; the loss, however, is considerable, and 
at the same time several persons will feel it severely, being unin- 
sured, from the circumstance of their goods being destroyed. The 
number of houses damaged amounted to eighteen. Great credit was 
due to Messrs. Combe and Delafield, who, on hearing of the fire, 
sent down their powerful engine, and with it thirty men to work it. 
The engine was conveyed into Mr. Winsland's yard, and although 
surrounded with the burning element, the men heroically kept at 
their work, and were in a great measure instrumental in preventing 
so great a loss as otherwise must have occurred, The true cause it 
appears was the bursting of the steam-boiler in the workshop. The 
whole of the books of Mr. Winsland have been saved ; Inspector 
Dudley, of the E. division, and the men under him, rushing into the 
counting-house while on fire, three times, and bringing out the 
books. To the police great credit is due in saving the vast quantity 
of property which was exposed in the street — a great number from 
the A, C, D, and E divisions, with their respective inspectors being 
forwarded to the spot. The principal loss will fall on the Sun, 
County, West of England, and Westminster Fire Offices. The loss 
sustained is little short of from £20,000. to £30,000. Messrs. 
Winsland have lost their entire stock, which, with the various ma- 
chinery, models of building, &c. is valued at about £20,000. The 
men who worked on the premises had all their tools destroyed, the 
loss of some being between £30. and £40 The premises belonging 
to Mr. Hudson, the comic song writer, are most materially injured, 
and a great part of his valuable collection of music. Had it not been 
for a party wall that separates the back part of the houses named 
above from Mr. Winsland's premises, the whole of Museum-street 
would probably have been destroyed. All the houses burnt down 
are, fortunately, insured, being on the Bedford estate, where insu- 
rance is made part of the conditions of letting. No lives were lost, 
but one of the accidents was of a very serious nature. A young 
woman, in endeavouring to cross the road, near Vine-street, was 



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312 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FIRE at Mr. Winsland's, timber-merchant and builder, 
(concluded,) 

suddenly knocked down by the shaft of a van, and before she could be 
rescued from her perilous situation, one of the wheels passed over 
her chest, crushing her body in a frightful manner. She was imme- 
diately carried by the police on a shutter to the North London Hos- 
pital ; and although life was not quite extinct on her arrival at that 
Institution, it was thought by the medical gentlemen who examined 
her that she could not long survive. A man who was working one of 
the engines was also crushed in a dreadful manner, in consequence of 
its being overbalanced during the same. He was also taken to the 
same hospital. 
The damage done to the premises of Messrs. Winsland, (comprising five 
large brick buildings,) is, the destruction of the carpenters' and 
joiners' workshops, show-rooms, store-house, marble show-rooms, 
moulding-rooms, plasterers' and masons' workshops, engineers' work- 
shops, warehouse, stables, carthouses, dwelling-house of foreman, 
extensive drying rooms, counting-house, and offices. 



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SECTION III. 

REMARKABLE BUILDINGS, CASTLES, CATHEDRALS, HOSPITALS, 
COLLEGES, AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS. 



ABBOTSBURY ABBEY, Dorsetshire, built 1026 

ABERCONWAY CASTLE, Caermartlienshire built 1202 

A magnificent castle was built here by the Earl of Chester in the reign of William 
the Conqueror, which was destroyed in the reig-n of king Stephen, but kin" 
Edward I. ordered it to be re-built, and it yet remains one of the most beauti- 
ful structures in Wales. 

ABERISTWITH CASTLE, built, 1110 

Burnt in 1124. 

ABINGDON ABBEY, Berks, built 941 

ADELPHI BUILDINGS, Strand, London, built 1770 

ADMIRALTY, THE COURT OF, erected 1357 

Incorporated June 22, 1768. 

AGATHA'S, ST. MONASTERY, near Richmond, York- 
shire, built 1131 

ALBAN'S, ST. ABBEY, Hertfordshire, built 793 

5t. Albans was one of the principal places of the ancient Britons; and twenty- 
one years after the invasion of the island, was raised to the rank of a city, 
under the name of Verulam, which afterwards became the abode of Lord Bacon, 
who was created Earl of Verulam, and Viscount St. Albans. The Abbey is 
now used as a parish church, and in it we e buried several persons of royal 
blood, particularly the famous Duke Humphrey, whose body was discovered 
some years ago. There was here a font of solid brass, in which the children 
of the kings of Scotland were used to be baptized, and was brought from 
Edinburgh by Sir Philip Lea, but in the time of the Civil Wars was taken 
away and lost. 

On the 2nd of February, 1832, a portion of the wall of the upper battle- 
ment of this Abbey fell upon the roof below, in two masses, an interval of 
five minutes taking place previous to the falling of the second, which caused 
great alarm to the inhabitants of the houses contiguous thereto, the noise 
being so great, as to resemble a loud peal of thunder. It was asserted, by 
competent judges, that £15,000. would be required to repair the damage 
done to the roof, &c. A public subscription has since been entered into for 
this laudable object. 

Mo- 40- s s 



314 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ALBION MILLS; see " Fires." 

ALCANTARA BRIDGE, The, over the Tagus, in Por- 
tugal, built about the year 98 

ALDERSGATE, London, built 1616 

Pulled down, and sold for £91. April, 1760. 

ALDGATE, London, built 1608 

Pulled down, and sold for £177- 10s July, 1760. 

ALGIERS, a Roman Province, ........B.C. 44 

The Turkish dominion at Algiers originated with the Turkish corsair Barbarossa, 
whose real name was Horush, or Baba (Father) Horush, as he used to be 
called. Being called in by the Algerine Moors to assist them in 1516, in 
opposing the Spaniards, he availed himself of the opportunity of making 
himself master of the place; but ruling in such a tyrannical manner, the 
Moors revolted, and he was killed whilst fighting at the head of his Turks, in 
1518. His brother succeeded him. Several expeditions have been sent out 
against this place, and at different periods. The first was by Charles V. in 
1541, at the entreaty of Pope Paul III. The next expedition against this 
place was in 1681, by Louis XIV. who being highly indignant at the violation 
of the several treaties made with the Algerines, sent Admiral Duquesne 
against them with twelve ships of war, fifteen galleys, three fire ships, and 
several vessels. Five bomb-vessels, under the orders of the celebrated 
Renau, who originally devised the means of rendering bomb-inortars avail- 
able in vessels, completed this formidable armament. Algiers was bombarded 
with such vigour that the Dey was compelled to yield. Three years after, 
they commenced their insults upon the French flag, when they were severely 
dealt with by Marshal d'Estrees, who bombarded their capital, and reduced, 
it nearly to ashes : but not until the whole of the French there had been put 
to death, their consul bound alive to the mouth of a cannon, and shot against 
the bombarding fleet. 

Another expedition was sent out in 1816 against Algiers, under Lord 
Exmouth, whose instructions were, to require the liberation of all the Chris- 
tian slaves there, upon the payment of a stipulated ransom, and the system 
to be entirely relinquished for the future. Upon the arrival of the British 
fleet at Algiers, the terms proposed were acceeded to by the Algerine govern- 
ment: but scarcely had the fleet taken its departure, when the treaty was 
violated by the dreadful murder of a great body of Neapolitan fishermen at 
Bona. Upon this intelligence reaching England, Lord Exmouth set sail for 
Algiers with a powerful fleet, to avenge this insult. The Dey, well aware 
of what was to be expected, made every possible defence. But it availed him 
nothing when opposed to a British force: for, on the 27th of August, the 
fleet of this barbarian was reduced to ashes, — the powerful batteries which 
defended the harbour were destroyed, — and Omar, the Dey, was compelled to 
submit to the humiliating conditions proposed by the British Admiral, which 
were, — the restoration of all his captives without ransom, — with the repay- 
ment of former ransoms, — and the abolition for ever ! of Christian slavery in 
his dominions. 

The cause of the French expedition sent to Algiers in 1830, was an insult 
offered by the Dey to the consul Deval, in the year 1827. The expedition 
was preceded by a blockade of two years which cost France nearly a million 
sterling. The expedition commenced its operations against the town on the 
land side in Juue, 1830: and, on the 4th of July, they obtained possession 
of the " Emperor's Fort," which commands the city. On the following day 



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ALGIERS, (continued.) 

the town surrendered, and the French took possession of it, the castles, and 
all the public property, among which were twelve ships of war, 1500 bronze 
cannon, andjabout two millions sterling in gold and silver. The last of the 
Deys withdrew to Europe. 

AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, built 795 

ALLINGTON CASTLE, Kent, built 1282 

ALNWICK CASTLE, Northumberland, built 1147 

ALL SOULS COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1437 

AMBERLEY CASTLE, Sussex, built 1374 

AMIENS, THE CATHEDRAL OF, destroyed by fire in 1019 

The first Cathedral was burnt as above, and the second experienced the same fate 
in 1218. Bishop Everard, who presided over the See at the time of the de- 
struction of the latter, lost no time in endeavouring to obtain means towards 
the erection of another, and, if possible, a more splendid church. Sufficient 
money having been obtained towards the accomplishment of the design, it 
commenced in 1220, and was perseveringly carried on by the projector, and 
his successors, till completed. It was consecrated in 1269, and in the time of 
Bishop Bertrand d'Abbeville, the fifth from its founder; but the ornamental 
part of the building, continued to be carried on twenty years after that time; 
and, we are informed, that tbetwo great towers over the west-front were not 
erected until the following century. The principal dimensions, as given by 
Mr. Whittington, in French feet, (each containing about 13 inches, English,) 
are as follow : — feet. in. 

Length from East to West 415 

Ditto of transept, from north to south 182 

Breadth of the nave, with its aisles, 78 9 

Breadth of the transept 42 9 

At the time of Mr. Whittington's visit to Amiens, (in 1802-3) the original 
stained glass was still in the windows ; but, according to later travellers, it 
is removed. The length of the choir is 130 feet (French); and the Lady 
Chapel, beyond the choir, 45 feet in length. 

The Cathedral of Amiens was pillaged of all its ornaments at the time of 
the Revolution ; but the fabric was preserved by the resolute conduct of the 
Mayor, and inhabitants of the place, who armed themselves in its defence. 

In 1597, Amiens was taken by the Spaniards, by the following stratagem: 
soldiers, disguised as peasants, conducted a cart loaded with nuts, and let a 
bag of them fall just as the gate was opened ; and whilst the guard was busy 
gathering them up, the Spaniards entered, and became masters of the town. 
It was retaken by Henry IV. who built a citadel there. 

AMMERSBURY NUNNERY, Wilts, built 976 

AMSTERDAM first Settled, 1203 

The Stadthouse, or Town-hall at Amsterdam, was began in 1648, and finally com- 
pleted in 1655, at an expense of i'300,000. It rests upon 13,695 trees, or 
piles. The building, which is 282 feet long, 255 in depth, and 116 high is, 
with the exception of the ground-floor, which is brick, all built of free-stone. 
The building is ornamented with fine bronze figures of Justice — Wealth — 
and Plenty, with a colossal statue of Atlas, upholding the world. The Stadt- 
house is now appropriated as a palace, first used for that purpose by Louis 



316 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

AMSTERDAM, (continued.) 

Bonaparte, upon his becoming King of Holland. The Exchange there is also 
built of freestone ; is 230 feet in length, and 140 in breadth. The galleries 
are supported by twenty-sis marble columns, which are entered by a noble 
staircase. The building will contain 4,500 persons. 

The noble church of St. Nicholas, or, as it is frequently called, the Old 
Church, has no particular claim to our notice ; but the New Church is a fine 
structure. It is 350 feet in length, and 210 wide at the transepts; the upper 
part resting on fifty-two pillars of stone : and is lighted by seventy-five large 
windows, some of which are elegantly painted. The organ is a very fine one, 
and has fifty-two whole stops, besides half stops; two rows of keys for the 
feet, and three rows for the hand ; it has also a set of pipes, which will imi- 
tate, with surprising effect, a chorus of human voices In the choir is a 
marble monument of the celebrated Dutch Admiral, De Roytek. 

ANTIQUARIES, SOCIETY OF, Somerset Place, instituted 1751 
ANTWERP walled round 1201 

Re-walled in 1514. — Burse built, 1531. 

APOLLO'S TEMPLE, at Delphos, built b. c. 434 

Burnt down, 362. 

APOTHECARIE'S SOCIETY, London, incorporated in... 1617 

ARTIST'S ROOM, in the Strand, London, built ........ 1772 

ARTS AND SCIENCES HOUSE, in the Adelphi, Lon- 
don, built 1772 

ARUNDEL CASTLE, built by the Saxons, about ..... 800 

ASAPH, (ST.) CHURCH AND PALACE OF, Flintshire, 

built ". 560 

Re-built, 1402. 

ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH CASTLE, built 1399 

ASHDOWN CHURCH, Essex, built 1020 

ASSYLUM, near Westminster Bridge, London, instituted . 1758 

ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 57, Lin- 
coln's Inn-fields 1820 

AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY, (ST.) built 1605 

AYLMOUTH CASTLE, Northumberland, built 559 

AYSGARTH BRIDGE, Yorkshire, built 1539 

BALTIMORE HOUSE, Southampton -row, London, built 1759 

BANCROFT'S ALMSHOUSES, Mile End, Middlesex, 

built 1735 



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BANGOR CATHEDRAL, built 1616 

BANK OF ENGLAND, THE, instituted 1693 

The Bank of England was originally projected by a merchant, of the name of 
Patterson, and established in 1693. House re-built, 1732: enlarged, 1771: 
1783: 1789. In 1694, it was incorporated by King William and his Parlia- 
ment, in consideration of £200,000. lent to Government, which was then its 
capital. This capital has gradually increased, and was (in 1829), £11,686,800. 
sterling. Began to issue notes for £10. (having previously no others in cir- 
culation below £20.) in 1759. Notes oj £5. value were first issued in 1793. 
Discontinued paying in cash, February 25, 1797- Notes of £1. issued, 
March 9, 1797- Notes of £2. (except in one partial instance) in 1821 : and 
ceased by law, on the 5th of April, 1829, — since which time, £5. is the 
smallest sum for which any Bank in England may send forth its notes, payable 
to Bearer. The necessity for the issue of notes for so small an amount as 
£1. arose out of the Act of 1797, which restricted the Bank from making 
payments in gold, a measure forced by the financial operations of the 
Government, then very largely indebted to the Corporation. Issued Seven 
Shilling pieces, in 1797- Five Shilling Tokens, in 1798. Raised the value 
of them to 5s. 6d. in 1811. Bank Tokens (ordered by an Act, July 11, 
1817) not to be paid or received, after the 25th day of March, 1818, under a 
penalty of paying for every such dollar, &c. whether offered or tendered in 
payment; the sum not to exceed £5. nor less than 40*. But there was 
nothing in the Act to prevent their being presented to the Bank, until 
March, 1820, or to restrain any one from selling them as old silver, at the 
current price, without regard to the nominal current value at which they 
were circulated. Again restricted by Parliament from paying in Cash, in 
in 1816, not to extend beyond April 5, 1818. The new silver coinage (Geo. 
III.) issued in 1816. Payment in gold renewed, in sovereigns and half 
sovereigns, on the 8th of May 1821. The Five Per Cents, reduced to Four, 
in March, 1822. 

BANQUETTING HOUSE, Whitehall. (See—" Fires." 

BARLING ABBEY, Lincolnshire, built 1 180 

BARNWELL CASTLE, Northamptonshire, built 1 132 

BARTHOLOMEW MONASTERY, near Smithfield, Lon- 
don, built 1162 

Hospital founded, 1546; re-built, from 1750, to 1770. 

BASINGWERK ABBEY, Flintshire, built 1131 

BASTILE, THE, (of Paris), foundation of laid, April 23 . 1369 

The Bastile was not finished till 1383: destroyed by the mob, and the Governor, 
(M. Launey) killed for resisting them, 

BATTERSEA BRIDGE, built , 1772 

Church re-built, 1786. 

BATH HOSPITAL, Somerset, built 1387 

BATH, THE ABBEY CHURCH OF. 

The Abbey Church of Bath has frequently been called a Cathedral, but without 
any real claim to such a title. Up to the time of the dissolution of all reli- 
gious houses in England, it was merely the religious house of a monastery or 



318 THE NEW TABLET OE MEMORY. 

BATH, THE ABBEY CHURCH OF, (continued.) 

convent; but never was a diocesan church. The first religious establishment 
being a nunnery, founded in 676, by Osric, called king of the Wiccii, a petty, 
prince, and subservient to the king of Wessex. This nunnery is said to have 
been destroyed by the Danes: but, in 775, it appears that the house was re- 
built by Offa, king of Mercia, who dedicated it to St. Peter, and settled in it 
a body of secular canons, who held possession of it till 970, when they were 
removed by Edgar, and the Abbey converted into an institution of Benedic- 
tine monks. After this the fabric was again destroyed, and re-built. The 
one which preceded the present, was erected in the middle of the twelfth cen- 
tury. At that period, the dimensions, it would appear, exceeded those of the 
present church, its length being about 300 feet. In the course of time it fell 
to decay, and was little better than a mere ruin, when Dr. Oliver King was 
appointed to the see of Bath and Wells in 1495, who commenced the re- 
building of the Abbey Church. But bis death taking place in 1525, the 
building of the new church had made but little progress. It was, however, 
carried on by his successor, and nearly brought to a close, when the last 
ruler of the monastery was obliged to surrender the house into the hands of 
the king: upon which the church was stripped of the glass, iron, bells, &c. 
which were purchased of the Commissioners by some merchant : the weight 
of the lead alone, amounted to 480 tons ; and its bare walls, with other 
monastic buildings, were purchased by Humphrey Colles, who sold the same 
to Matthew Colthurst, whose son made a present of the church to the Mayor 
and Citizens, to serve as a future parish church. The other buildings passed 
through various hands, and were pulled down one after the other, to supply 
materials for other structures. The last traces of these monastic buildings, 
entirely disappeared in 1755, on their foundations being removed, in doing 
which, many stone coffins were dug up, and the old Roman Baths, which had 
been probably buried for more than 1000 years, were again brought to light. 
It was long after the church came into the possession of the city, ere any 
preparation was made for its restoration. Repairs were at length commenced 
1572, by a private citizen, and which was carried on by the contributions of 
many individuals during the close of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, but not 
completed till the year 1616. The most munificent donor to it was, Dr. 
James Montague, who came to the see in 1609. Sir Henry Montague, 
(brother of Dr. James Montague) Chief Justice of the King's Bench ; and Sir 
Nicholas Salters, (a citizen of London), were also great contributors towards 
its elevation. 

BATTLE ABBEY, Sussex, built 1067 

The town of Battle stands on a rising ground, eight miles north-west of Hastings : 
and on this spot the great battle was decided betwixt William of Normandy, 
and Harold. On the 28th of September, 1066, William landed at Pevensey, 
(or Pemsey) on the coast of Sussex ; Harold being at that time in the north, 
where he had gained a victory over the Norwegians, headed by their king, 
who was killed. William having effected a landing, commenced the erection 
of a fort. Harold returning soon after, William disputed his right to the 
crown, and the consequence was, the meeting of the two armies, which took 
place on the 14th of October, 1066, and the birth-day of the English king. 
(For a further account of this memorable event, see Section IV. — " Battles." 
The erection of Battle Abbey was commeneed in the following year by the 
Conqueror, in consequence of a vow he had made previous to the Battle of 
Hastings; though it was not completed till 1094, and in the reign of Rufus. 
The high altar being, (as is asserted) placed on the spot where the body of 
Harold was found. Originally, the house was intended to consist of one 
hundred and forty monks; but only sixty were placed in it, and those 
were from the monastery of Marmoustier, in Normandy. Several manors, 
in the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Oxford, and Berks, were given to 
it, and also very great privileges — among which were, exemption from taxa- 



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BATTLE ABBEY, (continued.) 

tion, the rights of free warren and sanctuary, independence of episcopal 
jurisdiction ; and to the Abbot, the singular prerogative of pardoning any 
condemned thief, whom he should meet in his road to execution. Many 
Charters were granted by the Conqueror, Rufus, Henry I. and continued by 
other kings, down to the period of Henry IV. in favour of this establish- 
ment; copies of several of these Charters may be seen in " DugdAle's 
MonASTICoN." In the course of time, they became greatly extended, by the 
liberality of its patrons. The Abbot" enjoyed the dignity of wearing 1 the 
mitre, and was summoned to Parliament during the continuance of their re- 
ligion. John Hammond was the last who held the office. He was elected in 
1529, and surrendered the monastery to the king in 1538. He retired on a 
pension of £66. 13s. 4s?. Dugdale informs us that its revenues amounted to 
£880.: but Speed says, £987. 

At the time of the dissolution, the property was granted to an individual 
of the name of Gilmer, who pulled down a certain portion of the building, 
disposed of the materials, and afterwards sold the place to Sir Anthony 
Browne, who soon commenced the erection of a dwelling-house on the site of 
the old monastery, which was finished by his son, the first Lord Montague. 
This building soon after fell into ruins : but the estate being purchased by 
Sir Thomas Webster, the ancestor of Sir Godfrey Webster, anew house was 
erected, which still exists. A fragment only of the church now remains: but 
there are still to be seen arches of the cloisters, part of the refectory, nearly 
150 feet in length, as also another building, detached from the rest: by 
which is exhibited the remains of a room, 166 feet in length by 35 in breadth, 
the walls being adorned by twelve windows on one side, and six on the other. 
It is supposed to have been the great hall, in which the Abbott and his 
monks gave their entertainments. The ruins of the great gate at the entrance 
of the quadrangle is still standing, and is supposed to be of the reign of 
Henrv VI. with its battlemented towers. Till within the last forty years, 
the apartment over the gateway was used as a town house : but on the 18th 
of September, 1794, it was greatly damaged by a storm of wind and rain, and 
has not since been repaired. 

BE AUCHIEF ABBEY, Derbyshire, built 1 183 

BEAULIEU ABBEY, Hampshire, built 1204 

BEAUMARIS CASTLE, Anglesea, built 1295 

BEDFORD PRIORY, built in 1000 

Re-built, 1223. Bridge built, 1224. 

BEES, ST. PRIORY, Cumberland, founded 1 120 

BEESTON CASTLE, Cheshire, built 1180 

BELFAST BRIDGE, Ireland, built 1682 

Bank built in 1787. 

BERGHAM ABBEY, Sussex, built 1160 

BERKELEY CASTLE, Gloucestershire, began by Henry I. 1108 

Finished by Henry II. 

BERNARD CASTLE, Durham, built 1270 



320 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BERRY POMEROY CASTLE, Devon, built 1070 

BETHLEM HOSPITAL built 1553 

Re-built, 1675: pulled down in portions, at several periods of time since the 
commencement of the century. The first stone of the new one laid, April 
20, 1812. 

BEVESTON CASTLE, Gloucestershire, built 1076 

BEVERLEY CHURCH, Yorkshire, built 711 

BILLING, LITTLE, PRIORY, Northamptonshire, built . 1076 

BINGHAM PRIORY, Norfolk, built 1206 

BIRKHEDDE PRIORY, Cheshire, built r 1189 

BIRMINGHAM, NEW TOWN HALL at, erected 1834 

In this building is a large saloon or hall, 140 feet in length, 65 feet wide, clear of 
the walls, and 65 feet high from the floor to the ceiling, with corridors of 
communication running along on each side on its own level, and staircases 
leading to upper corridors as an access to the galleries. The organ is of 
wonderful dimensions, and cost upwards of £3000. The erection of the 
building was for municipal purposes, — for public meetings, — and for musi- 
cal performances. The design was supplied by Messrs. Hanson and Welsh, 
of Liverpool, who were also the contracting builders for carrying it into 
execution. 

BISHOP AUCKLAND PALACE, Durham, re-built 1665 

BISHOPSGATE, London, &c. pulled down ..." 1760 

BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE ; see page 10, ante. 

BLANTYRE PRIORY, Scotland, built 1296 

BLIGHBURY PRIORY, Suffolk, built 1110 

BLINDON ABBEY, Dorsetshire, built 1172 

BLUE COAT SCHOOL, Westminster, founded in 1688 

BODIAM CASTLE, Sussex, built 1139 

BODLEIAN LIBRARY, (THE,) Oxford, re-built and 

founded 1598 

This library was founded by Sir Thomas Bodley, on the remains of one esta- 
blished by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, which had been divested of all 
its valuable books and illuminated MSS. by the Commissioners of Edward VI. 
This library originally consisted of three extensive rooms united, forming 
the figure of a Roman H. to which several other rooms have since been 
added: in one of them is a valuable collection of books upon Topography, 
and a number of MS. which were bequeathed to the University by Mr. Gough 
in 1799. Another is appropriated to foreign, and a third to domestic peri- 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 321 

BODLEIAN LIBRARY, THE, (continued.) 

odical literature. Below the library is an apartment called the AuCTARIUM, 
for the reception of very choice Manuscripts, early printed books, &c. In 
the room adjoining is a beautiful collection of Oriental Manuscripts; 
and beyond this are deposited the miscellaneous Manuscripts of Archbishop 
Laud, and other donors. In this library is also to be found some of the most 
valuable books in this or any other country. The contributions of its founder 
have been most liberal; and the value of this library is farther enhanced by 
the continued increase it receives by the presentation of copies of works 
printed in this country, as also books purchased by the funds left by the 
founder, and 'the annual payments of those persons who have the right of 
admission to the library. The library is governed by regulations drawn up 
by the founder, and who also left an estate to the. University, for the provid- 
ing of suitable salaries to be given to the Officers, and for the keeping of the 
building in repair. 

BOLTON ABBEY, Yorkshire, built 1120 

Castle built, 1330. 

BOTHEL CASTLE, Northumberland, built 1330 

BOTOLPH PRIORY, Colchester, built 1109 

BOW BRIDGE, first built 1087 

BOW CHURCH, Cheapside, built 1673 

Present tower of finished, in 1680. 

BOXGROVE PRIORY, Sussex, built 1110 

BRADENSTROKE PRIORY, Wilts, built 1076 

BRADSOLE ABBEY, Kent, built 1191 

BR AMBER CASTLE, and CHURCH, Sussex, built 
before the Conqueror's time. 

BRAZEN-NOSE COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1513 

BRECKNOCK CASTLE, built 1089 

The Priory built, 1100. 

BRIDEWELL, built 1522 

Formerly a palace of Henry VIII.: — converted to an Hospital in 1553. 

BRIDGEWATER CASTLE and BRIDGE, Somersetshire, 

built 1204 

BRIDGNORTH CASTLE, Shropshire, built 800 

BRIGHTON CHAIN PIER constructed about 1823 

On the 15th of October, 1833, this ingenious construction was greatly damaged 
by a severe storm. About half-past seven in the evening there came on one 
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322 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BRIGHTON CHAIN PIER, (continued.) 

of the most dreadful gales from trie west, attended with heavy rain and light- 
ning : but all accounts agree that it was not accompanied by thunder : the 
damage, therefore, is to be attributed to the wind. 

BRISTOL, CHURCH OF ST. MARY REDCLIFF, at, 

built 1376 

This structure is considered to be one of the most beautiful parish churches in 
England, and was commenced in the year 1249, by Simon de Burton, who 
was six times Mayor of Bristol; but it was not finished till 1376. The 
tower and spire were at first 250 feet high : but in 144.'), a dreadful storm 
happened, which destroyed part of the spire, and materially damaged the 
church. This accident to the church was repaired by William Canynge, (or 
Canning), but the spire was never restored. The roof, which is nearly sixty 
feet high, is arched with stone, and ornamented with various devices ; the 
length of the church is 239 feet ; that of the transept 117 feet, and consists 
of three divisions, or aisles, like the body of the church : and the effect thus 
produced is fine and striking, when the spectator places himself in the centre, 
and looks around him. The breadth of the naive and aisles is fifty-nine feet; 
the height of the naive is fifty-four feet; and of the aisles, twenty- five feet. 

The Cross at Bristol, built, 1373: taken down, and removed to Stourhead, 1760: 
Exchange built, 1741 : the Bridge-bill passed, May 22, 1760. 

BRITISH INSTITUTION, for promoting the Fine Arts, 

in the United Kingdom, Pail-Mall 1805 

BRITISH LYING-IN HOSPITAL, Brownlow-street, in- 
stituted 1749 

BRITISH MUSEUM, THE, (late Montague House), pur- 
chased by the British Parliament, in 1 788 

BRODIE CASTLE, Scotland, built 1113 

BROMHOLM PRIORY, Norfolk, built 1113 

BROUGHAM CASTLE, Westmorland, built 1070 

BRUNSPETH CASTLE, Durham, built 1140 

BUCKFASTRE ABBEY, Devon, built 918 

BUCKINGHAM CASTLE, built 918 

BUCKINGHAM CHURCH, destroyed, March 26 1776 

This event was occasioned by the accidental falling of Buckingham tower. 

BUCKLAND PRIORY, built 1278 

BUCKINGHAM HOUSE, St. James's Park, built 1703 

Bought for the residence of Queen Charlotte, for £21,000. in 1760 ; her first re- 
sidence there, May 13, 1762; demolished in 1825, and the present one 
erected on its site. 

BUGDEN PALACE, Huntingdonshire, built 1480 



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BURGH CASTLE, Staffordshire, built by the Romans. 

BURLINGTON PIER, built 1697 

BURNHAM PRIORY, Bucks, built 1266 

BURROUGH CHAPEL, Somersetshire, was standing in . 900 

BURTON ABBEY, Staffordshire, built 1004 

BURY CASTLE, Suffolk, built 1090 

BUTLEY PRIORY, built 1170 

BYLAND ABBEY, Yorkshire, built 1134 

BYSHAM ABBEY, Berks, built 1333 

CAERLAVEROC CASTLE, Scotland, built 1 638 

CALDER PRIORY, Cumberland, built 1 134 

C ALSHOT CASTLE, Hampshire, built 1540 

CAMBERWELL FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL founded 1615 

This School was founded hy the Rev. Edward Wilson, M.A. by Charter of 
James I. 

CAMBRIDGE CASTLE, built 1068 

Senate House begun, 1722. 

CANTERBURY CASTLE, built 1075 

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. 

The Cathedral of Canterbury, it will be remembered, was the place where the 
murder, or rather the martyrdom of the celebrated Thomas a Becket took 
place, December 28, 1170, in consequence of which, it attained considerable 
sanctity, and attracted great crowds of pilgrims from every country in Europe. 
The Cathedral, previous to this event, had gone greatly to decay : but in 
consequence of this transaction, it proved the means of augmenting the 
funds, so much required, for its restoration, and which soon after poured in 
in abundance, the most distinguished persons of that day eagerly offering their 
aid, and no one more so than the king, (Henry II.) who contributed most 
bountifully thereto. 

In the Cathedral of Canterbury, is the chapel of the Holy Trinity, erected 
about 1184 in honour of Thomas a. Becket, and which continued, for some 
time, the principal attraction of this church. Stow, in speaking of the shrine 
of Becket, says, — " This shrine was builded about a man's height, all of 
" stone, then upwards of timber plain, within which was a chest of iron, con- 
" taining the bones of Thomas Becket, scull and all, with the wound of his 
" death, and the piece cut out of his scull laid in the same wound. The 
" timber-work of this shrine, on the outside, was covered with plates of gold, 
" damasked with gold wire, which ground of gold was again covered with. 
" jewels of gold, as rings, ten or twelve cramped with gold wire into the said 
" ground of gold, many of those rings having' stones in them, brooches, 
" images, angels, precious stones, and great pearls." The body of this Saint 
was removed in 1 220 from the crypt underground, where it had been previ- 



324 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, (continued.) 

ously deposited; and at which the Pope's legate, the Archbishops of Canter- 
hury and Rheims, and a many other Bishops and Abbots, bearing 1 the coffin 
on their shoulders, amidst a gorgeous display of pomp, at which the king 
himself was present. Archbishop Langton is said to have been so profuse on 
this occasion, that a debt was left on the revenues of tbe see, which was not 
discharged until the time of his fourth successor : but the whole was in time 
amply repaid. Erasmus tells us, — " That, under a coffin of wood, inclosing 
" another of gold, which was drawn up from its place by ropes and pulleys, 
" he beheld an amount of riches, the value of which he could not estimate. 
" Gold, was the meanest thing to be seen : the whole place shone and glit- 
" tered with the rarest and most precious jewels, most of which were of an 
" extraordinary size, some being larger than the egg of a goose." At the 
time of the dissolution, Henry VIII. seized upon the whole of this wealth. 
Stow also informs us, that " The spoil in gold and precious stones filled two 
" great chests, one of which, six or seven men could do no more than convey 
" out of the church at once." One of the precious stones, named the Regal 
of France, and which had been presented by Louis VII. on his visit to this 
church in 1179, Henry wore as a thumb-ring. He at the same time ordered 
the remains of Becket to be burnt, and his ashes scattered to the winds. It 
is also believed, that the bones of St. Dunstan, with those of St. Anselm, also 
deposited in this Cathedral, shared the same fate. The only trace of the 
shrine of Becket now remaining, is by the pavement around the spot where 
it stood, which is worn down by the knees of the crowds of worshippers, who 
for more than three centuries offered up their prayers. This part of the 
church is on that account styled, — " The Martyrdoms." 

CARDIGAN CASTLE, built 11G0 

CARE W CASTLE, Pembrokeshire, built 1 100 

CARISBROOK CASTLE, built 692 

CATHERINE HALL, Cambridge, founded 1475 

CATHERINE HILL CHAPEL, Surrey, built 1230 

CHANCERY, COURT OF. (See page 16, ante.) 
CHARING CROSS. 

This place has undergone great alterations within these last few years, not only 
with respect to the public convenience, but for the display of newly-erected 
buildings. Charing Cross derives its name from a village detached from 
London, and called Charing Cross ; also from a stately cross erected there, by 
order of Edward I. in testimony of his affection for his deceased queen, Ele- 
anor, the Cross occupying the last spot on which her remains rested in their 
progress for entombment in Westminster Abbey. 

On the north side of the Cross, the king's falcons were kept; and, at that 
time, the Hay-market was a country road, having hedges on each side, and 
running between pastures. St. Martin's-lane was surrounded by the high 
walls of the Mews ; on the other side, by a few houses, and by Old St. Mai- 
tin's church, where the present church now stands.- From this place it was a 
quiet country lane, leading to St. Giles', then a pleasant village, surrounded 
by fine trees : and Holborn was a mere road, between open meadow land, 
with a green hedge on the north. Opposite St. Martin's lane, in the Strand, 
stood the Hospital and Gardens of St. Mary Rouncival, a religious establish- 
ment, and which was founded and endowed by William Earl of Pembroke, in 
the reign of Henry III. 



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CHARING CROSS, (continued.) 

In the middle of the road, leading to the Abbey, and opposite to Charing 
Cross, stood a Hermitage and Chapel, dedicated to St. Catherine. 

Charing Cross was of an octagonal form, built of stone, and contained, (in 
niches above) eight figures. The Cross was pulled down in 1643, and de- 
stroyed by the populace, who entertained great hatred for superstitious edi- 
fices, in the same manner that Henry VIII. suppressed the various religious 
■ houses of the kingdom, by seizing their estates and revenues for his own use : 
and in the order of this demolition, felfthe Hospital of St. Mary of Rouncival, 
on the site of which stands the residence of the Duke of Northumberland. It 
was built in the reign of James I. by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton, 
which, during his life, was called Northampton House. In 1642, it came to 
Algernon, Earl of Northumberland by marriage, and since then, has been 
called Northumberland House. 

The spot on which this Cross stood, is now occupied by the bronze eques- 
trian statue of Charles I. which was executed by Le Sceur in 1633, for the 
Earl of Arundel. In the time of the Civil Wars, it was seized by the Parlia- 
ment, sold, and supposed to have been broken up. The purchaser, (John 
Rivere, a brazier,) instead of complying with the terms of the Commissioners, 
deceived them, (and also the loyalists) by producing- handles of knives and 
forks pretended to be made from the statue, when in reality he had buried it 
unmutilated. At the restoration, however, of Charles II. it was dug up, 
and sold to the Government: Grinlin Gibbon executed a stone pedestal, 17 
feet high, upon which it was placed, and still remains. There is a singular 
circumstance connected with this statue, and that is, the horse having a 
saddle, but without a girth. It was formerly customary, on the 29th of May, 
the anniversary of the Restoration, to dress the statue with oaken boughs. 

CHARTER HOUSE, THE, founded by Thomas Sutton, 

Esq. in 1611 

CHEAPSIDE CROSS demolished, May 2 1643 

CHELSEA COLLEGE commenced 1609 

Chelsea Hospital, erected for the reception of wounded and superanpuated 
soldiers, situated on the banks of the River Thames, was completed in 1690. 
It was begun by Charles II. continued through the short reign of his succes- 
sor, and completed by William and Mary. 

When we survey the noble fabrics at Chelsea and at Greenwich, we cannot 
Taut feel grateful that we live in a country which constantly affords asylum 
to the helpless wanderer, which relieves the wants of the infirm and needy, 
and allays the sufferings of the sick, to an extent, and with a liberality, un- 
known throughout the rest of Europe : — 

Go with old Thames, view Chelsea's glorious pile, 
And ask the shatter'd hero whence his smile ; 
Go view the splendid domes of Greenwich — go, 
And own what raptures from reflection flow. 
Hail ! noblest structures imag'd in the wave, 
A nation's grateful tribute to the brave; 
Hail! blest retreats from war and shipwreck, hail! 
That oft arrest the wandering stranger's sail. 
Long have ye heard the narratives of age, 
The battle's havock, and the tempest's rage; 
Long have ye known reflection's genial ray 
Gild the calm close of valour's various day. 

The site of King James's College was purchased in 1681 of the Royal 
Society, for the purpose of erecting this Hospital ; but not being found sufti- 



326 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CHELSEA COLLEGE, (continued.) 

cient, the lands lying between the College and the river Thames, and that in 
front of the present Hospital, were also purchased of Lord Cheyne and Sir 
Thomas Grosvenor, for about the sum of £1100. The cost of the present 
building, was £150,000. 

CHELMSFORD BRIDGE, built 1100 

Prison built, 1777. 

CHERTSEY ABBEY founded 664 

CHESTER CASTLE re-built 1084 

Cathedral founded, 660. St. John's church founded, 689. Water tower built, 
1322. 

CHICHESTER, built by Cissa, 540; Cathedral built, 1115 

CHILDH AM CASTLE, Kent, erected before 182 

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, London, founded in 1552 

Two additions have been made to this noble structure, viz. : — That of a Dining 
Hall, and the Mathematical and Grammar Schools. The hall was built under 
the superintendence of Mr. Shaw. It is 157 feet in length by 52 in breadth, 
and 47 in height. To this hall the public are admitted by Tickets every 
Sunday evening, from the first Sunday in February, to Easter, to witness the 
PUBLIC SUPPERS as they call them. The tickets are obtained of the Go- 
vernors. The building was opened for public use, May 19, 1829. 

The Mathematical and Grammar Schools, are contained in one 
building. A statue of Charles II. ornaments the eastern wing. The build- 
ing was opened for public use, in Easter, 1832. The expense of the new 
Hall, Schools, and Wards, cost about £30,000. 

CHRIST-CHURCH COLLEGE, Oxford, begun 1515 

Completed in 1523. 

CHRIST-CHURCH PRIORY, Hampshire, built 1060 

CHRIST COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded 1505 

CIRCUS, THE ROYAL, St. George's Fields, burnt in 

August 1805 

Re-built, in 1806, 

CIRENCESTER ABBEY founded 1182 

CIS BURY FORT, Wiltshire, built by Cissa '. 547 

CLAPHAM CHURCH, built 1777 

CLARE HALL, Cambridge, founded 1326 

CLARENDON PRESS PRINTING OFFICE, Oxford, 

founded 1711 

The Clarendon Printing Office was erected with the profits arising from the 
sale of the Earl of Clarendon's " History of the Rebellion," the copy- 



THE NEW TABLKT OF MEMORY. 



327 



CLARENDON PRESS PRINTING OFFICE, Oxford, 

(continued.) 

right being presented to the University by his son. This structure has a 
Doric portico in front; over which is a fine statue of the noble author. The 
building is two stories high; and, besides the offices required for printing, 
there is a handsome apartment, where the Heads of Colleges, and the " Dele- 
gates of the Press," hold meetings. Previous to the erection of this build- 
ing, the printing of the University used to be carried on at the top of the 
Theatre, an extensive apartment there being appropriated for that purpose : 
and the under part of the building is still used as a warehouse for books 
printed at the before-named press, Since that time, a new University Print- 
ing Office has been erected at the back of the Observatory, and in the 
Corinthian Order. The press-room, on the ground-floor, is the largest in 
the kingdom, being 200 feet in length, and 28 in width. The architect was 
Vanbrugh. 

CLERBURY CASTLE, Shropshire, built, 1160 

CLERKENWELL MONASTERY, founded. 1098 

Burnt by a mob, 1380. The first stone of the new church laid, December 18, 

1788. 

CLEVE ABBEY, Somerset, founded 1198 

CLITHERO CASTLE, Lancashire, built 1171 

CLUN CASTLE, Salop, built 1140 

CLUNOKVAUR ABBEY, Caernarvonshire, built 1616 

COCKERMOUTH CASTLE, Cumberland, built 1069 

COCKERS AND ABBEY, Lancashire, built in 1200 

COCKLEPARK TOWER, Northumberland, built before . 1200 
COLCHESTER built b.c. 125 

Monastery of St. John built, 1097 : castle built, 912. 

COLD NORTON PRIORY, Oxfordshire, built 1160 

COLLEGE OF THE FOUR NATIONS, at Paris, built. 1670 
COLOSSEUM, THE, erected in the Regent's Park, in 1829 

The Colosseum, in the Regent's Park, was erected for the exhibition of a pano- 
ramic view of London, and was named after the Colosseum at Rome, though 
it does not bear the slightest resemblance to that building. 

The origin of this design is singular. A Mr. Horner, an artist of great 
celebrity, undertook, during the time of the repair of the ball and cross of the 
Cathedral of St. Pauls, in 1823, to complete a series of Panoramic Sketches 
of the Metropolis from that elevated spot; and in order to accomplish his 
intentions the more effectually, he commenced his labours as early as possi- 
ble, in order that the smoke of the city might not interrupt him. On the 
morning of the commencement of these designs, the clearness of the atmo- 



328 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

COLOSSEUM, THE, (continued.) 

sphere — and the stillness of the streets, were forcibly illustrative of the words 
of the Poet, (Wordsworth) in one of his beautiful little pieces : 

" Earth has not any thing to show more fair: 

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by 

A sight so touching in its majesty : 

This city now doth lie like a garment wear 

The beauty of the morning ; silent, — bare, — 
- Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie 

Open unto the fields, and to the sky ; 

All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. 

Never did sun more beautifully steep 

In his first splendour valley, rock, or hill; 

Ne'er saw I, — never felt, — a calm so deep ! 

The river glideth at his own sweet will: 

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep: 

And all that mighty heart is lying still." 

COMBE ABBEY, Warwickshire, built 1150 

COMBERMERE ABBEY, Cheshire, built 1134 

COMMON PLEAS, COURT OF, Westminster Hall, built 1741 
COMMONS, THE OLD HOUSE OF, built 1115 

Repaired in 1348. 

COMPTER OF LONDON, near Newgate, built, 1789 to 1791 

Cost £20,473. building. 

CORFE CASTLE, Dorset, built 970 

CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded ... 1351 

CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1516 

COTTONIAN LIBRARY, THE, settled for the Public .. . 1701 

Was destroyed by fire, and several valuable MSS. burnt, October 25, 1731. 

COVENT GARDEN SQUARE, built 1632 

The New Market commenced to be built, 1828; completed in 1830. 

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE, first built in 1733 

Enlarged in 1792. Destroyed by fire, September 20, 1808.— Re-built in 1809.— 
On the morning of the 20th of September, 1 808, at 4 o'clock, this terrible fire took 
place, and ended in the total destruction of this Theatre, and a great number 
of the adjoining houses. Covent Garden, and the contiguous streets, as far 
as Temple Bar and Charing Cross were so illuminated that the smallest print 
might have been read. Fire was vociferated in every direction, and the asto- 
nished inhabitants rushed out of their houses, many of them, almost in a 
state of nudity, into the street. The engines arrived as speedily as possible, , 
but the supply of water was at first scanty ; at six o'clock, it became more 
plentiful. During that time the flames had made dreadful progress, and had 
caught three houses in Hart-street, on the one side, and penetrated to the 
back part of the Piazza Coffee-house on the other. The firemen burst 
open the doors of the Theatre in Bow-street, and Covent Garden, in order to 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 329 

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE, Destruction of, (con- 
tinued,) September 20 1808 

check the progress of the fire, by pulling down walls, to save as much pro- 
perty as they could. The Play had been Pizarro: but no one knew how it 
commenced, the house having, as usual, been examined after the Play was 
finished. 

The firemen had now burst in the Piazza door, (the flames having reached 
as far) when the' archway, leading to the boxes, fell in, when several of them 
were killed, and others dreadfully mutilated. They were supposed to belong 
to the Phcenix fire office; lives were also lost in Bow-street. One of the 
pillars of the Piazza there fell down, and crushed two men. A house in Hart 
Street also fell down, and buried seven men under its ruins. 

A corps of volunteers had now arrived, as well as a detachment of foot and. 
horse-guards, who kept the populace off, (for by this time thousands had col- 
lected to view the awful scene,) and to keep the avenues clear, so as to get 
the engines up, as well as to remove furniture, &c. ; but those engines which 
had been got into play, seemed to have but little power in arresting the 
flames, defying the whole of them. The main body of the fire was in the 
Theatre, which was burnt down; nothing remaining but a black mass of 
smoking ruins of this once admired edifice. The chasm now left between 
Bow-street, and the Piazzas in Covent Gatden, was most dreadful. But the 
mischief did not rest here, nor did the fire cease with the destruction of the 
Theatre: it spread out right and left; and had not the wind (which was 
high) fortunately subsided, and blew gently from the west, instead of the 
east, its ravages must have extended to the Piazzas, into James-street, and 
the whole have been consumed. The houses No. 9, 10, and 11, which were 
attached to the Theatre: and No. 12, 13, 14, and 15, were completely de- 
stroyed ; the three latter being insured in The Hope, for £2,650. : No. 16 &17 
were also seriously damaged. There was, from four to seven o'clock, an 
incessant falling of flakes of fire, which spread as far as Clare Market on one 
side, and St. Martin's lane on the other, but no particular damage was done. 

After some time, the rubbish was began to be removed, in order to dig for 
the unfortunate sufferers, when it was found that two of the Phcenix men, 
(Higglesworth and Kilby) were both deprived of life : and Sayers, another 
belonging to the same office, was taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital in a 
most dangerous state. Several poor labouring men who were employed in 
assisting the firemen, were also dug out of the ruins, some of them dead, 
whilst others were most terribly disfigured. Amongst the killed, were 
Joseph Holmes, Jones , and Crabb ; one of the sufferers was recog- 
nised in consequence of a nutmeg being found on his person, which his sister 
had given him on the previous day. 

Of those severely injured, and sent to the Hospitals, the following expired 
in the course of the day: — Richard Bird; John Sayers, (engineer of the 
Phcenix) ; Mr. Harris, (an optician) ; a young man, a member of the Blooms- 
bury Volunteers ; and Mr. James, an attorney, who had only arrived in town 
from Wales about a week before ; he was carried home to his lodging, but 
had scarcely entered the shop, when he expired. 

The number of persons killed is supposed to have been very great: thirty 
at least having been dug out, and carried to the Covent Garden bone-house, 
lifeless and shapeless trunks, too horrid to describe, the flesh having literally 
fell from their bones. 

On the following day an inquisition was taken at The Britannia, in Covent 
Garden, before Anthony Gell, Esq. Coroner for the City and Liberty of West- 
minster, on the bodies of those persons killed at the fire which destroyed 
Covent Garden Theatre. 

The first witness examined was William Addicott, one of the stage carpen- 
ters of the Theatre, who stated that he left the Theatre about half-past eleven 
o'clock, and went home. About four o'clock, on Tuesday morning, Mr. 

No. 42- Uu 



330 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

COVENT GARDEN THEATRE, Destruction of, Sep- 
tember 20, (continued.) 1 808 

Carmichael, a baker, rung at his bell, and informed him that the Theatre was 
on fire. He immediately got up, and hastened to the spot, when he found it 
in a blaze. Shortly after several engines arrived, and but few persons were 
collected. It was found impracticable to work the engines belonging to the 
Establishment at first. The Treasury door, and the Piazza door were broke 
open, and one of the Phcenix fire engines was run up the passage, just within 
the Piazza door, where there was a large reservoir of water; upwards of 
twelve persons were working the engine, and just beyond them, further up 
the passage, were several of the firemen; seeing that the room, called the 
" Apollo Room," and the inside of the audience part of the Theatre, was on 
fire, and likely to fall, this witness advised the men of their danger, observ- 
ing, that they must inevitably be burnt, as the fire was rapidly approaching 
the Garden: upon which the firemen told witness to mind his own business. 
To avoid the danger, witness instantly left the place, and went round to the 
Bow-street door. From what he had since heard, the fire, as it was supposed, 
began about the centre of the house. He afterwards was told, several men 
had been killed by the falling of the timber, which happened shortly after he 
had quitted the Piazza door. This witness also stated, that there was a 
watchman regularly appointed to watch the interior of the Theatre; but that 
■when the akrm was first given, the people could not make him hear, and it 
■was imagined that he must have fallen asleep; he, however, afterwards 
escaped. 

William Darby, one of the firemen in the Eagle Insurance Office, was 
present when the unfortunate persons were taken out of the fire. When he 
first arrived at the Theatre, the engine worked at Bow-street side of the 
house. This was about six o'clock; afterwards, on coming round to the 
Piazza side, he heard the crash as of a wall falling; this was near eight 
o'clock; he immediately ran up to the door which leads to the boxes; the 
outer great doors were half closed; he assisted in clearing away the heavy 
wood which had fallen on the engine, and buried both it, and the persons 
who were working the same in the burning ruins. Water from buckets was 
thrown on the burning materials. They then set about digging for the dead 
bodies, when half an hour had elapsed before they could get at them. The 
first body they drew out, was a man in his shirt. In another quarter of an 
hour, however, they succeeded in getting two more bodies ; and after that, 
drew out the engine, when they saw Kilby, (the fireman), lying alongside the 
engine. They then drew out in the whole, (one after another), nine dead 
bodies, when the witness, from fatigue, was obliged to quit the place. He 
understood that some more were afterwards taken out. 

Here one of the Jury related, that he had witnessed the shocking spectacle 
which occurred when the ceiling fell in. One man, dreadfully scorched, 
made his way from under the ruins, shaking his head with agony, and at the 
instant, he appeared covered with fire; one of the firemen emptied a bucket 
of water over him, to alleviate his torment. Another unfortunate sufferer 
rushed out with his arm nearly burnt off; and, impelled by pain, he rubbed 
the flesh from the bones, which appeared quite bare. These men were con- 
veyed to the Hospital. One of them was a fireman. 

The Coroner here summed up, and said, in his opinion, the fire was purely 
accidental; and the Jury returned a verdict, that the unfortunate persons 
were killed accidentally, by the falling of the " Apollo Room," at Covent 
Garden Theatre. 

COVENTRY ABBEY, built 1043 

COVERHAM ABBEY, Yorkshire, built in 1280 



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COURTS OF CONSCIENCE, ( REQUESTS), THE, in 

Lon don , began 1517 

Courts of Conscience also were established in Bristol, Gloucester, and Newcastle, 
November 30, 16S9 ; extended to the sum of £5. in October, 1800. 

COWLING CASTLE, Kent, built 1481 

COWES CASTLE, Isle of Wight, built in 1540 

CRANBOURN PRIORY, Norfolk, built 980 

CREAK PRIORY, Norfolk, built, 1206 

DRICKHAITH CASTLE, Caernarvonshire, built 1206 

CRIPPLEGATE, London, pulled down, and sold for £91.. 1760 

CROXTON ABBEY, Staffordshire, built 1180 

CROYLAND ABBEY, Lincolnshire, built 718 

Destroyed by the Danes, 667: — re-built in 945. 

CUMMER ABBEY, Merionethshire, built in 1200 

DACRE CASTLE, Cumberland, built before 925 

PARTINGTON TEMPLE, Devon, built 1123 

0ARTFORD PRIORY, Kent, built 1372 

)AVID'S, (ST.) CATHEDRAL, built in 1180 

Palace built, 1335. 

3AVINGTON NUNNERY, Kent, built 1153 

pEAL CASTLE, Kent, built 1539 

DENBIGH ABBEY, built, 1330 

Castle built, 1280. 

)ENNIS' ABBEY, in France, built 1140 

)EVIZES CASTLE built 1136 

HONISIN'S PRIORY, Hampshire, built 1124 

)OCKS, THE LONDON, first Stone of, laid June 26 1802 

pened January 30, 1805. — West India ditto, in the Isle of Dcgs, opened August 
21, 1S02. — East India, ditto, opened August 4, 1806. The New Docks, at 
Sheerness, opened September 5, 1823. — The New Eastern Dock and Basin, 
at Lower Shadwell, completing the London Dock, opened with great cere- 
^ mony, March 1, 1832. — St. Katherine's Dock, London, opened October 25, 
1S28. — First stone laid May 3, 1827. No work of equal magnitude ever ex- 
ecuted in this country in so short a time. The number of men daily employed 



332 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

DOCKS, (continued.) 

were 2,500. The capital expended, (up to the time of the opening) was 
£1.200,000. The expense of taking down houses, and other buildings, was 
£L, 250. Population displaced by, 11,300. Area obtained, about twenty- 
four acres, of which eleven and a half are devoted to the Docks, and the rest 
to the buildings and quays. The Engineer, Mr. Telford ; builder, Mr. 
Hard wick. 

DOLWYDDELAN CASTLE, Caernarvonshire, built in . 500 

DOMITIAN'S PALACE, at Rome, built, in 80 

DOMUS DEI HOUSE, at Dover, built 1240, 

DONNINGTON CASTLE, Berks, built 1260 

DORCHESTER CATHEDRAL first built 686 

DORMITORY, at Westminster School, re-built.... 1719 

DOVER CASTLE, built b.c. 50 

Built by Julius Caesar. Tower built, 47. St. Mary's church, built, 121. Priory 
built, 1130. Pier built, 1549. 

DRURY LANE THEATRE, built 1G62 

Destroyed by fire, in 1672, with near sixty houses; re-built in 1674. Pulled 
down, January, 1791-2 ; re-built in 1794. Burnt again, February 24, 1809; 
re-built, and opened to the public, November 10, 1812. The receipts of the 
four first vears of the New Theatre were as follow : — £. s. d. 

First Year 79,925 14 

Second 68,389 3 

Third, 61,585 8 5 

Fourth 49,586 17 

DUBLIN CASTLE, Ireland, built 1220 

Parliament House began, 1729: cost £40,1100. Destroyed by fire, February 27, 
1792. Custom House began, 1731. 

DUDLEY CASTLE, Staffordshire, built 700 1 

Priory built, 1160. 

DUKE'S THEATRE, Lincoln's Inn-fields, destroyed 1809 j. 

This Theatre was situated in Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, and the site 
of it is now occupied by Spode and Copeland's China Warehouse. It was 
built of fine red brick, and had originally an elegant stone front, which faced 
Clare Market. There were at this time two Companies of Comedians, one 
called " The King's Company," (to which Nell Gwynn at one time belonged, 
and the other, " The Duke's Company," in honour of the Duke of York : and, 
to distinguish it from the " King's Company," at that time performing at the 
Cock-Pit, Drury-lane. The Theatre was opened under a Patent granted to 
Sir William Davenant, in the spring of 1662, with the " Siege of Rhodes," 
which had been previously rehearsed at Apothecarie's Hall, and was splen- 
didly got up. On this occasion it was honoured with the presence of king 
Charles II. and his Court, this being the first time the king had visited a 
public Theatre. The Duke's Theatre was the first Play-House built after 
the Reformation: and the first Theatre at which scenes were introduced, 
and regularly used. The house being of very limited dimensions, Sir William 
Davenant, shortly after the Plague of London, had one of greater dimen- 
sions built in Dorset Gardens. - • - -••-■.. 



THE NEW TARLET OF MEMORY. 333 

DULWICH COLLEGE, founded by Edward Alley n, in... 1619 

DUNMOW PRIORY, Essex, built in 1110 

DUNOON CASTLE, Scotland, built long before 1334 

DUNSTABLE PRIORY, founded 1132 

DUNSTABURG PRIORY, Northumberland, built in 1280 

DUNSTAFFNAGE CASTLE, Scotland, built 1307 

DUNSTAN'S, (ST.) THE CHURCH OF, built in the 
reign of Queen Elizabeth. 

In May, 1671, a Mr. Thomas Harrys, clock maker, of Water-lane, Fleet-street, 
proposed to build a clock with chimes, and also two figures attached to the 
same, to strike the quarters : at the same time agreeing to keep the said 
clock in repair for the sum of £80. per annum, (taking the old clock). In- 
stead of £S0. Mr. Harrys received but £35. and the old clock. In the Oc- 
tober of the same year, the clock being completed, the vestry voted £4. to Mr. 
Harrys, per annum for the keeping of the same in repair. The clock was 
fixed in an ornamental case, projecting from the church, and supported by a 
bracket. The two figures of Saracens, each with a huge club in his hand, 
attached to the bell of the clock, struck the hours, and daily attracted great 
crowds of visitors. In 1738 the clock was repaired at an expense of £110. 
In 1831, the church was taken down. The two figures, with their bells, 
were purchased by the present Marquis of Hertford for £200.: and now 
stand in a recess near the entrance to his villa, Regent's Park. 

DURHAM CASTLE, built 1069 

DURHAM CATHEDRAL, began to be built, in 1093 

The present Cathedral of Durham was began in 1093, by William de Carilipho, 
who had been Abbot of St. Vincent, the Martyr, in Normandy. He presided 
over the see of Durham from 1080 till 1095. At his decease, he was suc- 
ceeded by Ralph Flambard, who held the office till 1128. He continued the 
undertaking, carrying the walls as higb as the roof. After that, the see 
became vacant: during which time the monks applied the principal part of 
their revenues towards its completion. It was completed about the middle 
of the 13th century : when Nicholas Farnham became its bishop, and Thomas 
Welscome, (or Melsonby, or Malsamb) prior of the monastery. 

It appears afterwards to have endured great changes, especially during the 
reign of the three Henries. Cardinal Langley, who was bishop of Durham, 
at the commencement of the I5th century, contrtbuted largely towards this 
Cathedral. 

It is built in the form of a cross (the usual custom at that time) ; the central 
transept is 170 feet in length. A tower ascends from the centre of the 
building, to the height of 212 feet; and two others, of less height, rise over 
the western front. The whole of the Cathedral is about 411 feet in length. 

EASTBY ABBEY, Yorkshire, built 1152 

EASTBURN PRIORY, Sussex, built in 1270 

EASTBURN HOUSE, Essex, built 1572 



334 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

EAST GRINSTEAD, Tower at, fell down, November 12 . 1785 
EAST INDIA HOUSE, THE, Leadenhall-street, built ... 1799 

In this building the Courts of the Company are held, and their genera) business 
transacted. This edifice was preceded by a smaller house, erected in 1726, 
and was occupied by the east wing of the present building : but proving in- 
sufficient in its extent for the general business of the Company, led to the 
erection of the present fabric, which was executed from the designs of Mr. 
Jupp, in 1799. A part of the old house was preserved. The front of the 
present building, composed of stone, is 200 feet in length : its portico con- 
sists of six Ionic columns, fluted, which supports an entablature and pediment. 
The Museum consists of Indian, and other Asiatic curiosities: for an inspec- 
tion of which, a Director's order is required. 

EDGAR TOWER, Worcester, built 975 

EDMONSBURY, (ST.) THE MONASTERY OF, Suf- 
folk, built in 633 

Re-built, 1028: the arches near the East-gate, 1148. The following account of 
the Weekly and Annual Expenses of this monastery in the 14th year of Ed- 
ward I. is given in the Harleian Manuscript, No. 647, in the British Museum, 
for the necessaries required for the support of 80 monks, 111 serving-men, 
11 chaplains, the nuns of Thetford, and visitors to the monastery. It com- 
mences with an account of the weekly charges of the bakehouse and brewery : 
Sixteen seams, (qrs.) and 2 bushels of wheat, at 6s. the seam 4 3 9 

Twelve and a half ditto of barley malt, at 4s. seam 2 10 

Thirty-two of oaten malt, at 3s. ditto 4 16 

Wages of servants in the brewery and bakehouse, each week 4 4\ 
Fuel 16 8" 



£.13 91 



giving a total weekly charge of £13. 0s. 9\d. : and an annual ditto, of 
£678. Is. 2d. 

Exclusive of this charge, there is a separate account, for the Abbot, in the 
bakehouse and brewery; which was also the same in all the greater monas- 
teries at that period, the one being detached from the other. 

In the kitchen of this monastery, £10. per week was expended on flesh, 
fish, eggs, cheese, and other minor articles, making a total annual expendi- 
ture under this head of £520. exclusive of the purveyance of the cellarer, 
which consisted of the provision made for Lent, during the continuance of 
which his expenditure was, herrings, £25 : for 4 seams of pulse for gruel, 
32s.: for 6 seams of beans, 30s. : honey, 6s. 8d. : nuts, 13s. 4d.: salt, 66s. 8d.: 
42 seams of peas, for pottage through the year, £11.: total annual expense in 
the cellaier's department, £43. 8s. 8d. Here the Abbot's portion comes in 
again; the weekly expenditure of which was, 6 carcases and three quarters of 
oxen, at 4s. the ox, 27s. : 15 porkers and a half, at 3s. the porker, 46s. 6d. : 
31 geese, at 2d. each, 5s. 2d. : 155 hens, at Id. each, 12s. llcZ. The weekly 
expenditure in the Abbot's kitchen amounted to £4. 15s. 7d.: making an 
annual total, exclusive of fuel, of £568. 4s. 3d. The annual cost of fuel for 
the kitchen to both Abbot and Convent, was £30. After which there is a 
charge of £60. for provender for the horses of the prior, cellarer, and hospi- 
taller: there is also another charge for pittances, misericordias, robes, horses, 
and other expenses of the cellarer. All these accounts make a gross annual 
total expenditure of the abbey, the refectory, and the convent stables, 
amount to £1407. 1 Is. 2d. which sum provided for the maintenance and hospi- 
tality of the convent; but, ou particular occasions, the expenses became 



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EDMONSBURY, (ST.) THE MONASTERY OF, (con- 
tinued.) 

greater. The entertainment of Richard II. and his queen at this abbey, in 
13S3, cost the abbey the sum of 800 marks. In 1433, Henry VI. stayed here 
from Christmas, to St. George's Day. 

EDINBURGH CASTLE, built 950 

Palace of Holyrood House at, built, 152S. First fortified in 1074. Register 
Office built, 1774. New College at, foundation of laid in 1789. New Bride- 
well fortified, 1791. Bank, the first stone of laid, June 3, 1801. 

EDDYSTONE LIGHT-HOUSE; (See page 43, ante.) 

EGREMONT CASTLE, Cumberland, built in 1070 

ELIZABETH CASTLE, Jersey, built 1586 

ELTHAM PALACE, built 1290 

This was a most magnificent palace, and was granted by the Conqueror to one of 
his Norman followers : but having again been forfeited to the Crown, it was 
given by Edward I, to the English baron, John de Vesci: after which it came 
into the possession of Anthony Bee, the famous military Bishop of Durham, 
who is said to have obtained it by the violation of his trust as guardian of the 
rightful heir. King Henry III. accompanied by his queen and all the prin- 
cipal nobility, kept their Christmas here in 1269. Again fell to the Crown, 
in 1310, on the decease of the Bishop, in the possession of which it still 
remains. The son of Edward II. (John) was born here in 1315, and was 
called John of Eltham. Edward IV. kept his Christmas here in 1482. It 
■was afterwards converted to a barn. 

The length of the hall in the inside is above 101 feet by 36 J in width. The 
main beams of the roof are full 17 inches square, and 28 feet long. 

ELY MONASTERY, built 566 

Destroyed by the Danes, 870 : re-built, 1 109 : Bishop's house, in Holborn, built, 
1290: pulled down, and converted into buildings, 1780. 

EMANUEL COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded 1584 

ENGLISH COLLEGE, at Rome, built 854 

ESCURIAL, THE, of Spain, built 1562 

It was begun in 1557 by Philip II. son of the Emperor Charles V. after the victory 
which his army obtained over the French at St. Quentin, and finished in 22 
years, at an immense expense. It had 15,000 windows, twenty-two courts, 
and seventeen cloisters or piazzas, besides a church, college, monastery, &c. 
It is of a quadrangular form, but something longer than broad, with three 
magnificent portals towards the mountains, adorned with Doric, Corinthian, 
and Ionic pillars; it has forty chapels, the high altar in one of which, from 
the ground to the roof, consists of the most beautiful jasper. This chapel is 
said to have cost upwards of five millions ! The Escurial has a spacious park, 
with groves, cascades, grottos, &c. The Pantheon, where the royal family of 
Spain are interred, is in the above-mentioned chapel, and is a curious and 
rich structure : it was begun by Charles V. carried on by kings Philip II. and 
III. and completed by Philip IV. 

ESHER PLACE, Surrey, built 1414 



336 THE NEW TABLET OE MEMOIIY. 

ETHELBERT'S TOWER, in Canterbury, built in 1047 

ETON COLLEGE, Windsor, founded 1440 

The College of Eton was founded by Henry VI. for the maintenance of a Provost 
and seven Fellows, one of whom is Vice-provost, and for the instruction of 
seventy King's Scholars (as those are called who are on the foundation), who, 
when fit, are elected, on the first Tuesday in August, to King's College, 
Cambridge, where they are provided for by scholarships and fellowships : 
but they are not removed till vacancies fall in the College, and then they are 
called according to seniority. The school is divided into upper and lower, 
and each into three classes. There is a master to each school, and four assist- 
ants to each master, there being seldom less than 300 scholars there, besides 
those on the foundation, who board at the masters' houses, or elsewhere 
within the College bounds. In the great court is a fine statue, put up in 
honour of the founder by a late Provost, Dr. Godolphin, Dean of Paul's. 
The revenue of this College is about £5000. a year. 

E WELM PALACE, Oxfordshire, built 1424 

EXCHANGE, (THE ROYAL,) built by Sir Thomas 

Gresham 1566 

The Royal Exchange was originally built by Sir Thomas Gresham, merchant and 
citizen of London, the ground being selected and purchased by the Lord 
Mayor and citizens, in 1566. The first brick was laid by Sir Thomas, and 
the Aldermen, June 7, 1566, each Alderman laying a brick, and a piece of 
gold for the workmen, who picked up the gold, and left the brick. The 
building was finished in November, 1567- Devised to the Lord Mayor and 
Citizens of London, and Company of Mercers, by testament, in 1579. Burnt 
in the great fire of London, 1666. Re-built, 1669-70. It was erected at 
the charge of the city and Company of Mercers, and cost f 80,000. The 
building was 203 feet long, 171 feet wide, 56 in height, and had a tower 178 
feet high, with a grasshopper for a weathercock, The area within had a 
portico all round, different portions of the area having different names, viz.: — 
Turkey Walk, Grocer's Walk, Hamburgh Walk, Grocers' and Druggists' 
Walk, &c. ; and within the portico, were Jews' Walk, Spanish Walk, Scotch 
Walk, &c. It was repaired and beautified, September 28, 17C9; the tower 
re-built, 1821 ; repaired, 1824. 

The following inscription was put on the building after it was re-built:— 
" Hoc Greshamii Peristylium Gentiis Commerciis Sacrum Flammis ex- 
tinctum 1666, augustius e cinere resurrexit 1669. Will: Turnero, Milite, 
Praetore." 

This elegant building was destroyed by fire in 1S38. 

EXCISE OFFICE, in Broad-street, London, built 1774 

EXETER CASTLE, built 680 

Cathedral begun, 1064: completed, 1485: new bridge begun, 1770: country 
courthouse built, 1776: royal theatre built, 1773. (For a further account 
of Exeter, see page 49, ante.) 

EXETER COLLEGE, Oxford, built 1316 

EXETER CONDUIT, built 1486 

EYNSHAM ABBEY, Oxfordshire, built 1005 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 337 

FARLEY CASTLE, Somersetshire, burnt 1342 

FARNHAM CASTLE, Surrey, built 1138 

FEVERSHAM ABBEY, Kent, built 1147 

FISHMONGERS' HALL, burnt, February 10 1761 

On the destruction of this Hall, another was built in its stead; a view of which 
has been given in Mr. Brayley's ' Londiana, ' vol. ii. as it appeared in June, 
1827. Shortly after this period, it was taken down, to make room for the 
approaches to the New London Bridge ; and a very splendid new Hall has 
since been erected a little to the west of the place where the former one stood. 

FLAXLEY ABBEY. See " Fires," page 292, ante. 
FLEET MARKET. See page 52, ante. 

FLINT CASTLE, built, 1185 

FORD ABBEY, Devonshire, built 1133 

FOTHERINGAY CASTLE, Northamptonshire, built 1408 

In the Castle of Fotheringay, king Richard III. was born ; and Mary Queen of 
Scots beheaded. 

FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, THE, London, incorporated 1739 

The building began, 1742: opened, 1756: let part of their estate, 1797: which 
yields £2000. per annum, in addition to their income. 

FOUNTAINS ABBEY, Yorkshire, built in 1132 

FOUNTAIN DE TREVI, at Rome, built 1751 

FREEMASONS' HALL, Great Queen -street, built 1775 

Consecrated May 23, 1776. 

FRENCH PROTESTANTS' HOSPITAL, London, in- 

corpo rated „ 1718 

FRITHELSTOKE PRIORY, Devon, built 1222 

FULHAM BRIDGE, built 1727 

FURNESS ABBEY, Lancashire, built 1127 

GALWAY COLLEGE, Ireland, founded 1551 

It was founded by Edward VI. 

GATESIDE MONASTERY, Durham, founded 653 

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Somerset Place, instituted, 

February 5 1813 

No- 43 x x 



338 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

GEORGE'S HOSPITAL, (ST.) Hyde Park Comer, in- 
stituted, October 19 ' 1733 

GEORGE'S CHURCH, (ST.) Bloomsbury, London, built 1730 

GEORGE III. Statue of erected in Windsor Park 1832 

It is raised upon a mass of stones, representing a rock. The total elevation of 
the statue and its pedestal, is full fifty feet. The statue alone, is twenty-six 
feet in height. 

GEORGE IVth's. GATE, Hyde Park Comer, ereoted ... 1827 

This gate was completed after a design by Mr. Decimus Burton, and was origi- 
nally intended for a private entrance to the New Palace; but it has since been 
devoted to more general use, as a gate for the carriages of those having the 
privilege of passing through the Park, and also to foot passengers. 

GEORGE, FORT, in the East Indies, built 1620 

GERMAN'S, (ST.) PRIORY, Cornwall, built 937 

GERVIS ABBEY, Yorkshire, founded in 1145 

GILES'S CHURCH, (ST.) Holborn, re-built 1731 

GLASTONBURY ABBEY, Somerset, built 690 

Re-built, 954. 

GLE ASTON CASTLE, Lancashire, built 1340 

GLOBE THEATRE, THE, destroyed by fire in 1613 

The Globe, was converted from a bear garden into a Theatre about the period of 
1590, and stood nearly opposite to the end of Queen-street, Cheapside; it was 
an hexagonal building of wood, partly open at the top, partly thatched with 
reeds. The performances took place by day-light, and during the time of 
playing, a flag was hoisted on the roof. About 1596', the proprietors, of 
whom Shakspeare became subsequently one, had the old edifice pulled down, 
and a more commodious place erected. 

On the 29th of June, the new house was destroyed by fire. The Company 
were representing; Shakspeare's play of Henry VIII. and on the King's 
entrance in the Masquerade, cannon were discharged, the wadding from 
which set fire to the thatch. It was re-built in the following year, and with 
more-splendour than the preceding building. Taylor, the poet, alludes to it 
in the following lines: — 

" As gold is better that's in fire tried, 

So is the Bankside Globe that late was burned, 
For wnere be 'ore it had a thatched hide 
Now to a stately Theatre is turned: 
Which is an emblem that great things are won 
By those who dare through greatest dangers run," 

Performances, it is thought, were continued at this Theatre till the year 
1642, when an order was issued by Parliament for the suppression of all 
theatrical representations. Its site is now occupied by Barclay and Perkins 
brewery, formerly the property of Mr. Thrale. 

GLOUCESTER MONASTERY, founded in 710 






TUB NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 339 

GOODMAN'S FIELDS THEATRE, opened in.. 1729 

GODALMIN BRIDGE, in Surrey, began, July 1782 

GODSTOW NUNNERY, Oxfordshire, consecrated in ... 1138 

GONVIL and CAIUS COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded... 1348 

GOLDSMITHS' HALL, the late, taken down in 1829 

GRACE DIEU NUNNERY Leicester, built in 1151 

GRAY'S INN re-built, in 1687 

GREEN CASTLE, Caernarvonshire, built 1138 

GREENWICH OBSERVATORY, repaired, or re-built . 1526 

This Observatory stands on the site of an old and once fortified tower belonging to 
the Crown, and repaired, or re-built by Henry VIII. in 1526. It being de- 
cided by Charles II. that there should be a new one erected, the foundation 
stone was laid on the 10th of August, 1675, and Mr. Flamstead was appointed 
first superintendent of the establishment, by the title of Astronomer Royal, 
and commenced his observations in August, in the following year. 

This eminent Astronomer resided at the Observatory until his death, 
which took place December 31, 1719, forty-three years after his appointment. 
The labours of this scientific individual were made known to the world in 
1725, in three folio volumes, entitled, — " Historia Celestis;''' a lasting 
memorial of his great genius. Mr. Flamstead was succeeded in the situation 
by Dr. Halley, who filled it twenty-three years; he died in 1742, at the 
great age of 85. His successor was Mr. Bradley, the discoverer of the alter- 
ation of light. Upon the death of Mr. Bradley, which took place in 1762, Mr, 
Bliss was appointed to the office, which he held for two years, when he died, 
and was succeeded by Dr. Maskelvne, who enjoyed the situation nearly half 
a century, surviving to the year 1810. Mr. Pond was the next successor. 

Since the year 1767, the observations made by the Astronomer Royal at 
Greenwich have been regularly published, under the superintendence of the 
Royal Society. 

GREENWICH HOSPITAL instituted in , 1694 

King William granted the palace at this place in 1694, with nine acres of ground 
thereto belonging, to be converted into a Royal Hospital for old and disabled 
seamen, the widows and children of those who lost their lives in the service, 
and for the encouragement of navigation. The wing which cost Charles II. 
£36,000. is now the first wing of the hospital towards London. The chapel 
was destroyed by an accidental fire, January 2, 1779> which totally consumed 
the dome, the chapel, the great dining hall, and eight wards, containing the 
lodgings of near 600 pensioners. The dome was re-built about 1785. First 
began to receive disabled seamen in 1705. Had the Derwentwater estate 
given it, 1735: the chapel re-built, and opened for service, September 2, 
1789. Began to receive 6d. per month from every seaman in the royal navy, 
and in the service of the merchants, 1695 ; and Is. from June, 17^*7- 

GRETHAM HOSPITAL, Durham, built 1220 

GREY COAT SCHOOL, Westminster, founded 1707 



340 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

GUILDHALL, London, built 1416 

Council-chamber, 1425: the front and porch, 1431: burnt, 1666: re-built, 1669: 
beautified, 1762: front re-built, 1789. 

GUILDFORD CASTLE, Surrey, built before 1036 

The tower at fell down, April 23, 1700. 

GUY'S HOSPITAL, Southward, built in 1721 

Mr. Guy, the founder of this noble edifice, was born in 1644. He also built and 
furnished three wards on the north side of the outer court of St. Thomas's 
Hospital, in Southwark, in 1707; and gave £100. annually to it, for eleven 
years preceding the erection of his own Hospital, the design for whieh was 
formed when in the 70th year of his age; it cost £18,793. building. At his 
death he left £21 9,000. to endow it. It was established for 400 sick persons, 
and twenty incurable lunatics. The building contains twelve Wards, in which 
are upwards of 400 beds, for as many patients ; and the annual number ad- 
mitted amounts to 2250 patients. 

Mr. Guy was also the founder of an alms-house, with a library, at Tamworth, 
in Staffordshire, which he represented in Parliament. It was erected for the 
benefit of fourteen poor men and women: to which he bequeathed £125. a 
year for pensions, and the putting out poor children as apprentices. He also 
bequeathed £400. a year to Christ's Hospital for ever. The residue of his 
immense property, amounting to £80,000. he divided amongst those who 
could prove themselves in any way related to him. In the building of his 
own hospital, he only lived to see it roofed in. He died December 17, 1724, 
in the 81st year of his uge. 

GYSBURGH PRIORY, Yorkshire, founded 1119 

HADDON HALL, near Bakewell, Derbyshire. 

This noble mansion is supposed to have been built in the time of Edward III. On 
the painted glass, in one of the windows of the chapel there, is the date — 
" Millesimo ccccxxvu." The gallery was erected in the time of Queen 
Elizabeth. 

HADLEY CASTLE, Essex, built 1306 

HAGMON PRIORY, Salop, built 3300 

HALL, CROSBY, built in the fifteenth century. 

Crosby Place erected in 1466, on a lease for 99 years, obtained from the Prioress 
of the convent of St. Helen, by Sir John Crosby, a grocer and woolman, who 
had attained the dignities of Alderman, Sheriff, and Warden of his Company, 
and represented the City of London in Parliament. He died in 1745. After 
his death it became the residence of the Duke of Gloucester, (afterwards king 
Richard III.) 

On the dissolution of the religious houses, this place was confiscated to the 
crown. In the course of time it was tenanted by various wealthy merchants, 
amongst whom were, Sir John Langham, (Lord Mayor in the time of the 
Protectorate) and who was the last person who used it as a dwelling house. 
It was afterwards used occasionally as a residence for foreign ambassadors, 
the Duke de Sully occupying it, in 1603, bearing the name of M. de Rosny. 

In the latter part of the seventeenth century a great portion of the building 
was destroyed by an ncctdental fire; and in 1677, other houses were built on 
the site of the ruins occasioned by this fire. The Hall was converted into a 



THE NEW TADLET.&F MEMORY. 341 

HALL, CROSBY, (continued.) 

Presbyterian Meeting House in 1672.. After this, it was let to another con- 
gregation of Dissenters, who continued to meet in it till 1778. It afterwards 
was let as a warehouse: and the lease having expired in 1831, it remained 
untenanted in 1832. 

HALES-OWEN ABBEY, Shropshire, built 1215 

HALES ABBEY, Gloucestershire, built 1146 

HALLING HOUSE, Kent, built 1183 

HAMPTON COURT PALACE, ... 1525 

An entertainment of great splendour was given here, by order of Henry VIII. at 
this period, to the French Ambassador. Wolsey, who had previously pre- 
sented the palace to the king, was commanded by him to preside not only 
over the preparation, but the solemnization of the festivity. 

HARLACH CASTLE, Merionethshire, built by the Britons, 

and re-built in 876 

HARROW SCHOOL, Middlesex, founded by John Lyon . 1585 

HARWOOD NUNNERY, Bedfordshire, built 1150 

HAVARD COLLEGE, New England, built 1650 

Burnt down, and re-built in 1764. 

HAVERFORDWEST CASTLE, built about 1700 

H AUGMOND ABBEY, Shropshire, built 1 109 

HAWARDEN CASTLE, Flintshire, built 1250 

Demolished in 1643. 

HAYMARKET, THE NEW, Regent's Park, opened, 

January 1 , 1831 

HAYMARKET THEATRE, (THE LITTLE.) 

At this Theatre, there occurred a most dreadful accident, February 3, 1794. Fif- 
teen persons were trod to death, amongst whom was Charles Brook, Esq. 
Somerset Herald, in endeavouring to get admission to see the performance; 
several were severely bruised, some of whom died. 

HENRY VIIth's. CHAPEL, Westminster, built 1502 

HENRY VIIIth's CHAPEL, built, January 18 1502 

HERALD'S COLLEGE, instituted 1340 

House built in 1670. 

HEREFORD CATHEDRAL, built 1107 

The western tower fell down in 1786, 

HERTFORD COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1740 

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342 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

HERTLEBURY CASTLE, Worcestershire, built. 1268 

HEVER CASTLE, Kent, built 1340 

HICKS'S HALL, Clerkenwell, foundation of laid, May 20 . 1779 

Finished in 1782. 

HICKS'S HALL, Smithfield, built 1612 

It was pulled down in 1782. The foundation of the present one laid, May 20, 
1779: was finished in 1782. 

HIGH AM FERRARS COLLEGE, Northamptonshire, built 1422 

HIGHGATE ARCHWAY, completed 1813 

HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON, instituted 1778 

Incorporated in 1816. 

HINCHINBROKE PRIORY, Luncashire, founded 1320 

HOLDENBY HOUSE, Northamptonshire, built 1585 

HOLM CULTRAM ABBEY, Cumberland, built 1115 

HOLY CROSS CHURCH, Tipperary, built, 1169 

HOLYHEAD CHURCH, Anglesea, built 1291 

HOLYROOD ABBEY, Edinburgh, built 1128 

Repaired in 1758. 

HORSE GUARDS, Westminster, built 1758 

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON incor- 
porated 1 808 

HOTEL DE VILLE, finished in 1442 

This handsome structure was commenced in 1400. Its height is 364 feet, and at 
its summit is a gilded statue of St. Michael trampling a dragon under his 
feet. The statue itself is 17 feet high, and, as it turns with the wind, serves 
for a weathercock. 

HOUSE OF COMMONS, (the Old), Westminster, re- 
paired 1347 

Enlarged, 1800; outside ornamented, in 1806. 

HULL, Yorkshire, the Humber Dock at, begun in 1807 

Completed in 1809, at a cost of £220,000. It is on the west side of the town, 
and the entrance is from the Humber, into which it opens by a lock which 
will admit a 50-ffun ship, and is crossed by an iron bridge. The dock is 914 
feet in length, 342 in breadth, and 7 acres in surface. In 1826, athird Dock, 
named " The Junction," was begun, and completed in 1829. It is 645 feet 
long, 407 broad, and in extent more than 6 acres; it is situated between the 
two former, and completes a line of Docks which extends from Hull to the 
Humber, and divide the old town from the new by water on every side. The 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 343 

HULL, (continued.) 

bridges which cross the locks are cast iron, each 24 feet wide, and supposed 
to be of greater magnitude than any moveable bridge of earlier date. The 
church named " Trinity church," was built about the year 1312, and occupies 
a space of 20,056 square feet. The nave is 144 feet long: the breadth of 
the transept 28, and the length of the chancel 100. St. Mary's church, or 
Low Church, built a few years later, once a magnificent edifice, of which the 
existing building formerly constituted the choir, the remaining part having 
been pulled down by order of Henry VIII. : the present tower vyas added in 
1696. The church of St. John was finished in 1792- 

The Free Grammar School, was founded by Alcock, Bishop of Ely, in 
1436. The Vicar's School, in 1734, by the Rev. W. Mason, the father of 
Mason the poet, for sixty scholars. First sent members to Parliament in the 
thirty-third year of the reign of Edward I.: but regular returns have only 
been made since the 12th of Edward II. By the operation of the Reform 
Bill, the elective franchise became extended, the limits for voters previous to 
that measure taking place, being confined to the parish of St. Mary — the 
portion of the town surrounded by water, as before stated. The right of 
voting was vested in the burgesses and freemen, and the greatest number of 
voters polled at any election within the last thirty years was 2299, in the 
year 1826. The Reform Bill has greatly increased the extent of the borough, 
and proportionately multiplied the number of electors. The population of 
the old borough was 15,996, while that of the town was not less than 46,426. 
The population of the present borough is 49,727. 

HUNGERFORD MARKET, incorporated 1830 

In 1830, an Act was obtained, incorporating a Company of proprietors for the re- 
establishment of Hungerford Market. The site of the Old Market was pur- 
chased, with the surrounding houses, in order to ensure as convenient a 
thoroughfare to the New Market as possible. The architect was Mr. C. 
Fowler. 

The New Hungerford Market was opened, August 4, 1832: the first 
traffic conimenced here, was by the sale of oysters. 

HUNTINGDON CASTLE, built 920 

HURST CASTLE, Hampshire, built 1539 

HURSTMONCEAUX CASTLE, Sussex, built before 1066 

HYDE ABBEY, Hampshire, built 904 

HYDE ABBEY, near Winchester, founded 1130 

HYLTON CASTLE, Durham, built 930 

IPRES TOWER, at Rye, built, 1160 

IPSWICH COLLEGE, built 1524 

IRISH SCHOOLS.— Smith's School, incorporated in 1669 

Bluecoat Hospital incorporated, 1670. Royal, near Kilmainham, ditto, 1695. 
Dublin Workhouse established, 1728. Charitable Infirmary opened, 1728. 
Stephen's Hospital incorporated, 1730. St. Patrick's founded, 1745. Incor- 
porated 1746. Lying-in Hospital established, 1745; incorporated, 1757. 



344 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

IRISH SCHOOLS, &c. (continued.) 

Mercer's incorporated, 1750. St. Nicholas's opened, 1753. Lock instituted, 
1755. Charitable Loan, 1757. Venereal opened, 1758. Dublin Hospital 
opened, 17627 

INSURANCE OFFICES IN LONDON:— 

Hand-in-Hand, established in 1696. Amicable, 1706. Sun, 1710. Union, 1714. 
Westminster, 1717- Royal Exchange, 1719. London, 1719. Phoenix, 1782. 
Pelican, 17971 British, 1800. Imperial. 1803. Globe, 1803. Albion, 1805. 
Rock, 1806. Hope, 1807- County, 1807. Eagle, 1807. Atlas, 1808. 

Insurance Offices in Edinburgh: — Friendly, 1720. Caledonian, 1806. 
Hercules, 1808. North British, 1808. 

INSTITUTION MECHANICS', formed, August 1817 

An Association formed in London by a number of journeymen mechanics under 
the name of — " The Mechanical Institution, " for the " mutual instruction of 
the Members in all subjects connected with the Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, 
and Commerce, but more particularly on such matters as lead to any improve- 
ment to the Mechanical Arts." The " Mechanics' Institution," in Southamp- 
ton Buildings, foundedin 1823, was, for a time, generally supposed to be the 
first establishment of the kind in the British metropolis : but " The Me- 
chanical Institution " is now admitted to have been its pjecursor by five years. 
From some unexplained cause, this prior Institution never attained to much 
distinction, and had completely sunk into oblivion, when the one"' which now 
flourishes with the somewhat similar title, and professing the same objects, 
was started. The fact of its existence is not, however, without its historical 
importance : since it shows that a considerable time before the Scientific In- 
stitution of the working classes began to be cared for, by the higher orders 
of society, they had formed an association for the purpose among themselves, 
and of their own accord 

ISLINGTON CHURCH, Middlesex, re-built; 1750 

JAMES'S, ST, built 1530 

Converted to a Palace, and the Park made, 1536. One of the wings destroyed by 
fire, and a servant maid found suffocated in the apartment where it was 
supposed to have originated, 1809. Repaired, 1823. 

JAUNAY'S HOTEL, Leicester-square, pulled down, Oct. 1840 

JESUS COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded 1496 

JESUS COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1571 

JOHN'S (ST.) COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded 1508 

JOHN'S, (ST.) CHURCH, Westminster, consecrated, in 

June 1728 

Burnt, September 26, 1742;; repaired, 1743. 

JOHN OF GAUNT'S HOUSE, near Lincoln, built 1397 

KATHARINE H4LL, Cambridge, founded 1472 



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KENELWORTH PRIORY, Warwickshire, built in 1106 

Castle built, 1120. 

KEW BRIDGE built of wood 1759 

Of stone, 1783. Opened, September 23, 1789. 

KILMAINHAM HOSPITAL, Ireland, founded 1695 

This Hospital was founded by Charles II. for the reception of the superannuated 
and disabled soldiers of the Irish army; and is built on a plan somewhat 
similar to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea. 

The ground on which it stands was part ofthePhcenix Park, and anciently 
belonged to the Order of Knights Templar. It is erected on the southern 
side of the river Liffy, and contains seventy-one acres, Irish measure. In 
one of the rooms there are whole-length portraits of the founder and his 
queen, and the succeeding monarchs of Great Britain. The erection and 
other expenses of this building are stated to have amounted to £23,500. 

KING'S COLLEGE, Somerset House, first Lectures given 

in, October 17 1831 

KING'S BENCH PRISON, THE, St. George's Fields, 

South wark, built 1751 

Enlarged 1776: burnt by the rioters, June 7, 1780: re-built, 1781: fire at, and 
fifty apartments burnt, July 14, 1799. 

KING'S COLLEGE, Aberdeen, founded 1500 

KING'S COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded 1540 

KIRKH AM PRIORY, Yorkshire, built 1 122 

KIRKSTAL ABBEY, Yorkshire, built 1153 

KIRKSTEAD ABBEY, Lincolnshire, built 1139 

KNARESBOROUGH CASTLE, Yorkshire, built 1100 

LACOCK NUNNERY, Wilts, built 1133 

LAMBETH CHAPEL, founded 1169 

Palace built, 1184. 

.AMBETH PALACE. 

This Palace is of very ancient origin, the manor on which it stands having ori- 
ginally belonged to the see of Rochester, to which it had been granted before 
the Norman Conquest, by a sister of Edward the Confessor : and was obtained 

i in exchange for other lands, by Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury, in the 
year 1189; but it is thought, the Archbishops of Canterbury had a residence 
here at least a century before. 

The great hall of Lambeth Palace was erected by Archbishop Chichely, in 
the early part of the reign of Henry VI. : but the Palace being afterwards 
sold by the Parliament, in the time of the Commonwealth, this apartment was 
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LAMBETH PALACE, (continued,) 

pulled down, and afterwards re-built in close imitation of, and on the site 
of the former one after the Restoration, by Archbishop Juxon, at an expense 
of £10,500. The length of this room is 93 feet, its breadth 38,f and its 
height 50. The Gate-house, which forms the principal entrance to the 
Palace, was erected by Cardinal Morton, in the year 1490. The library was 
founded by Archbishop Bancroft, in 1610. Several additions have been made 
to this Palace, at an expense of £55,000. 

LANARK CASTLE, Scotland, founded 1314; 

LANCASTER CASTLE, built 124 

Built by Agricola, the Roman General. 

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL, built 1120 

LANECROFT PRIORY, Cumberland, built in 1169 

LANGUARD FORT, Essex, built 1611 

LATTON PRIORY, built before 1270 j 

LEADENHALL, London, built 1446 

LEEDS CASTLE, Kent, built 857 

Re-bui!tin 1071. 

LEEDS PRIORY, Essex, built 1306 

LEIBURN CASTLE, Kent, built 1190 

LEICESTER ABBEY, built 1143 

LEITH BRIDGE, near Edinburgh, first Stone of laid, Sep- 
tember 23 1788 

A second one built in 1807. 

LEITH WET DOCKS, founded 1801 

LEWES PRIORY and CASTLE, Sussex, built 1078 

LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL, built about 300 

It was originally built by Oswius, king of Northumberland: re-built and enlarged 
byOffa, king of Mercia, in 766. In 1148 it was re-built, and greatly enlarged 
in 1296. At the Reformation, Coventry was divided from it. In 1776, a 
beautiful painted window, by the benefaction of Dr. Adenbrook, was set up 
at the western end of the Cathedral. It is 450 feet long, of which the choir 
is 110, and the breadth in the broadest place 80. Its portico is hardly to be 
paralleled in England. Underwent a general repair in 1789. 

LILLESHUL PRIORY, Salop, built. 1104 

LINCLUDEN ABBEY, Scotland, founded 1165 



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LINCOLN CATHEDRAL. 

Tower of blown down by a tempest in 1547. The two western towers of, taken 
down by the Dean and Chapter, in 1808. The dimensions of the Cathedral 
are very great, the whole length of the interior being 470 feet. The western 
front is 174 feet wide: and the length of the great transept is 220 feet in the 
interior. Its width is 63 feet, and its height 74. The Chapter-house is 
above 60 feet in diameter, the roof being supported by a single cluster of 
columns in the centre. The circumference of this room is divided into ten 
compartments, or sides, one of which is occupied by the door, and the other 
nine by windows. 

Lincoln, it is said, had at one time fifty-two churches, which in the reign of Ed- 
ward VI. were by Act of Parliament reduced to eighteen. The Cathedral is 
a stately Gothic pile, being brought by several bishops to such a pitch of 
magnificence, that the monks used to say, the devil must needs frown at so 
noble a structure for divine worship ; hence the proverb, — " he looks as the 
| devil over Lincoln." It is so lofty, and the hill it stands on so high, that it 
may be seen in five or six counties. Here is the bell, called " Great Tom of 
Lincoln," which weighs 10,400 lbs. ; is twenty-three feet in circumference, and 
will hold 424 gallons ale measure. This city formerly abounded in monas- 
teries, and other religious houses. The palace was built in 1149. 

LINCOLN CASTLE, built by the Romans. 

LINCOLN COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1427 

[LINCOLN'S INN, built 1229 

Converted from the Bishop of Chichester's Palace to an Inn of Court, 1310; 
chapel finished, 1626 ; Theatre built, 1695 ; square inclosed with rails, 1737 ; 
new buildings erected, 1782. 

^LINDISFARNE MONASTERY, Northumberland, founded 651 

Re-built in 1014. 

LINNEAN SOCIETY, Soho-square, founded in 1788 

Incorporated in 1802. 

LLANSTEPHEN CASTLE, Caernarvonshire, built 1138 

LANTHONY MONASTERY, Monmouthshire, built ... 1110 

[LOCK HOSPITAL, Knightsbridge, instituted 1746 

LONDON BRIDGE; seepage 103, ante. 

.LONDON INSTITUTION, first stone of the New Building 

in Moorfields, laid, 1815 

LONDON UNIVERSITY, instituted 1826 

For the erection of this building a piece of ground was purchased at the north end 
of Gower-street, for the sum of £30,000. The contract agreed to was, that it 
should be finished for £107,000. according to the design at that time furnish- 
ed, by Mr. Wilkins. The foundation stone was laid April 30, 1827, by His 
R. H. the Duke of Sussex, and in the presence of the Duke of Norfolk, the 
late Earl of Carnarvon, Lord Auckland, the Lord Chancellor, the late Sir J. 
Mackintosh, and other distinguished individuals in this country : and it is not 
a little singular, that the same mallet was used on this occasion, as on the 
laying of the foundation of St. Paul's Cathedral by Sir Christopher Wren, it 



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348 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

LONDON UNIVERSITY, (continued.) 

having been presented by him, previous to his death, to the Masonic Lodge 
of Antiquity, of which he was a member. 

The building having been commenced, it was carried on with great spirit. 
On its completion, it was opened to the public, October 1, 1828 : on this occa- 
sion the audience was composed of from 800 to 1000 persons, who were ad- 
mitted by tickets, and assembled in one of the large theatres of the building, 
when they were addressed in an introductory Lecture by Mr. Charles (now 
Sir Charles) Bell, the Professor of Phisiology and Surgery. Among those 
assembled, were many Members of the Council. 

LONDON DISPENSARY, instituted 1770 

LONDON HOSPITAL, THE, Mile End, instituted in ... 1740 

Foundation of laid, June 10, 1752 : incorporated, 1758 : Medical Theatre opened, 
October, 1785. 

LONDON LYING-IN HOSPITAL, Brownlow Street, in- 
stituted 1749 

LONDON STONE, in Cannon-street, first placed there by 

the Romans B.C. 15 

LONDON WALL, built 306 

LONDON WORKHOUSE, Bishopsgate-street, instituted 1611 

LOUTH-PARK ABBEY, Lincolnshire, built 1 139 

LOUVRE, THE, at Paris, built 1665 

The Louvre is distinguished by the Old and New. The Old Louvre was begun by 
Francis I. in 1528; and the grand gallery, 1362 feet long, and 30 broad, 
which joins it to the Thuilleries, was begun under Charles IX. and finished 
by Louis XIV. who likewise built the New Louvre. The front of the New 
Louvre built, in 1688. 

LUDLOW CASTLE, built 1097 

LUGGERSHAL CASTLE, Wilts, built 1199 

LUKE'S, (ST.) HOSPITAL, for Insane Persons, Moor- 
fields, begun, July 31 1751 

Built in the City Road, 1785. 

LULWORTH CASTLE, Dorset, built 1610 

LYING-IN HOSPITAL, in Old-street, began to be built . 1770 
LYME CASTLE, Kent, built before 791 

MACLOU, (ST.) CHURCH OF, at Rouen, built 1512 

This ohurch was erected as late as above described. It has a porch consisting of 
three arches, and something resembling the great entrance of Peterborough 
Cathedral. The central tower was formerly surmounted by a spire of extra- 



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MACLOU, (ST.) CHURCH OF, (continued.) 

ordinary beauty: but it was greatly damaged by a hurricane in 1705, and 
taken down about thirty years after. This church was not erected out of the 
ecclesiastical funds : but by the contributions of the people, in the purchasing 
of indulgences, or a grant of permission from the Archbishop of Rouen, to 
sin without penance for forty, and even a hundred days. This sale of indul- 
gences was orie of the reasons for the resistance to the Papal power, and 
which ended in the introduction of the Reformation. 

MAGDALEN COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1479 

, MAGDALEN COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded 1519 

\ MAGDALEN HOSPITAL, instituted 1758 

At that time, in Prescot-street, Goodman's-fields ; built in St. George's-fields, in 
1772. 

MAISON DIEU HOSPITAL, Dover, built 1229 

MALMESBURY ABBEY, built..... 642 

Castle of, built, 1134. 

j M ANNORBEER CASTLE, Pembrokeshire, built 1 088 

I MANSION HOUSE, The, built 1737 

Inhabited in 1752. 

M ARCELLUS'S THEATRE, at Rome, built in 80 

MARGARET SCHOOL, Westminster, founded by Charles I. 

MARINE SOCIETY-HOUSE, Bishopsgate-street, London 

begun, April 30 1773 

MARISCHAL COLLEGE, Aberdeen, founded ...... 1593 

MARK'S PALACE, Venice, built 450 

MARK'S, (ST.) CHURCH, at Venice, built 826 

MARSH CASTLE, Guernsey, built by the Danes. 

MARY'S, (ST.) PRIORY, Thetford, built 1104 

The Old House built in 1075. 

MARY'S, (ST.) CHURCH, Mary-le-bone, consecrated, 

January 7 , 1824 

MARY-LE-BONE NEW CHURCH, (ST.) erected 1817 

MARY-LE-BONE,— ALL SOULS CHURCH at, first 

stone of laid, November 18 ... 1822 

Consecrated, November 26,1824. 

MARY-LE-BONE,— CHRIST CHURCH at, consecrated 1825 



350 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

M AXTOKE CASTLE, Warwickshire, built 1346 

Priory built in 1337. 

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, Bolt-court, Fleet- 
street, instituted 1 733 

MEDICAL AND CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY, 57, Lin- 
coln's Inn-fields, established in 1805 

MEDICO-BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, 32, 

Sackville-street, instituted 182 1 

MELROSE ABBEY, founded 1136 

The Abbey of Melrose was founded by King David I. commonly called St. King 
David. This monastery was peopled immediately on completion, by Cister- 
tians from Rival, (or Rivaulx) in Yorkshire, the first of that Order of monks 
which had been seen hi Scotland ; from this occurrence, Melrose retained the 
dignity of the Mother Cistertian Church of that country. It was dedicated to 
the Virgin in 1146. 

Gale, in the first volume of his " Rerum Anglicarum Scriptores," compiled 
by the monks, and known as the ' Chronicle of Melrose,' being a chronolo- 
gical account of Scottish affairs from 785 to 1270. This abbey, from various 
causes, rose to great wealth, notwithstanding the incursions of the English, 
when the two countries were at war. In 1651, and almost immediately 
before the dissolution, the revenues of the abbey amounted to £1,758. in 
cash, exclusive of great quantities of wheat, oats, poultry, and butter. In 
later times, the monks varied from about 80 to 100. 

After the Reformation the Monastery, with its estates, were granted by 
Queen Mary to Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell. After which they were be- 
stowed upon James Douglas, brother of the Earl of Morton ; and afterwards, 
purchased, (in the last century) by the family of Buccleugh, to whom they 
belong. 

The entire length of the abbey is 258 feet, and the transept 137. All that 
remains of the tower is 75 feet in height : and which appears to have been 
formerly surmounted by a spire. 

MERCERS' CHAPEL, London, built 1187 

MERCHANT TAILORS' SCHOOL, founded.. 1568 

MERLIN'S CAVE, in Richmond Gardens, made 1735 

MERTON COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1247 

METTINGHAM CASTLE and COLLEGE, Suffolk, built 1335 
MEWS, THE, Charing Cross, Westminster, built 1732 

Commenced to be pulled down, 1826. 

MICHAELHAM PRIORY, built 1230 

MICHAEL, (ST.), or VALE CASTLE, Guernsey, built, 1100 

Church built, 1117. 

MICHAEL, (ST.) MOUNT MONASTERY, Cornwall, 

built 1030 



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MIDDLEHAM CASTLE, Yorkshire, built 1190 

MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, instituted 1745 

Built, 1755. House of Correction finished, 1794. 

MIDDLETON ABBEY, Dorset, built 938 

MILBANK, THE NEW BRIDGE at laid, May 9 1811 

It was named — " The Regent." 

MILITARY ASYLUxM, THE, Chelsea, foundation of laid, 

June 19 1801 

MINERVA' S TEMPLE, at Athens, built b. c. 450 

MINT, THE NEW, on Tower-hill, erected 1813 

i The Royal Mint was formerly annexed to the Tower, and was established there 
before the time of Edward I. : at one time there were no less than thirty fur- 
naces employed. From the increased population of the country, and other 
causes, the Government issued orders for the erection of a new Mint. 

MONTACUTE PRIORY, Somerset, built 1070 

MONTGOMERY CASTLE, re-built 1098 

MONT ORGUEIL CASTLE, Jersey, built in 1000 

MONUMENT OF LONDON, THE; see pages 113-14, 
ante. 

MOORGATE ; see page 102, ante. 

MOORFIELDS ; see page 114, ante. 

MORPETH CASTLE, Northumberland, built about 1230 

MOUNT ST. MICHAEL, on the coast of France, built ... 966 

Completed, 1070. 

MUSEUM, (THE BRITISH), purchased by Parliament ... 1788 



NATIONAL GALLERY, or (BRITISH INSTITU- 
TION), Pall-Mail, instituted 1805 

In the year 1823, the beautiful Collection of pictures of Mr. Angerstein were, 
in consequence of his death, offered for sale: upon which, the Government 
judging the occurrence a fit opportunity for the formation of a National 
Gallery, a proposition was made to Parliament for the purchasing of the same. 
The proposition was met by a prompt acquiescence, and a grant of £57,000. 
(the price demanded for the same, comprising thirty eight pictures, by the 
most eminent artists) was agreed to. In the Session of 1825, a further sum 
of £15,000. was voted for the purchase of four pictures, in addition to those 
of the Angerstein. The management of this Gallery was to be entrusted to 
the Marquis of Stafford, Lord Farnborough, Sir George Beaumont, Sir 



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NATIONAL GALLERY, THE, (continued.) 

Thomas Lawrence, to which list was added the name of the Hon. Agar Ellis, 
(Lord Dover) all of whom are dead. 

The first donation towards the formation of this Gallery, was a picture 
from Sir George Beaumont, Bart. This example was quickly followed by a 
bequest of the valuable collection of the Rev. Holwell Carr, (thirty-two 
pictures in number) : to which have been added twenty other paintings, by 
several individuals, or purchased by the Government. Amongst the contri- 
butors to this Collection, are to be added those of His Majesty George IV.: 
the Marquess of Stafford ; the Earl of Liverpool; Lord Farnborough ; G. J. 
Chohnoudeley, Esq.; M. M. Zachary, Esq.; the Rev. Mr. Long; and W. 
Wilkins, Esq. 

NA WORTH CASTLE, Cumberland, built 1330 

NEATH ABBEY, Glamorganshire, built 1150 

Castle built, 1090. 

NETHER HALL, Essex, built 1280 

NETLEY ABBEY, near Southampton, founded 1239 

According to an ancient manuscript, the first Charter to this abbey appears to have 
been granted by Henry III. in 1251. In it the abbey is called, — Ecclesia 
Sanctce Marice de loco Sancti Edwardi. " The monks of this abbey were of the 
Cistertian order, and originally, brought from the neighbouring monastery of 
Beaulieu. At its dissolution, it consisted of an abbot and twelve monks ; and 
the net revenue of it was returned at only £100; but in the valuation of 
it by Pope Nicholas IV. towards the end of the 13th century, it appears that 
its income was only £17. In their library, Leland tells us that he found but 
one book — a copy of Cicero's Treatise on Rhetoric. 

In 1537, Netley was granted by the king to Sir William Paulet, afterwards 
Marquis of Winchester. After that it became the property of the Earl of 
Huntingdon. The abbey is now a complete ruin, nothing remaining but the 
bare walls. In 1833, the remains of the abbey church, or chapel, which 
appears to have been about 200 feet iu length, by 60 in breadth, and crossed 
at the centre by a transept of 120 feet long. The roof of the abbey fell in about 
thirty or forty years ago. Near this place is a small building, called Netley 
Castle, erected by Henry VIII. The Rev. Mr. Bowles has given some beau- 
tiful lines on the departed greatness of this once interesting spot : — 

Fallen pile ! I ask not what has been thy fate; 

But when the weak winds, wafted from the main 

Through each lone arch, like spirits that complain, 

Come hollow to my ear, I meditate 

On this world's passing pageant, and the lot 

Of those who once might proudly, in their prime, 

Have stood with giant port; till, bowed by time, 

Or injury, their ancient boast forgot, 

They might have sunk, like thee; though thus forlorn, 

They lift their head, with venerable hairs 

Besprent, majestic yet, and as in scorn 

Of mortal vanities and short-lived cares ; 

E'en so dost thou, lifting thy forehead grey, 

Smile at the tempest, and time's sweeping sway." 

NEWARK CASTLE, Nottinghamshire, built 1140 

NEWARK PRIORY, Surrey, built 1192 



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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE CASTLE, built, 1081 

Bridge re-built, 1779. 

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYNE CASTLE, built, 1340 

NEW CHURCH, THE, Strand, London, opened, Feb. 1 . 1720 

NEW CHURCH, THE, Berwick-street, first stone of laid, 

March 15 1838 

The old one pulled down, 1837. New one opened, 1840. 

NEW COLLEGE, Oxford, founded , 1375 

NEW CUT, THE, from the River Lea to Limehouse, open- 
ed, September 17, 1770 

NEWGATE, in the Old Bailey, London, built 1776 

Burnt by the rioters, June 6, 1780. Restored, 178 1. Sessions House built, 
1773; enlarged, 1808. Six felons made their escape from, by cutting through 
the roof of their cells, but were re-taken, October 27, 1816. They were under 
sentence of transportation. A terrible riot also took place among the convicts 
here, which was quelled by threats of withholding their allowance of food, 
August 26, 1816. 

NEW ROAD, THE, from Paddington to Islington, cut ... 1757 

rhe New Road from Paddington to Islington, commenced from the Edgeware- 
road, at the west end of Water-lane, and passed through the estates of the 
Rev. Mr. Lloyd, at Lisson-grove, Mr. Portman, the Duke of Portland, &c. &c. 

NEWSTEAD ABBEY, Nottinghamshire, built 1160 

NTORHAM CASTLE, Durham, built 1100 

NORTON PRIORY, Cheshire, built 1210 

NORWICH CATHEDRAL, begun 1096 

NOTTINGHAM CASTLE, built 1068 

NOTRE DAME, CATHEDRAL OF. 

The first Christian church which Paris possessed was built nearly on the site of 
the present Cathedral, and is supposed to have been built about the year 375. 
It was for some time the only one in the city. In or about the year 522, 
another was erected close beside it. This Cathedral may be considered as 
uniting these churches, from the circumstance of its occupying nearly the 
whole space upon which they had before stood. This edifice is said to have 
been begun about the year 1010, in the reign of Robert II.; though others 
assert that it was not erected until 1160. It is probable, however, that it 
was not commenced till after the accession of Louis's son and successor 
Philip II. named Philip Augustus, who occupied the throne from 1180 till 
1223; and was not quite finished till the latter end of the reign of Philip VI. 
or the middle of the fourteenth century. The interior is 414 feet in length, 
by 144 in width. The roof is 102 feet high. 
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NUNEATON NUNNERY, Warwickshire, built . . . .... 1 170 

NUTLY ABBEY, Bucks, built 1162 

OAKHAM CASTLE, Rutlandshire, built . 1162 

OBELISK, THE, in Blackfriars road, erected ... ., 1761 

In the Mayoralty of Crosby. 

ODIAM CASTLE, Hants, built, 1190 

OKEHAMPTON CASTLE, Devon, built....- 1058 

OLD MANOR HOUSE, THE. 

The Old Manor House, was built in the reign of Henry Vlll. This mansion 
stood at the top of High-street, nearly opposite the Old Church. It was 
pulled down in 1791. 

OLVESTON PRIORY, Lincolnshire, built 1160 

OPERA HOUSE, THE ENGLISH, in the Strand, en- 
tirely destroyed by fire, February 16 — 1830 

OPERA-HOUSE, THE, in the Hay-market, opened 1704 

Burnt 1789, and the foundation of a new one laid, April 3, 1790 : used as a play- 
house, September 22, 1791. 

OPERA HOUSE, THE NEW, built on the site of the 

Lyceum, in the Strand.... ... 1816 

ORANSEY ABBEY, Scotland, built 567 

ORFORD CASTLE, Suffolk, built 1066 

ORIEL COLLEGE, founded 1337 

ORPHAN'S FUND, in London, began about 1391 

OSYTH'S, (ST.) PRIORY, Essex, built 1120 

OTTERY PRIORY, Devon, built 1060 

OUTINIAN SOCIETY, instituted, July 30 1820i 

OXFORD CASTLE, built ,,, 1074 

Theatre built, 1169. Library built, 1745. Hospital begun. May 4, 1772. The 
ToWn Hall of Oxford was built about the middle of the last century, princi- 
pally at the expense of Thomas Romney, Esq. formerly High Steward, and 
representative of the city in Parliament. City Bridewell at, built, 1789, in- 
stead of the Old Prison, which was taken down in 1771- Serious disturb- 
ance at in 1209, in consequence of some dispute between the Students and 
the townsmen. University College founded or restored, by William of 
Durham, Rector of Bishop- Wearmouth, 1223. Sixty-three Students killed 
at, February 10, 1354, in a quarrel with the townsmen; when the Mayor of 



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OXFORD CASTLE, (continued.) 

the city, and Sheriff of the county were prosecuted and fined on account of 
the same ; and in commemoration of which, the Mayor and sixty-two of the 
townsmen were obliged to attend St. Mary's church on every anniversary of 
the day, and after prayers to pay each a silver penny to the proctors of the 
University at the altar. This custom was kept till 1825, when the claim was 
relinquished. The Observatory at, completed in 17S5, by Mr. Wyatt; cost 
£30,000. defrayed by the trustees of Dr. Radcliffe. 

PADDINGTON-STREET, Mary-le-bone, built 1772 

PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, Pali-Mall East, 

established......,,,,..., ,.. , 1804 

PAISLEY MONASTERY, Scotland, founded 1160 

PALACE, CARLTON HOUSE, pulled down 1825 

PANCRAS NEW CHURCH, (ST.) the first stone of, 

laid, July 1 1819 

The Architect of this beautiful building, was H. Inwood, Esq. ; the builder, Mr, 
Seabrook, who contracted to erect it for the sum of £42,223. It was conse- 
crated on the 7th of May, 1S22. The pulpit and reading-desk are formed of 
a part of the celebrated oak, called the Fairlop Oak. 

PANTHEON, THE, at Rome, built b.c. 25 

PANTHEON, THE, Oxford-street, first opened, January, 

27 1772 

Converted to an Opera House, March, 1791; burnt down, January 14, 1792; loss 
estimated at £80,000. Re-built, 1795. Sold pursuant to an order of the 
Court of Exchequer, January 24, 1832. It was put up at £6,000. and ulti- 
mately knocked down to a Mr. Robinson for £16,000. The premises are 
freehold, except the front entrance, which is leasehold, and held for a term 
of 49 years, from 1798. 

PARK, ST. JAMES'S ; see page 127, ante. 

PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Dublin ; see " Fires," page 294. 

PAUL'S, THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. built on the foun- 
dation of an old Temple of Diana 6 

Burnt, 964; re-built, 1250, having been 150 years in building; steeple fired by 
lightning, 1443; re-built, having been in great part burnt down, 1631 ; it was 
totally destroyed by the great fire in 1666 ; first stone of the present building 
laid, June 21, by the architect, assisted by Thomas Strong, (the master 
mason), and the second by Mr. Long-land, 1675; finished 1710; and cost the 
sum of £100,000,000.; first service performed in, December 2, 1697; the 
ball and cross renewed, 1823. The entire length of St. Pauls, from east to 
west is 500 feet, and that of the proper transept 285. The breadth of tht 
body of the church is 107 feet, and that of the transept nearly the same, 
The dial-plate of the clock, is nearly fifty-seven feet in circumference, or 
nearly twenty in diameter. The minute hand is eight feet long; and tbe bell 
which chimes the quarters, between 11 and 12,000 pounds. This hell is 
only tolled on the death and funeral of any member of the Royal Family, the 



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PAUL'S, THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. (continued.) 

Bishop of London, and the Lord Mayor. Malcolm informs us, (in 1803) that 
the bell had been silent ever since 1790, after announcing the death of the 
Duke of Cumberland, the brother of George III. 

The height to the top of the cross is four hundred and six feet, eight 
inches, and forty parts. The iron balustrade round the church-yard is three 
furlongs, and one-fifth. The number of rails rounrl, is betwixt two and three 
thousand: and the cost of the same, above £11,000. 

PAUL'S, (ST.) SCHOOL, founded, 1510 

PEELE CASTLE, in the Isle of Man, built before 1245 

PEELE CASTLE, Lancashire, built 1140 

PEMBROKE COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 620 

PEMBROKE HALL, Cambridge, founded 1343 

PENDRAGON CASTLE, Westmoreland, destroyed 1341 

Repaired, 1660. 

PENITENTIARY, THE NEW, built 1816 

The Act for the erection of the New Penitentiary for convicts, at Milbank, was 
passed in 1812; the quadrangle of completed, and convicts removed to, in 
June, 1816. 

PENMON PRIORY, Anglesea, built 540 

PERE LA CHAISE, THE NEW, commenced interments 

in, January 31 1833 

In the year 1832, an Act was passed " for establishing a General Cemetery for 
the interment of the dead in the vicinity of the Metropolis." This new place 
of burial is situated, at Kensall Green, on the Harrow-road. The first 
interment was Margaret, wife of Barnard Gregory, Esq. of Great Russell- 
street, Bloomsbury ; in consequence of which, no charge was made to the 
family of the deceased, and they promised to erect a tablet to her memory, 
recording the event of the opening thereof. The service was read by the 
Chaplain, in the new chapel. The coffin was then lowered to its destination, 
by machinery, in the most solemn and impressive manner, bricked up in a 
vault in the presence of the mourners, and the ground left under the protec- 
tion of an armed patrol, to be relieved every three hours. The place selected 
for the purpose of interments, consists of forty-eight acres. 

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL, built 1200 

The Cathedral of Peterborough was formerly a monastery; many of the stones of 
which, used in the foundation, were of such an extraordinary size, as to re- 
quire eight pair of oxen to draw them. The building was reduced to ruin by 
the Danes in 870; when the abbot Hedda, with eighty-four of his monks 
were put to death, after a furious attack on the place, by the command of 
Earl Hubba, who, after plundering the monastery, set it on fire, when it is 
said to have burnt fifteen days. After this, the monastery remained unin- 
habited for nearly a century, during which period, part of it was used for the 
confinement of cattle; but in 966, its restoration was begun, under the 
patronage of king Edgar, by Athelwold, Bishop of Winchester; when it was 
again burnt down by accident in 1116. Two years after, a new foundation . 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 357 

PETERBOROUGH CATHEDRAL, (continued.) 

■was laid by Abbot John de Sais, or Seez, when the present structure was 
erected. 

In 1643, the new building was attacked by the Republican soldiery, who 
committed dreadful excesses, destroying it even to the bare walls. All the 
ancient records, documents, &c. were either burnt, or torn to pieces. 

The Abbey- of Peterborough having been surrendered to the king, by the 
then Abbot, fJohn Chambers, in 1540, was erected into a bishopric in the 
following year; the residence being ordered to become the Bishop's palace. 

PETER'S, (ST.) at Rome, begun 1503 

St. Peter's, at Rome, began to be built by Julius II. Bramante Lazzari was the 
architect, and his plan was, to build the church in the form of a Greek cross. 
After his death, the work of finishing it was committed to Michael Angelo 
Buonarrotti, who continued the plan of Bramante, with respect to the Greek 
cross. Buonarotti continued the work for eighteen years; but he did not live 
long enough to complete it. On his successor resuming the work, the origi- 
nal plan was departed from, by the adoption of the lengthy latin cross; the 
reason for this was, because it was considered necessary that the new edifice 
should include the whole of the site of the ancient church of Constantine! 
and to this circumstance is attributed the defects in the building. 

The first stone of the edifice was laid by its founder in 1506 : and the front 
was completed in 1622, during the pontificate of Pius V. the seventeenth 
successor of Julius. Though carried on'with the greatest energy, it took the 
reign of eighteen Popes, and the period of one hundred and fifteen years to com- 
plete the temple alone ! the splendid additions, &c. occupying 150 years more. 
The buildings, up to the year 1622, cost the see of Rome forty millions of 
crowns, (more than eight millions sterling); and from that date to 1784, 
nearly ten millions of crowns more were expended. Even to the present 
time, the cost to the Papal treasury is thirty thousand crowns to keep it in 
repair. 

The whole length of the church in the inside is six hundred and fifteen 
feet; and the breadth in the transepts, four hundred and forty-eight. The 
extreme height, from the level of the piazza before the temple to the apex of 
the cross, is about four hundred and sixty feet, or nearly one-fourth as big-h 
again as St. Paul's, London. 

In the masonry of this church, &c. &c. several quarries must have been ex- 
hausted, vast quantities of stone having been used below the surface of the 
ground. 

PETERHOUSE COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded 1257 

PEVENSEY, or PEMSEY, Sussex, built by the Romans. 

PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY, Blackfriars road, esta- 
blished in 1S00 

PHYSICIANS' COLLEGE, London, founded 1519 

PHYSICIANS, ROYAL COLLEGE OF, Pali-Mall, 

founded 1523 

PHYSIC GARDENS, of Cambridge, Chelsea, and Oxford, 
see page 131, ante. 

PIAZZA FOUNTAIN NAVONA, at Rome, built 1680 



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PICTON CASTLE, Pembrokeshire, built before the Con- 
quest. 

This castle was entire in 1814. 

PLASHEY CASTLE, Essex, built by the Romans. 
POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION, THE, established ... 1808 

This Institution was established for the advancement of Practical Science, &c. 
The principal object of the Directors of this Institution, being todemonstrate 
those sound and important principles, upon which all science is based, and 
the different processes adopted in the most useful Arts and Manufactures. 
A building sufficiently capacious has been erected, and its public entrance is 
at No. 309, Regent-street; the building is 320 feet in depth ; and includes 
the mansion, 5, Cavendish-square. The interior consists of a hall, which is 
45 feet long by 40 in width, devoted to manufactures of various descriptions, 
viz.: — Letter-press Printing, — the business of an Optician, — a glass furnace, 
— Workshop of an Ivory Turner, — Weaving by Power Looms, — a rolling 
Steam Engine, — economical Cooking by Gas, — a Forge, — Two Steam Engine 
Boilers, &c. &c. 

PONTEFRACT, or POMFRET CASTLE, Yorkshire, 

built 1069 

PORCHESTER CASTLE, Hampshire, built by the Romans. 

POST OFFICE, THE NEW, St. Martin's-le-Grand, com- 
pleted 1829 

In 1815, an Act of Parliament was passed, which authorized certain Commis- 
sioners to make choice of a piece of ground for the erection of the New Post 
Office. It was some time before the ground was sufficiently clear for the 
laying of the first stone, which did not take place until May, 1824. On the 
23rd of September, 1829, fourteen years after the passing of the Act of Par- 
liament, the new building was completed and opened for public business. 
Over the centre portico is the inscription, — " Georgeo Quarto Regb, 
MDCCCXXIX." The building is 389 feet long, 130 wide, and 64 high. 

There is not any regular account in existence, which states the revenue of 
the Post Office of England, later than 1724. In that year the net income of 
the institution was £96,339. Its progress since, stated at intervals of five 
years, has been as follows, viz. : — 

sS. £. 

In 1729, 92,307 1784 126,513 

1734 91,701 1789 318,610 

1739 97,250 1794, 463,003 

1744, 85,114 1799 733,150 

1749, 88,323 1804, 952,893 

1754, 97,365 1809, 1,213,049 

1759, 86,095 1814 1,532,153 

1764 116.182 1819, 1,528,538 

1769, 164,760 1824 1,588,672 

1774 164,077 1829, 1,509,347 

1779, 139,248 1832, 1,547,132 

The following is the amount of Postages collected in some of the principal 
trading cities and towns of the United Kingdom in the years 1831, and 
1832, viz.:— 

1831. £. 1832. £ 

InLondon, 628,641 637,178 

Birmingham 29,864 28,684 

Bristol 36,670 33,887 



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POST OFFICE, THE, LONDON, (continued.) 

1831. £. 1832. £. 

Hull 15,030 14,603 

Leeds 20,963 20,315 

Liverpool 70,974 70,018 

Manchester 52,320 53,449 

Sheffield 11,161 11,026 

Edinburgh 42,621 42,758 

Glasgow 35,641 35,754 

Dublin 101,529 80,610 

Cork 10,769 11,511 

POWIS CASTLE, Montgomeryshire, built 1110 

POWDERHAM CASTLE, Devonshire, built, 970 

PUTNEY BRIDGE, built . 1726 

PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT, built, b. c. 1430 

PYTHAGORAS'S SCHOOL, Cambridge, built 1092 

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1340 

QUEEN'S COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded.. 1448 

RABY CASTLE, Durham, built 1020 

RADCLIFFE LIBRARY, began 1737 

This Library was founded by Dr. Radcliffe, a distinguished Physician, who be- 
queathed £40.000. for the erection of the building, £100. per annum for the 
purchase of books, and £150. per annum for the Librarian. The building 
was designed and executed by Gibbs, of Aberdeen. It was opened April 13, 
1749. 

RAINE'S CHARITY, commenced 1720 

RAMSEY ABBEY, Huntingdonshire, built .. 969 

RANZA CASTLE, Arran Isle, Scotland, built before 1380 

RATHBONE PLACE, began to be erected in 1720 

The erection of Rathbone Place, was commenced by Captain Rathboiie, who died 
in 1721. 

RAVENSWORTH CASTLE, Yorkshire, built 1030 

READING ABBEY, founded 1130 

RECULVER ABBEY, Kent, built 669 

RESTORMEL CASTLE, Cornwall, built 1100 

RHEIMS CATHEDRAL, built 840 



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RHUDLAND CASTLE, in Wales, built before the Con- 
quest. 

Re-built, 1063. Repaired, 1281. 

RIALTO, THE, at Venice, built 1570 

RICHBOROUGH CASTLE, Kent, built by the Romans. 

RICHMOND BRIDGE, Surrey, begun to be built, Au- 
gust 23 1774 

Finished, 1777: Palace built, 1498. 

RICHMOND CASTLE, Yorkshire. 

The town of Richmond dates its origin, shortly after the Norman invasion. The 
Saxon noble, Earl Edwin, possessed that part of the country in which Rich- 
mond is situated ; and, on the invasion of William the Conqueror, he became 
a determined opposer of the invaders of his country. He marie two unsuc- 
cessful attempts to recover it ; on the failure of the first, he received -a 
pardon: but on the suppression of the second, he was betrayed by those in 
whom he confided, and slain. The assassins, in the hope of obtaining a re- 
ward for this exploit, cut off his head, and bore it in triumph to William, 
who, instead of bestowing any mark of approbation of the transaction, burst 
into tears, and commanded the banishment of the perpetrators from the 
kingdom. The domains of the Earl were afterwards bestowed on one of the 
Conqueror's followers, Alan, Count of Bretagne, to whom he also some time 
after gave his daughter in marriage. By this gift, the Count became the 
possessor of two hundred manors and townships; and in order to protect 
bjmself and his property from the enraged population around, he built the 
Castle of Richmond. 

After the death of Alan, the property descended to his son-in-law, having 
no children by his wife. After been inherited by various families, it was 
erected into a Dukedom by Henry VIII. in favour of his natural son, by the 
daughter of Sir John Blount, who died in 1535, at the age of seventeen. The 
Dukedom came to the present family, in the reign of Cearles II. and also 
the Castle of Richmond. 

Leland, who saw it in 1534, mentions it in his ' Itinerary, ' as having 
greatly fallen to decay. It bad not been inhabited from the year 1485, when 
it came into the possession of the Crown, by the accession of Henry VII. 
who was previously Earl of Richmond. This noble building occupies about 
six acres of ground. [Ruined and desolate as it now appears, Richmond 
Castle was, when seen by the Compiler, in 1817! still majestic and im- 
posing.] 

RIPPON MONASTERY, Yorkshire, built 677 

RIVAULX ABBEY, Yorkshire, built 1132 

ROCHE ABBEY, Yorkshire, built..., 1147 

ROCHESTER BRIDGE, built 1392 

Repaired, 1744, and palisadoed with new iron rails. Cathedral built, 610. Re- 
paired, 1080. Castle built, 1070. 

ROCKINGHAM CASTLE, Northamptonshire, built 1070 

ROLL'S CHAPEL, Chancery-lane, London, built 1232 

Master's house built, 1717, 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 353 

ROMAN HIGHWAYS made in Britain 415 

ROTHSAY CASTLE, Isle of Bute, Scotland, built before . 1263 
ROUND TOWERS, in Ireland, built about 838 

They were called Clochtheach, or House of the Bell, and were built by the Danes, 
or Ostmen. 

ROYAL SOCIETY, Somerset Place, incorporated 1663 

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, Somerset Place 1768 

ROYAL INSTITUTION, 21, Albemarle Street, incor- 
porated 1800 

Enlarged by Act of Parliament, 1810. 

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC, Tenterden-street, in- 
stituted 1822 

ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, 2, Parliament- 
street 1 823 

RUMSEY ABBEY, Hants, built 972 

RUSSELL INSTITUTION, Great Coram-street, Russell- 
square, instituted 1808 

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL, the foundation of laid, 

April 28 : 1220 

The founder died in 1229; when the building was carried on by his successors in 
the see — Bingham, de Yorke, and Giles de Bridport, by the last of whom it 
was brought to a close about the year 1260. The upper part of the tower, 
with the spire, were added afterwards; and, (adds Mr. Button), probably in 
the time of Bishop Robert de Wyvile, who occupied the see from 1329 to 
1375. After the Cathedral had been begun, and the Bishop, Clergy, and 
tenantry had built houses, Henry III. granted them a Charter, which de- 
clared New Salisbury, (or Sarisbury) a free city; giving them permission to 
enclose it with walls and ditches, from the incursions of robbers, and all 
other hostile attacks. 

SALT WOOD CASTLE, Kent, built by the Romans. 

SAMPSON'S, (ST.) CHURCH, Guernsey, built 1111 

SANDAL CASTLE, Yorkshire, built 1317 

SANFORD CASTLE, Dorset, built 1540 

SANDOWN CASTLE, Kent, built .. 1539 

SANDGATE CASTLE, Kent, built 1540 

SANDWICH BRIDGE, built.. 1756 

No. 46. 3 A 



354 THE NKW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SAVIOUR'S, (ST.) CHURCH, Southwark, built 109$ 

SAVOY PALACE, THE, in the Strand, London, built ... 1245 

It was converted to an Hospital in 1.549. Bnrnt down, March 2, 1776. The 
ruins of, pulled down for the erection of the Waterloo Bridge. 

SAWLEY ABBEY, Yorkshire, built 114^ 

SCARBOROUGH CASTLE, built 1 14C 

It was huilt by William Earl of Albemarle and Holderness. King Henry II. 
with a view of curbing the power of bis nobility, ordered the demolition of 
most of the places of strength which had previously been built in all parts of 
the kingdom ; but the uncommon strength and position of Scarborough 
Castle, instead of being destroyed, was ordered by him to be preserved as the 
property of the crown ; and it has ever since remained one of the royal 
castles, being occupied by a small garrison, consisting of a few invalids, but 
who are accommodated in barracks of modern erection. This castle was 
afterwards considerably enlarged by Richard II. 

SCHOOL, THE EASTERN NATIONAL, St. Mary-le- 

bone, instituted 1824 

This School will hold 500 children. 

SCONE ABBEY, near Perth, founded 1114 

Burnt by the populace at the Reformation, 1.599, and afterwards re-built; 
Charles II. was the last king crowned in the Kirk; all the Scottish monarchs 
having been crowned in this Abbey. Made the residence of the Count de 
Artois, of France, in 1798. 

SEVERUS'S WALL, built in the North of England 203 

SE WDLEY CASTLE, Gloucestershire, built 1442 

SHADWELL POLICE OFFICE, removed to High-street, 

Mary-le-bone : 1821 

It was removed by Act of Parliament, from Shadwell to High-street, Lord Sid- 
mouth being Secretary of State at the time ; it was opened for the trans- 
acting of business, July 16, 1821. 

SHAKSPEARE'S MONUMENT, in Westminster Abbey, 

erected 1 741 

SHAP MONASTERY, Westmorland, founded 1189 

SHERBORNE CASTLE, Dorset, built 1107 

SHREWSBURY- ABBEY, Salop, built 1033 

Castle built, 1084. 

SION ABBEY, Middlesex, built 1414 

SION COLLEGE, London Wall, built 1624;, 

SIMPSON'S HOSPITAL, Dublin, for Blind and Gouty 

Men, established, and built, 1780 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 355 

SIX-CLERK'S OFFICE, Chancery-lane, London, built ... 1776 

SKIPTON CASTLE, Yorkshire, built about 1070 

SMALL-POX HOSPITAL, St. Pancras, instituted, Sep- 
tember 26 1746 

SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF ARTS, 
MANUFACTURES, and COMMERCE, Adelphi, 
instituted ". 1753 

SOCIETY FOR THE HOUSELESS POOR, in London, 

founded, January 14 1820 

SOMERSET HOUSE, Strand, London, built 1549 

Pulled down, 1776, and began to be re-built in its present state: — first Exhibi- 
tion at, May 1, 1780: — the Navy Office, Pipe Office, Victualling Office, and 
other Public Offices, removed into it in 1788: — the terrace fell down, De- 
cember 26, 1788: — had £306,134. and 9|tZ. granted by Parliament to defray 
the expense of its erection to the year 1788 : — £1,500 in addition, in 1798 : 
and £2,550. in 1801. 

SOMERTON CASTLE, near Newark, Lincolnshire, built . 1305 

SORBONNE, THE, at Paris, founded 1250 

SOUTHWARK BRIDGE, first stone of laid, May 23 1815 

Opened, March 25, 1819. 

SOUTHWARK LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SO- 
CIETY, founded 1840 

The foundation stone of a new building for the accommodation of this body was 
laid in the borough road in the presence of a numerous company. Mr. H. 
Kemble, M.P. for Surrey, performed the masonic officp, and delivered a suit- 
able address. Alderman Humphrey, M. P., Dr. Southwood Smith, and the 
Rev. Mr. Horton, Rector of the parish, also attended and took part in the 
proceedings. 

SOUTHWELL PALACE, Newark, Nottinghamshire, built 1518 
STADTHOUSE; see page 315, ante. 

STAFFORD CASTLE, built 1070 

STAINES, NEW BRIDGE at, opened April 23 1832 

William IV. and Queen Adelaide, were present at the ceremony. 

STATUE, THE, OF Wm. DUKE OF CUMBERLAND, 

erected in Cavendish-square, by Chew, 1770 

Erected at the expense of General Sir William Strode. In 1783, it was re-gilt, 
at the expense of the Princess Amelia. 

General Strode also erected, in 1799, a handsome Corinthian pillar and 
pedestal, upwards of 20 feet high, commemorative of the Naval Victories ©f 



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THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 



STATUE OF Wm. DUKE OF CUMBERLAND, (con- 
tinued.) 

Great Britain: and supporting a statue of George III. with the following in- 
scription on the front : — 

" Sacred to British Glory, and the heroes 

of its Empire; 

Who aided by the Almighty 

have carried their victorious arms 

throughout every region 

of the earth ; 

liberating mankind 

from the Atheistical principles, 

unjust usurpations, 

and tyrannical subjugation 

of rapacious France, 

restoring due subordination, felicity, and 

civivilization throughout 

Europe." 



On the right-hand Square. 

" In this memorable year, 

on the 4th of May, 1799, 

Seringapatam was taken by storm, 

and the perfidious Tippoo Saib 

slain in his capital, 

by the English forces under General Harris ; 

the territory of Mysore, 

and port of Mangalore, 

annexed to the Eastern dominions 

of Great Britain ; 

and quiet and security restored 

to that quarter of the 

Globe." 



On the left-hand Square. 

" In memory 

of the achievements of Admirals 

Lords Havvke, Rodney, Howe, Hood, 

Bridport, St. Vincent, Nelson, Duncan, 

Sir John Borlase Warren, 

Sir Sidney Smith, and Mitchell, 

who in different actions with the 

Spanish, French, and Dutch, 

took the Admirals of each nation; 

captured, sunk, and destroyed, 

above one thousand of their ships 

annihilating their fleets and commerce, 

and ascertained and maintained 

under the Divine Providence, 

the Empire of Great Britain over the 

Globe." 



On the Back Square. 

" Stet columna 

in secula stet 

magis floreant res Britannic®; 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 357 

STATUE OF Wm. DUKE OF CUMBERLAND, (continued.) 

sic sperat precat 

Edw. Aug. Stratford, 

Comes de Aldborough, de Ormond super, 

Vicecomes Amiens, 

Baro de Battinglass, &c. &c. &c. 

Qui 

regnante Georgio Tertio, 

sub auspiciis Dei Omnipotentis 

anncque Salustis, 1799, 

posuit." 

The foundation of the pillar having given way, the whole was taken down 
about 1805. 

ST. JOHN'S WOOD CHAPEL consecrated 1814 

ST. MARY-LE-BONE GENERAL DISPENSARY, in- 
stituted 1785 

ST. MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, CHURCH OF. 

St. Martin's parish was formerly of very great extent, and comprehended the 
whole space, (the parishes of St. John's and St. Margaret's excepted) from 
the banks of the river, to St. Giles's, and from Somerset House, in the east, 
and to Hyde Park and Chelsea, in the west. Various alterations have taken 
place: — viz. the erection of St. Paul, Covent Garden, in 1645: that of St. 
Anne's, Westminster, in 1678: that of St. James's, in 1685: and that of 
St. George's, Hanover-square in 1724. The parish of St. Martin is now com- 
paratively a small district, consisting of some streets in the immediate 
neighbourhood of the church; from Waterloo bridge to Charing Cross, and 
a continuation of the same line to the West-end of Pali-Mall. It also in- 
cludes the Green Park, with part of St. James's, being the only fields within 
the boundaries of the same remaining. 

Little is known of this district, than that it contained a chapel so early as 
the beginning of the thirteenth century, and that in the middle of the four- 
teenth, it was erected into a parish. The church had long before gone to ruin, 
and re-built in the reign of Henry VIII. ; was greatly enlarged in 1607, by the 
addition of a chancel, at the expense of Prince Henry, son of James I. and 
several of the nobility. This building too went to decay, was taken down in 

1721, and the foundation stone of the present structure laid, March 19th, 

1722, by the Bishop of Salisbury, with great ceremony, en the site of the 
former one. According to the Latin inscription over the front portico, it is 
described as being finished in 1726 ; and that it was consecrated October 20, 
in the same year. The expense was nearly £37,000.; of which, £33,450. 
was raised, by Act of Parliament, by rates, and voluntary contributions. The 
King gave 100 guineas to be distributed among the workmen, and £1,500. for 
the purchasing an organ ; but the original instrument has long since given 
place to another. The steeple has an excellent peal of bells, and the cost for 
re-casting the same, amounted to £1,264. The celebrated Nell Gwynn was 
interred in the burial ground of this parish; and it is said, left a sum of 
money for a weekly entertainment to the ringers, which they still enjoy. 

" The newspapers of 1724," according to Malcolm, in his " ' Londinum 
Redivivum,'" mentions the refusal of £500. from a lady who would have 
given that sum towards enriching the altar-piece." 

In grandeur, St. Martin's church is accounted next to St. Paul's Cathedral. 
It was erected by Gibbs, a native of Scotland. The spire is also reckoned one 
of the most beautiful in London. The length of the church is 140 feet, its 
breadth 60, and its height 45. 

The Palace of St. James's being accounted within the bounds of this parish, 



358 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ST. MARTIN'S CHURCH, (concluded,) 

it is, consequently, the proper parish church of the Royal Family, their seats 
being provided accordingly for them and their household on each side of the 
altar: and George III. used to attend here occasionally. The admiralty is 
also in this parish : and on that account it is customary for naval victories to 
be first announced by the bells of this church. On the day of the consecra- 
tion of this church, " the Lords of the Admiralty," says Malcolm, " pre- 
sented to the parish a grand Standard of England, thirty feet long, and four- 
teen broad, to be displayed on the steeple, during the public rejoicings ; but 
it was blown to rags on the first day it was hoisted, August 1, 1726, the anni- 
versary of the accession of George I. 

The late burial ground of St. Martin's Church was removed, 1830. The 
present Catacombs of erected, 1831. Consecrated by the Lord Bishop of 
London. 

STONE, the first, of the OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, 

Charing-Cross, laid, 183 L 

The first stone of this building was laid, June 29, 1831, by His Grace the Duke 
of Richmond, Post-Master General. 

STRAND BRIDGE, THE, first stone of, laid, October 11 1815 

Opened to the public by a grand procession, the name having- been changed to 
Waterloo Bridge, in honour of the Duke of Wellington, June 18, 1817. 

STRASBURGH CATHEDRAL, begun in the vmth. cen- 
tury. 

The present Cathedral was begun by the French king, Pepin le Bref, and finished 
by his son and successor, Charlemagne. Destroyed in the war which follow- 
ed the death of the Emperor Otho III. in 1002. Their restoration com- 
menced in 1015, by Bishop Werinhaire, or Werner, by whom the work was 
continued with great spirit till his death, in 1028, 100,000 men being em- 
ployed ; the body was not completed till 1275. The first stone of the present 
spire laid, May 25, 1277. by Bishop Conrad de Lichtenberg. Steinbach, the 
master builder, died 1318. Succeeded by his son John, who superintended 
the work till his death in 1339. Spire finished, 1438, having been in hand 
161 years. Brought to a conclusion by John Hulz, who survived its comple- 
tion till 1449. Clock of begun, 1571 ; finished June 24, 1574. 

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON MONASTERY, built 1075 

STRATFORD PLACE, St. Mary -le-bone, built 1774 

ST. STEPHEN'S CHAPEL, built 1110 

SUNDAY SCHOOL, THE, at Camberwell, established .. . 1800 

SURGEONS, ROYAL COLLEGE OF, Lincoln's Inn- 
fields, Chartered in 1800 

SYDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded ... 1113 

TAMWORTH CASTLE, Warwickshire, built,. 914 

TAVISTOKE MONASTERY, Devon, built 961 



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TEMPLE, THE, London, founded by the Knights Tem- 
plars 1 185 

The Middle Temple liall built, 1572 ; their present church built, 1240. (For a 
further account of " The Templars," see page 186, ante, 

The Temple Church fittings were sold by auction, by Mr. Hammond, by 
order of the Honourable the Benchers of the Inner and Middle Temples. 
The various articles put up for sale attracted the attention of the collectors 
of rare and curious articles : the fittings consisted of magnificent carvings and 
decorations in oak, in the style of the celebrated Gibbons. The matchless 
ornaments of the noble organ, and the splendidly carved altar, executed ac- 
cording to the Corinthian and Tuscan orders, were objects of peculiar attrac- 
tion. The sale took place in the dinmg-hall of the Inner Temple. 

TEMPLE BAR, built 1672 

Temple Bar is now the only remaining city gate ; after the great fire of London, 
two strong gates were erected, of the Corinthian Order, which used, for- 
merly, to be shut at night, and guarded by watchmen. Over the gateway, 
fronting the city, in niches, are the effigies in stone, of Queen Elizabeth, 
and king James I. with the king's arms over the key-stone of the gate. On 
the west side, fronting the city of Westminster, in niches, are the figures of 
Charles I. and II. Formerly the heads of those executed for rebellion used 
to be fixed over the same. The gate was built by Sir C. Wren. The shut- 
ting the gate every night is now done away, excepting on the visit of a King 
or Queen to the city, who are not admitted therein until a pursuivant has 
knocked, and permission granted by the Lord Mayor. In 1795, the pro- 
priety of taking down this gate was strongly urged ; the intended demolition, 
however, was abandoned. The State has now ceased the exhibitions at 
Temple Bar. The last heads placed there, were those of some of the indi- 
viduals who suffered after the Rebellion of 1745. Horace Walpole, in one 
ofjhis letters, dated Aug-ust 16, 1746, says, — " I have been this morning at 
" the Tower, and passed under the new heads at Temple Bar, where people 
" make a trade of letting spy-glasses at a halfpenny a look." Thpse heads 
were removed at the commencement of the present century. They were 
sometimes allowed to bleach for years in the sun and rain, when at last the 
wind would blow one down into the street. Mention is also made, that the 
head of Counsellor Layer, as he used to be called, who was executed for 
High Treason at Tyburn, May 17, 1723, was the same. It was picked up by 
Mr. John Pearce, an attorney, a gentleman who resided in the neighbourhood. 

TENBY CASTLE, Pembrokeshire, built 1079 

TETBURY CHURCH, Gloucestershire, re-built 1781 

This church was rebuilt at the expense of £3,658. 16s.: and the pavement and 
pews cost £1000. 17s. additional. Opened, October, 1781. 

TEWKESBURY ABBEY, Gloucestershire, built 1102 

THEO BALD'S HOUSE, Herts, pulled down 1 765 

THESEUS' TEMPLE, at Athens, built b. c 428 

THETFORD MONASTERY, founded 1103 

THOMAS'S HOSPITAL, (ST.) Southwark, founded 1553 

THORNBURY CASTLE, Gloucestershire, built 1510 

THORNEY ABBEY, Cambridgeshire, built 972 



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THORNTON COLLEGE, Lincolnshire, built 1174 

TILBURY FORT; see page 190, ante. 

TILTEY ABBEY, Essex, built 1152 

T1NTERN ABBEY, Monmouthshire; built 1131 

Founded by Walter de Clave, grand-son of Walter Fitzosbert, Earl of Ew. It was 
filled by a colony of Cistercians, or White Monks. These Cistercians made 
their first appearance in England abnut 1128, and established themselves at 
Waverley, in Surrey, when, having obtained a footing, they spread rapidly, so 
much so, that, in the 26th of Henry VIII. the number of abbies of that order 
alone, amounted to seventy-five, thirty-six of which were included amongst 
the greater monasteries. There were also twenty-six nunneries of the same. 
This abbey is suppose!! to have been the oldest of that Order. At its disso- 
lution, it contained but thirteen monks : and its rental, according to Dugdale, 
amounted to no more than £132 Is. 4d. 5 but Speed says it was £256 1 Is. Gd. 
After the Reformation, it was granted by the Crown to Henry, second Earl 
of Worcester, ancestor of the present Duke of Beaufort. 

The church was erected some time after the monastery. According to 
William of Worcester, the monks celebrated their first mass in the new 
church in 1268; but it lias been conjectured, that at that lime, only part of 
the building- could have been erected. Tintern Abbey has been the theme of 
several poetical effusions. 

TOWER OF LONDON, THE, built by WILLIAM 
THE CONQUEROR. 

The foundation of the Tower of London, according to record, was marked out, 
and that pait of the building, called " The White Tower, " erected by 
William the Conqueror, in the year 1076, with a view, no doubt, to secure 
to himself and his followers, a safe retreat, in case of any surprise from the 
English while he was employed in settling the government of his new con- 
quests. The death of the Conqueror in 1088, about twelve years after this 
fortress was begun, put a stop to the progress of the work for a while, and 
left the completion of it to William Rufiis, son to William the Conqueror, 
who iu 1096, surrounded it with walls, and fortified it with a broad and deep 
ditch; since his time, indeed, the number of buildings within the walls has 
been gradually and greatly increased, so that it seems now rather a town, than 
a fortress. 

TIVERTON CASTLE, Devonshire, built 1110 

TRAJAN'S PILLAR, erected in Rome 114 

It is built of white marble, and was formerly surmounted by a statue of the 
Emperor : in the place of which, that of the Apostle Peter has been substi- 
tuted. The height, including the statue, is 124 English feet, and consists 
only of thirty-three blocks of marble. It is ascended by a staircase: and 
there are forty-three loop-holes for the admission of light. 

TRAJAN'S PIAZZA, built at Rome, in 100 

TREMATON CASTLE, Cornwall, built before the Con- 
quest; it was entire, in 1817 

TRINITY HOUSE, London, founded..... 1515 

Incorporated, 1685. Built on Tower-hill, 1795. 



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TRINITY COLLEGE, Cambridge, founded 1536 

The bust of Sir Isaac Newton erected in, July 5, 1755. 

TRINITY COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1555 

TRINITY HALL, Cambridge, founded 1350 

TUILLERIES, in Paris, built 1577 

TUNBRIDGE CASTLE, built 1090 

Priory built, 1094. 

TUPHOLME PRIORY, near Lincoln, built 1 1 60 

TYCHFIELD ABBEY, Hampshire, built 1232 

TYNEMOUTH CASTLE and PRIORY, Northumber- 
land, built 700 

VAL DE GRACE, in Paris, built 1666 

VALLE CRUCIS ABBEY, Denbighshire, built , 1200 

VAUXHALL BRIDGE, first stone of laid, May 9 1811 

Completed, 1815; opened July 25, 1817. 

VERSAILLES PALACE, France, began 1687 

Finished in 1708. 

ULVERSCROFT PRIORY, Leicestershire, built 1 167 

UPNOR CASTLE. 

Built by Queen Elizabeth, in the third year of her reign, for the defence of the 
river. In the reign of Charles II. in June, 1677, the Dutch, under the 
famous Admiral De Ruyter, suddenly appeared at the mouth of the Thames 
during a protracted negotiation, and detached his Vice-Admiral, Van Ghent, 
with seventeen of his lighter ships, and eight fire-ships, to sail up the 
Medway. Van Ghent took the fovt of Sheerness with little difficulty, and 
having destroyed the stores, made dispositions to proceed up the river. 
Monk, Duke of Albemarle, made every effort which the sudden surprise 
would admit of. He sunk several ships in the Channel of the river, and 
drew a chain across, behind which he placed the Unity, the Matthias, and 
Charles the Fifth, three large men of war that had just been taken from the 
Dutch, who were advancing very fast, and having the advantage of wind and 
tide, passed through the sunken ships and broke the chain. The ships that 
guarded it were in a moment in a blaze; and Van Ghent continued to ad- 
vance with six men of war, and fire ships until he came opposite Upnor Castle ; 
but he met with so warm a reception from Major Scott, the Commandant of 
the Castle, and Sir Edward Spragge, who directed the battery on the oppo- 
site shore, that he was obliged to sheer off; but on their return, they burnt 
the Royal Oak, the Great James, and the Loyal London. 

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362 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WADHAM COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1613 

WALMER CASTLE, Kent, built , 1539 

WALSINGHAM PPJORY, Norfolk, built ,. 1070 

WALTHAM ABBEY, built 1062 

WALTHAM CROSS, built 1292 

This Cross was another of the fifteen erected by Edward I. in memory of his affec- 
tionate wife, Eleanor of Castile, in the places where her corpse rested for the 
night, on its way for interment in Westminster Abbey, where it was buried, 
in the chapel of king Edward the Confessor. 

WALTON BRIDGE, erected 1747 

Re-built, 1786. 

WARDEN MONASTERY, Bedfordshire, built.. 1136 

WARWICK CASTLE, built 912 

Re-built, 1072. 

WELCH HOSPITAL, Gray's Inn -lane, London, erected . 1772 

WELLS CATHEDRAL, built 704 

WELNOCK ABBEY, Salop, built 1081 

Monastery built, 680. 

WESTERN NATIONAL SCHOOL, THE, Mary-le-, 

bone, erected 1824 

The School-rooms of this Institution are capable of accommodating 600 children, 
viz: — 350 boys, and 250 girls. 

WESTHAM ABBEY, Essex, founded 1154 

WESTMALLING ABBEY, Kent, founded 944 

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, began, September 13 1738 

First stone of laid, January 29, 1738: centre arch finished, March 3, 1741 : last 
arch, August, 1746: pier sunk and repaired, September 1, 1747: opened for 
passengers, November 17, 1750, and cost £426,650.: it was defrayed by 
Parliament. 

WESTMINSTER COLLEGE, founded by Queen Eliza- 
beth 1590 

WESTMINSTER ABBEY, built by Ethelbert of Kent ... 91 

Built on the spot where stood the Temple of Apollo. — Repaired by king Edgar, 
969. Raised to its present pre-eminence by Edward the Confessor, 1065. 
William the Conqueror crowned in, 1066 ; and in this abbey, with the excep- 
tion of Edward V. every Prince who has reigned in England, during the 
nearly eight centuries that have since elapsed. It is supposed to have been 
the first built in the form of a cross, and received no addition till the reign of 
Henry III, when the eastern portion of the edifice was taken down, and re-. 



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WESTMINSTER ABBEY, (continued.) 

built in a style of greater magnificence, succeeding monarchs continuing it. 
Here is preserved the famous stone, brought from Scone, in Scotland, by Ed- 
ward I. in 1296, and upon which our kings have since been crowned. Con- 
stituted a Cathedral, December 17, 1540, with a Bishop, Dean, twelve pre- 
bendaries, and other inferior officers. The new Bishop was Thomas Thirleby, 
then Dean of the Chapel Royal. The annual revenue was £4000. at that 
period. Bishop Thirleby surrendered the new bishopric to Edward VI. 
March 29, 1550, when it was soon afterwards united to London. Part of the 
possessions of St. Peter's Cathedral (the real title of Westminster Abbey) 
were taken for the repairs i3f St. Paul's Cathedral, and hence arose the pro- 
verb of — " robbing Peter to pay Paul." The rose window re-built, 1722, 
and forms a circle of thirty-two feet in diameter. [The corresponding circular 
window, in the south transept, was newly built in 1814]; towers built, 1732; 
and north porch repaired, 1750. 

Laurence, abbot of Westminster, applied to Pope Alexander III. for per- 
mission to use the mitre, ring, and gloves, distinguishing marks of the epis- 
copal dignity. He died before the consent was obtained ; and his successor, 
Walter, enjoyed the first fruits of the request; upon which, mitred Abbots ■ 
came to sit in Parliament, as well as Bishops, and enjoyed every honour to 
which Bishops, as lords of Parliament, were entitled. The last Abbot who 
sat in Parliament was John Fackenham, the only ecclesiastic of his rank, 
and who appeared in the first Parliament of Queen Elizabeth in 1558, he 
taking the lowest place on the Bishops' bench ; but the most famous of these 
Abbots was John Islip. King Henry Vllth's. treasury here, was robbed to 
the amount of £100,000. which had been laid up for the service of the 
Scottish wars, in 1303. The abbot, and forty-eight monks, were committed 
to the Tower on suspicion ; and although they protested their innocence, 
twelve of them were kept two years in prison, being discharged in 1305. 

In 1643, in the month of July, says Dr. Ryves, in his ' Mercurius 
Rusticus,'— rsome soldiers of the Parliamentary army, quartered in the abbey- 
church,broke the rail about the altar, burnt it, pulled down the organ, pawned 
the pipes at several alehouses, ate, drank, and smoked tobacco round the 
Gommunion table, and committed various beastly atrocities ! 

A grand selection of sacred music was performed here, in commemoration 
of Handel, May 26, and four following days, in 1784, the instrumental band 
amounting to 513, and, on the third day, it was increased to 535; tbe 
number present on each day, was estimated at from three to four thousand, 
and the receipts amounted to £12,736. 12s. \Qd. 

Another of these Festivals took place in 1785, under the same patronage and 
direction as before; the band was on this occasion increased, by the addition 
of more than 100 performers; but the receipts were less, although the ex- 
penses were diminished. In 1786, the festival was again repeated, when the 
band amounted to 741 individuals'. The receipts on this occasion came within 
£400. of those of 1784. Another Grand Festival took place in 1787, when 
the band amounted to 825, including the principal singers, 25 in number. 
On this occasion the receipts were £14,042. In the two succeeding years, 
there was no renewal, on account of the state of health of George HI. In 
1790, and 1791, they were renewed, and the number of performers increased 
to 1667; and though tolerably well attended, the demand for tickets was 
nothing near so great as on former occasions. At the last of these Festivals^ 
Haydn, the celebrated composer, was present, being his first visit to -this 
country. 

The Abbey of Westminster was very much Damaged by fire, July 7, 
1803.— Complete repair of begun, 1810. — Westminster Hall, built by William 
Rufus, 1098.— Re-built, 1399, by Richard II.— Repaired, 174S.— Slated, 
1750. — Beautified and repaired, 1782. — Went through a general repair in 
1802, at the expense of £13,000.— Infirmary instituted, 1720.— Lying-in 
Hospital instituted, 1765.— Palace built, 1098.— Burnt, 1298.— Again, 1540. 
School founded, 1070. Again by Queen Elizabeth, 1560. 



364 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WETHERHALL PRIORY, Cumberland, built 1086 

WEVERLEY ABREY, in Surrey, built 1128 

WERMOUTH CASTLE, built 1539 

WHALLEY ABBEY, Lancashire, built 1178 

WHIGMORE CASTLE, Herefordshire, built 1075 

WHITECROSS STREET PRISON, first stone of laid, 

July 5 1813 

Completed, 1815. 

WHITEHALL PALACE, Westminster, built 1545 

Whitehall was built by Cardinal Wolsey. Damaged by fire, 1690. Gateway 
pulled down, and carried to Windsor, 1746. 

WHITBY MONASTERY, Yorkshire, founded ............ 1075 

WHOREWELL NUNNERY, built 979 

WINCHCOMB MONASTERY, Gloucestershire, founded 800 

WINCHELSEA MONASTERY, built 1310 

Castle built, 1543. 

WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL, completed 1093 

WINDSOR CASTLE, built 1365 

This magnificent Castle which crowns the eminence on which it stands, is asso- 
ciated with some of the most interesting occurrences and persons in the 
history of this country. Here has been witnessed the pomp of chivalry, and 
its courts have rang with the feasts and tournaments of the Edwards and 
Henries. Kings were born here, — and here they are buried; and after every 
change of fashion and opinion, it still remains the residence of the sovereign 
of England. Sir John Denham, in his Poem of ' Cooper's Hill,' thus speaks 
of Windsor Castle in his time: — ■ 

" Such seems thy gentle height, made only proud 
To be the basis of that pompous load, 
Than which a nobler weight no mountain bears 
But Atlas only which supports the spheres." 

It is doubtful whether in the time of William the Conqueror, or his son 
Rufus, it was used as a residence ; but it was certainly a military post. In 
1105 and 1107, Henry I. held his court there ; and, according to the Saxon 
Chronicle, kept the festival of Whitsuntide there in 1110. In the time of 
king Stephen, as stated in Holingshed's Chronicle, the Castle was esteemed 
the second fortress in the kingdom. Henry II. and his son held two Parlia- 
ments there. Upon the news of his brother Richard's imprisonment in the 
Holy Land, John took possession of this Castle; and after his accession to 
the throne remained there, as a place of security, during his contests with 
the barons. Holingshed says, that the barons, having refused to obey the 
summons of the King to attend him in his castle, he gave them the meeting 
at Runnemede, which ended in the signature of Magna Charta. (See Magna 
Charta, page 107, ante.) 

Thechapelin Windsor Castle, built, 1473; College founded, 1543; terrace 
made, 1587. The north side of the terrace is constantly open to the public. 
Chapel thoroughly repaired, and opened, October 17, 1790. 



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WINGFIELD CASTLE, Suffolk, built before the Con- 
quest. 

WINIFRED'S WELL CHAPEL, built 1490 

WITHAM PRIORY, Essex, built 913 

WOLSEY COLLEGE, Ipswich, founded 1529 

WOLVERHAMPTON CATHEDRAL, founded 996 

WOBURN ABBEY, Bedfordshire, founded 1145 

WOOLWICH CHURCH, re-built.. 1732 

Academy finished, 1741. 

WORCESTER COLLEGE, Oxford, founded 1713 

Incorporated, 1744. 

WORCESTER CATHEDRAL, built 1055 

WORKSOP ABBEY, Nottinghamshire, built 1103 

WYMONDHAM MONASTERY, founded 1105 

YARROW MONASTERY, Durham, built 674 

YORK MINSTER, built 628 

This majestic fabric was erected at different periods, and on the site of former 
buildings, which have again and again been destroyed by fire. The first 
Christian Church erected here, which, however appears to have been preceded 
by a Roman temple, was built by Edwin, King of Noithumbria, about the 
year 6'30. It was damaged by fire in 741, and re-built by Archbishop Albert 
about 780. It was again destroyed by fire in 1069, and re-built by Arch- 
bishop Thomas. It was again burnt down in 1137, with St. Mary's Abbey 
and 39 churches in York. Archbishop Roger began to build the choir in 
1171 ; Walter Gray added the south transept in 1227; John de Romayne, 
the treasurer of the Cathedral, built the north transept in 1260. His son, 
the Archbishop, laid the foundation of the nave in 1291. In 1330, William 
de Melton built the two western towers which, however were finished by 
John de Birmingham in 1402. Archbishop Thoresby, in 1361, began to re- 
build the choir, in accordance with the magnificence of the nave, and he also 
re-built the lantern tower. And thus, by many hands, and with the contri- 
butions of many of the first families in Yorkshire, and also of multitudes who 
■were promised indulgences for their liberality, this elegant fabric was com- 
pleted j of which it is said, in an inscription in the Chapter House: — 

" Ut rosa phlos phlorum, 
Sic est domus ista domorum." 

" As the rose is the flower of flowers, 
So is this the house of houses." 

Which has been most elegantly, but less literally rendered :— 

" The chief of houses, as the rose of flowers. " 

On the 2nd of February, 1829, this Cathedral received very considerable 



366 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

YORK MINSTER, (continued.) 

injury by fire, by the maniac, Jonathan Martin, for which he was tried at the 
York March Assizes, (1829) and acquitted, on the ground of insanity, caused 
by religious fanaticism. He was sentenced to perpetual imprisonment, and 
died in Bethlem Hospital, London, June 3, 1838. His death was very 
sudden, and it appeared from a 'post mortem examination of his body that it 
was occasioned by a disease of the heart. For the last two or three years of 
his confinement he was very quiet in his demeanour, and spent a great deal 
of his time in reading Fox's Book of Martyrs, a work to which he was parti- 
cularly partial. When he was first admitted into the Hospital he was allow- 
ed the use of paper and pencil, but the governors finding that whenever this 
indulgence was extended to him he invariably occupied his time in drawing 
sketches of York Minster, and that his doing so threw him into a state of 
very considerable excitement, they prohibited his being supplied with those 
articles in future, of which prohibition he frequently and bitterly complained. 
Although very quiet when in his cell, yet whenever he was allowed to walk 
in the garden it was almost always found necessary to handcuff him, he being 
very mischievous when allowed his liberty. He was between 50 and 6 
years of age. 

The subscriptions towards the restoration of the Minster amounted to 
£50,000. Six hundred pounds were raised in the city, exclusive of the 
vicinity, and £5,000. from the Clergy connected with the Cathedral. Eari 
Fitzwiiliam subscribed £3,000.; the Duke of Devonshire, £500.; Lord 
Dundas, £500. ; Archbishop of Canterbury, £500.; Lord Durham, £500.; 
Earl of Carlisle, £400.-, &c. &c. 

Another dreadful fire took place at this Cathedral in May, 1840. It ap- 
peared, on an inquiry as to the cause, that Mr. W Groves, church clock- 
maker, of Kirkgate, Leeds, had been employed to repair the clock-works, 
and set the quarters going. In the procedure of these operations, he acknow- 
ledged that, having left his lantern elsewhere, he inadvertently threw the 
snuff of his candle on the floor of the clock-chamber, which being covered 
with dry straw, sticks, &c. that fall from birds' nests, (a vast number of jack- 
daws having built in the tower) together with the oakum worn off the bell- 
ropes, it is supposed that the burning snuff, falling under these light mate- 
rials, were fanned into a flame by the current of air, and produced this dis- 
astrous result. The damage done to the south-western tower, is estimated 
at little short of £10,000.; and from £18,000. to £20,000. to repair the 
nave. Two or three days after the fire, there was a very high wind, and 
great fears were entertained by many that the south-western tower, which 
was reduced to a mere shell, would be blown down: but in the evening, the 
wind abated. 

YORK MONASTERY, founded 1072 

York Castle built, by William the Conqueror; re-built, in 1701. Mansion House 
at, built, 1728. 

ZECCA, at Venice, built 1570 



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SECTION IV. 

BATTLES, SIEGES, SHIPWRECKS, &C. &C. 

ABENSBERG, Austrians defeated by the French,^ Ap. 20 1809 
ACRE, siege of, by Bonaparte, 1 798 

Taken by Richard I. and other Crusaders, July, 12, 1191, after a siege of two 
years, with the loss of 6 Archbishops, 12 Bishops, 10 Earls, 500 Barons, and 
300 soldiers. Attacked by the French under Bonaparte, July 1, 1798, and re- 
lieved by Sir Sidney Smith, March 6, 1799, when the French were totally 
routed. This place was bombarded by the English, under Admiral Stopford, and 
Commodore Napier, and taken in the short space of three hours and a half, 
1840. 

ADRIANOPLE, taken by the Ottomans 1360 

AFZULGUR, under Smith, against the Mahrattas, March 2 1805 
AGINCOURT, under Henry V. of England, October 25 ... 1415 

With only 9,000 English, he defeated 15.000 French, and took more prisoners 
than he had men in his army. Near Harfieur, 15,000 French were defeated by 
1,500 English. 

AGRA, the fortress of, in Hindostan, taken by the English, 

October 17 1803 

AIX, sea-fight, under Hawke, against the French, April 4... 1758 

Again, under Gambier, against the French, April 11, 1809. 

ALBANS, (ST.) Battle of, May 22 1455 

Again, on Shrove Tuesday, 1461. 

ALBANY, battle of, North America, 1777 

ALBERSTADT, French division defeated at, by the Russian 

General, Czernicheff, May 7 1813 

ALDEM, battle of, May 15 1645 

ALDENHOVEN, battle of, Austrians and French, Feb. 28 1793 

ALEXANDRIA, battle of, in Egypt, March 21 1801 

ALFORD, battle of, July 2 1645 

ALGEZIRAS, ship-fight, under Saumarez, against the 

Spaniards and French, July 12 1801 

ALGIERS, reduced by Blake 1655 

Bombarded by the French, 1761. (For a further account of the bombardment of 
Algiers, see page 314, ante.) 



368 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ALMEYDA, in Portugal, taken by the Spaniards, Aug. 25 1762 

Again by the French, August 27, 18L0. Blown up by the French, May 10, 1811. 

ALMORA, in the East Indies, height and town of, carried 

by assault by the Company's forces, April 25 1815 

ALNWICK, battle of 1092 

ALRESFORD, battle of, March 29 1644 

ALSENTZ, battle of, and defeat of the French, December 8 1795 

ALTENHEIM, battle of, July 28 1675 

AMAND, (ST.) and MAULDE, English against the French, 

May 10 1793 

AMAZON, THE, a French frigate, destroyed by the Eng- 
lish squadron, off Cape Barfleur, March 25 1811 

AMSTERDAM, taken possession of by the French, Jan. 18 1795 

ANDERLECHT, battle of, Austrians and French, Nov. 13, 1792 

ANCONA, taken possession of by the French, July, 1796 

Surrendered to the Imperialists, November 13, 1799. 

ANGRIA, taken by Watson, from the Mahrattas, Feb. 12... 1756 

ANJAR, the fortress of, in the province of Cutch, captured 

by the troops of the East India Company, February 1816 

ANHOLT, (see page 4, ante.) 

ANTWERP. (See page 5). 

AOST, battle of, Sardinians and French, May 2 1794 

ARAZUA, Valley of, battle of, June 18 1814 

ARCIS-SUR-AUBE, defeat of the French there, by the 

Prince of Wurtemberg, March 21 1814 

ARCOS, evacuated by the French, August 28 1802 

ARCOT, battle of, under Coote, against the French, Feb. 9, 1760 

ARGOS, battle of 1683 

ARLEUX, battle of, Allies and French 1711 

ARLON, sanguinarv battle near, where the Austrians were 

defeated, June 9 1793 

Again, Allies and French, April 17, 1794. 

ARMENIA, conquered by the Turks 1522 

ARNEE, battle of, in the East Indies, 1781 



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ARNHEIM, taken by General Bulow, and the garrison put 

to the sword, November 30 1813 

ARQUES, in Normandy, September 21 1589 

ARRAS, battle of, June ' 1640 

Again in 1644. 

ARZILLA, in Morocco, seized by the Portuguese 1470 

A SS A YE, battle of, fought, September 23 1803 

In the battles of Delhi, Assaye, and Laswarrah, there were taken from the enemy 
268 pieces of ordnance, 5000 stand of arms, 215 tumbrels, and 51 stand of 
colours, with a large quantity of stores, baagage, camp equipage, and ammuni- 
tion, in the field: and the captures in the different forts amounted to 445 
pieces of ordnance, making the total number 713. . 

ASSENDEN, battle of, when the Danes were defeated by 

Alfred and Ethelred ; again defeated at Merton 871 

ASCALON, battle of, September 16 1191 

In Judaea, in which Richard, king of England, defeated Saladine's army, consist- 
ing of 300,000 combatants. 

ASHDEN, in Essex, battle of, between Canute and Edmund 1016 
ASTORGA, taken by the French, April 12 1810 

Quitted by them, June 12, 1811; capitulated to the Spaniards, August 18, 1812. 

ASTR ACAN, in Tartary, taken by the Russians 1554 

ATHENS taken by the Greeks, June 22 1822 

AVIGNON, taken from the Pope by the French 1769 

Restored, on the suppression of the Jesuits, 1773; declared to belong to France 
by the National Assembly, 1791; continued to France by the Congress of 
^ Sovereigns, 1815. 

AUBEROCHE, in France, battle of. 1344 

AUBIN, (ST.), in France, battle of 1488 

AUERSTADT, French and Prussians, latter beaten, Oct. 3 1806 

AUGHRIM, battle of, July 22 1691 

AURAY, in Brittany, battle of .. 1363 

AURORA FRIGATE, THE; see page 6. 

AUSTERLITZ, battle of, in which the Austrians and 

Russians were totally defeated by the French, Dec. 2 ... 1805 

AUSTRIANS and TURKS, battle of 1788 

AUSTRIANS, THE, defeated the French in Italy, near 

Cremona, April 9, and 30 1799 

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370 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

AUSTRIANS defeated near Coire, by General Massena ... 1799 

Captain d'Ausanberg, and 700 men were taken prisoners, May 7- 

AUSTRIANS, THE, defeated by Eugene Beauharnois, 

near Leoben, May 26 1809 

AYLESFORD, battle of 455 

ADMIRAL'S, (The Turkish), ship, burnt off Scio, by 

Greek fire-ships, July 1822 

BAHAMA ISLANDS, taken by the Spaniards, May 8 1782 

Re-taken by the English, July 16, 1783. 

BAJAZET defeated by Tamerlane, 1402 

BALAGUER, battle of, under Prevost, against the French, 

June 6 1813 

BAMBERG, taken by the French, August 4 1 796 

BANBURY, battle of, 1452 

Another July 26, 1469. 

BANCOOTE, taken by James, against the Mahrattas, Ap. 9 1755 
BANDA ISLES, seized by the Dutch.. 1621 

Taken by the English, August, 1810. » 

BANNOCKBURN, battle of, June 25 1314 

Fought between Edward II. king of England, and Robert Bruce, in which the 
English were completely routed, and the latter established on the throne of 
Scotland. 

BARBADOES, the Island of, surrendered to Admiral 

Watson, January 18 1807' 

BARBARY conquered from the Greek Empire 640 

First conquest there, by Spain, was Melilla, 1497. 

BARCELONA besieged by the French 1697 

It was besieged for fifty-six days, and taken by the French, but restored the same 
year to the Spaniards, by the treaty of Ryswick. In 1700 the French possess- 
ing themselves of this city and the rest of the Spanish monarchy, king Charles 
III. and the Earl of Peterborough, took it October 4, 1705, after a siege of only 
three weeks, with a handful of men, not much more numerous than the garrison 
that defended it. In April, 1706, Philip Duke of Anjou invested it with a large 
train of artillery and a numerous army ; but the city, animated by the presence 
of king Charles III. held out thirty-five days, though in the midst of extreme 
difficulties, till it was relieved by Lord Peterborough and Sir John Leake, who 
coming up with the English fleet, the French and Spaniards raised the siege 
with precipitation, and left behind them all their cannon, ammunition, tents, 
jf ,, baggage, and wounded men. The city remained in the possession of Charles III. 
till 1712, when the citizens, erecting a sort of Commonwealth, set up for an 
independent state; but after a very long siege it was reduced to the obedience 
of Philip V. of Spain, by the Duke of Berwick, in 1714. 

BARHAM MOOR, battle of, March 29 1643 



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BARNET, battle of, 1468 

Again April 14, 1471, between the houses of York and Lancaster, in which the 
Earl of Warwick, (named the king-maker) with many of the nobility, and 
10,000 men, were killed. The field of battle is said to be a little before the 
St. Alban's and Hatfield roads meet, where a stone column was erected in 1740, 
with an inscription perpetuating that action, by Sir Jeremy Sambroke, Bart. 

BARROSSA, battle of, March 5 1811 

The French were commanded by General Victor, and the English by General 
Graham. 

BAR-SUR-AUBE, taken by General Wrede, February 26 . 1814 

Re-taken by the French the same day: and taken again by the Prince of Wur- 
temburgh, March, 1814. 

BASQUE ROADS, four sail of the line destroyed in, by the 

English, under Lord Cochrane, April 11 1809 

BAT AVI A surrendered to the British, August 8 1811 

BATH, battle of, 1520 

BAUTZEN, battle of, May 20 1813 

BEAUGE, when the Duke of Clarence, and 1500 English 

were killed, April 3 1421 

BEDFORD, battle of... 571 

BEJAR, in Spain, wheu the French were defeated by Gene- 
ral Hill, and the allied Spaniards, February 20 1813 

BELGRADE, battle of, Austrians and Turks, July 16 1717 

It was also taken by Prince Eugene, August 22, 1717, who kept possession of it 
till 1739, when it was obliged to be delivered up to the Turks: but previous to 
doing so, they demolished all the outward fortifications, and left none standing 
but its old walls, and the defences inseparably connected therewith. It was 
again taken by the combined army of Russians and Austrians, under Marshal 
Laudohn, October 8, 1789. 

BELLISLE, taken by Hodgson, from the French, June 7... 1761 

It was restored at the Peace. 

BENBURB, battle of, Ireland 1646 

BENGALORE, taken by Abercrombie, from Tippoo Saib, 

February 21 1791 

BERGEM, battle of, under Ferdinand, against the French, 

April 13 1759 

BEREZINA, battle of, November 28 1812 

This battle terminated in the capture of a French division of 8,800, by General 
Witgenstein. 

BERLIN, evacuated by the French troops, February 2 1813 



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BERMESE, severe contest with, and capture of Rangoon 

and Gorhatty : 1 824 

BLACKHEATH, battle of, June 22 1497* 

On this heath, the Kentish rebel, Wat Tyler, mustered 100,000 men, in the reign 
of king Richard II. 

BLACK ROCK, the American General Hull, defeated by 

the British General Riall, December 30, 1813 

BLACKWATER, battle of, Ireland 1517 

BLENHEIM, battle of, August 1 1704 

French and allies: when the former lost 27,000 killed, and 12,000 prisoners 
taken. 

BLOREHEATH, battle of, September 22 1459 

BERWICK, battle near 1378 

BOG, battle of, Russians and Turks 1738 

BOIS-LE-DUC, taken by the French, October 1794 

BOLOGNA, in Italy, seized by the French, June 18 1798 

Taken by the Austrians, June 12, 1799; evacuated by Murat, and entered by the 
Austrian army, April 16, 1815. 

BOMBAY yielded to the English, by Portugal. .'. 1661 

BORISSON, battle of, 1812 

The Russians, under Count Lambert, defeated Dombrowski's Polish division, 
November 21, 1812. 

BOROUGHBRIDGE, in Yorkshire, battle of. 1322 

BOSWORTH, battle of, August 22 1485 

This place is famed for a most sanguinary battle fought between Richard III. and 
Henry Earl of Richmond, afterwards king Henry VII. wherein Richard lost his 
life and crown, and also put an end to the contest between the houses of York 
and Lancaster. 

BOTHWELL BRIDGE, battle of, June 22 1651 

BOURBON, ISLE OF, taken by Keating, against the 

French, July..... 1810 

BOURDEAUX, taken by Beresford, March 12 1814 

BOYNE, battle of the, July 1 1690 

Between king William III. and James II. when the latter was defeated. 

BOZZOLO, on the Mincio, when the Austrians were defeated 

by the French, under Beauharnois, January 7 and 8, ... 1814 

BRANDY WINE CREEK, North America, battle of. 1777 

BRANNAU, battle of, Austrians and Bavarians 1743 



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BRAZIL seized by Portugal, from Holland 1654 

BREECHES, battle of, in Italy .. 1734 

BRENTFORD, battle of, 1642 

BRESLAU, taken by the Austrians, 1758, 1761 

Entered by the .French, June 1, 1813. 

BREST surrendered to Neale by the FrencU, March 9 1797 

Invaded by Julius Caesar, 54; pcssessedby the English, 1378: re-delivered to 
the Duke of Bretagne, 1391. 

BREST, sea-tight under Howard, against the French, Ap.15 1513 

Again, under Howe, against the French, June 15, 1794. 

BRETON, CAPE, taken by the English, June 17 1745 

Given up to the French, 1749; retaken by Boscawen, Amherst, and Wolfe, 
July 27. 

BRIEL, &c. seized by the Hollanders, which began that Re- 
public 1570 

Seized by the French, January, 1795. 

BROAD RIVER, battle of, by Tarleton, against the Ame- 
ricans, January 17 1781 

BUENOS AYRES, taken by Sir Home Popham, against 

the Spaniards, June 24 1806 

Retaken by the inhabitants, 1807. Entered into a Treaty with Monte Video to 
acknowledge no sovereign but Ferdinand VII. October 21, 1811. Monte Video 
surrendered to, by capitulation, June 20, 1814. Declaration of independence 
by the " Representatives of the United Provinces of South America in General 
Congress," published at, July 19, 1816. 

BUFFALO TOWN, North America, taken by the British, 

and burnt, December 30 , 1813 

BURDEROCK, battle of, under Prevost, against the Ame- 
ricans, March 3 1779 

BUNKER'S HILL, America, battle of 1775 

BURLINGTON, battle of, under Vincent, against the Ame- 
ricans, June 5 1813 

BURY, battle of, in Suffolk, between Edward the Elder, and 

his cousin, Ethelred 905 

BUS ACO, French defeated at, September 24 1810 

BYZANTIUM, taken by the Romans 73 

Destroyed by Severus, 196; re-built by Constantine, 330; taken by the Turks, 
in 1453. 

CADIZ, sea-fight under Collingwood, against the French, 

June 4, 1794 



374 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CADIZ, in Spain, taken by the English, 1596 

Bombarded July 14, after it had been blocked up, with the Spanish fleet, by Earl 
St. Vincent, from 1797 to 1798. Siege of by the French, raised August 25, 
1812. Expedition from, for the reduction of the insurgents of South America, 
arrived at Poito Cabello, April 1S15. 

CAIRO taken by Hutchinson, against the French, July 9 ... 1801 
CALAIS, taken by the English, August 4 1347 

Retaken by the French, January 10, 1558. 

CALDER, SIR R. engaged the French and Spanish Fleets, 

July 22 1805 

CALVI, in Corsica, surrenders to the English forces, Aug. 10 1794 

This place surrendered to the British forces after a siege of fifty-nine days, 
August 10, 1794; abandoned by the British, 1795. 

CAMBRAI, taken by Colville, against the French, June 25 1815 

The town of Cambrai was taken by the English, and the citadel surrendered the 
next day, and was occupied by Louis XVIII. and his court, from Ghent. 

CAMDEN, battle of, in America, August 16 1780 

CAMELFORD, battle of 549, and 908 

CANDY, massacre at 1S03 

In the island of Ceylon, in an expedition against, a whole British detachment 
were massacred, or imprisoned. The war renewed against, October, 1814: king 
of defeated, and made prisoner, by General Brownrigg-, February 18, 1815. 
Deposed, and the sovereignty vested in Great Britain, March 2, 1815. 

CAPE SALOMAN, taken by General Maitland, from the 

French, January 30 1809 

CAPE HENRY, surrendered to Arbuthnot, by the French, 

March 17 1780 

CAPE FINISTERRE, sea-fight, under Ducie, against the 

French, May 26 1779 

CAPE NICHOLAS, taken by Ford, from the French, July, 1793 

CAPE BRETON^ taken by the English, 1745; again, 1758 

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, taken by the English, June ... 1795 

Again, January 8, 1806. 

CARACAS, city of, capitulated to the Spanish Royalists, 

July 28 1812 

Taken again by the Royalists, July 7, 1814. 

CARTH AGENA, taken by Sir Francis Drake, 1585 

Also taken by M. de Pontis, the French Admiral, in 1697- Spa-fight, under 
Wager, against the Spaniards, May 27, 1708; sea-fight, under Dixon, against 
the Spaniards, July 15, 1798. 



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CASSEL taken by the French 1760 

Besieged without effect, 1761 ; surrendered, 1762; capitulated to the Russian 
General, Czernicheff, September 30, 1813. 

CASTEL NUOVA, French and Russians, latter defeated, 

September 29 1806 

CASTINE, Fort of, in the Penobscot, taken by the British, 

September 1 _. 1814 

CEYLON. Isle of, taken by the Portuguese, 1505 

Again by the Hollanders, 1603; attempted by Denmark, 1620; by the Portu- 
guese, 1621 ; by the Dutch, 1658; a great part by the East India Company's 
troops, 1782; restored to the Dutch, 1783; taken again by the English, Sep- 
tember 16, 1793; ceded to England, 1801 ; complete sovereignty assumed by- 
England in 1815. 

CHALEUR BAY, ship-fight, under Bvron, against the 

French, July 8 1760 

CHAMP UBERT, attack of the French at, February 12... 1814 

A division of Blucher's army, under Generals Sacken and D'Yorck, attacked by 
the French, under Napoleon, in whose favour it terminated. 

CHARLESTOWN, under Clinton, taken from the Ame- 
ricans, May 12 ... 1780 

CHARLOTTE, THE QUEEN, burnt; see " Fires." 

CHERBURG, sea-fight at, 1692 

Cherburg is remarkable for the sea-fight between the English and French fleets in 
1692, when the latter were beat, and upwards of twenty of their ships of war 
burnt near Cape la Hogue. The English landed here in August, 1758, and took 
the town, with the ships in the bason, demolished the fortification, and ruined 
the other works. 

CHESAPEAK, Island of, sea-fight, under Cochrane, against 

the French, May 17, 1795 

CHIAPAWA, battle of, under Drummond, against the 

Americans, July 25 1814 

CHIAPAWA, battle of, when the British, under General 
Rial, were defeated by the Americans, under General 
Brown, July 5 1814 

CHILL APET, surrendered by the French to Coote, Jan. 29 1760 

CHRISTOPHER, the Island of, surrendered by the French 

to Sir Samuel Hood, January 26 1782 

Sea-fight, under Harmann, against the French, May 10, 1667. 

CIVITA VECCHIA taken by the French, February 1799 

Evacuated in the September following'. 

CIUDAD REAL, taken by the French, March 27 1809 



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CIUDAD RODRIGO, surrendered to the French, May 10 1810 

Surrender of to the Duke of Wellington, by the French, January 19, 1812. 

COIMBRA taken by the English, 1810 

GOLBERG besieged in vain from 1758, to 1761 ; taken in... 1762 

COLUMBO, in Ceylon, surrendered to the English, June 12 1796 

CONDE, battle of, Austrians and French, October 2 1792 

CONDE, surrendered to the French, with 161 pieces of 

cannon, August 30 1794 

CONNAUGHT, battle of, September 7 1798 

The French having aided the Irish rebels, were all taken prisoners. 

CONI, surrendered to the Austrians, December 3 1799 

CONSTANCE seized by the French, August 2 1796 

Again October, L799. 

CORDOVA taken by the French, November 1809 

CORFU seized by the French, 1797 

Taken by the Ptussians, March 3, 1799. 

CORFU, ship-fight, under Otway, against the French, Ap. . 1811 

COROMANDEL, sea-fight under Pocock, against the 

French, April 28 1758 

CORON, battle of, in European Turkey, allies and Turks ... 1685 

COURTAS, in Flanders, battle of 1302 

CREN ANT, battle of, English and French, June 1423 

CRESSY, orCRECY, battle of, 1346 

The battle of Cressy was fought between Edward III. king of England, and the 
French, in which the latter were defeated with the loss of 30,000 men, and the 
kings of Bohemia and Majorca were slain, August 28. 

CREVELT, battle of, French and Allies, June 23 1758 

CROPEDY BRIDGE, Oxfordshire, battle of, June 6 1644 

CROSSFORD, battle of, with the Welsh 1038 

CROWN POINT taken by the English 1746 

Again by General Amherst, July 7, 1759. By the Provincials, May 14, 1775. 

CUBA, Isle of, taken by the Spaniards, in , 1511 

Taken from the Spaniards, under Knowles, May 8, 1748; again by the English, 
in 1762. 

CURACOA, the island of, seized by Holland 1634 

Taken by the English, September 14, 1800; and again January 1, 1807, under 
Admiral Brisbane. 



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CULLODEN, battle of, April 17 ,. 1746 

CYPRUS taken from the Venetians, by the Turks 1570 

CZASLAW, battle of, between the Prussians and Austrians, 
in which the latter were worsted, though both claimed 
the victory 1742 

CZENSTOCHOWA, battle of „ 1665 

This battle was fought between the royal army of Poland and Lubomirski, to the 
disadvantage of the former. 

DALMATIA occupied by the Russians, 1806 

DANTZIC taken by the Russians 1734 

By the Prussians, 1773. Abridged of its privileges by the king of Prussia, 
1775; taken by the French after a long siege, May 20, 1807; evacuated by the 
French, by capitulation, January 2, 1814. 

DAVID, King of Scotland, taken prisoner by the English ... 1346 

Ransomed for 100,000 marks, in 1357. 

DELHI, battle of, September , 1803 

DEMERARY taken by White, from the Dutch, April 12 ... 1796 
DEMERARY, BERBICE, &c. see page 31. 

DENAIN, battle of, French and Allies 1712 

DETTINGEN, battle of, June 16... '. 1743 

The English, Hessians, and Hanoverians, as auxiliaries to the Queen of Hungary, 
and commanded by the king of Great Britain, were attacked in their march 
from Asschaffenburg to Hanau, by the best troops of France, under Marshal 
Noailles, who passed the Maine for that purpose, but was defeated with the 
loss of 8,000 men. 

DETROIT, the fort of, capitulated to the British, August 16 1813 

DOGGER BANK, sea-fight, Admiral Parker and the Dutch, 

August 5 1781 

DOMINICA taken by the English 1761 

Again by the French, September 7, 1778- Restored to the English, 1783, 1785. 
The 8th West India regiment mutinied at, April, 1802. Again taken by the 
French, February 9, 1805. Abandoned by them, February 28, 1805. French 
pillaged it, and St. Christopher's, February, 1805. 

DOMINICA, sea-fight under Rodney, against the French, 

April 12 1782 

DONAWERT, battle of under Marlborough, against the 

French and Bavarians, July 2 ... 1 704 

DORT taken possession of by the French, January 10 1795 

Ho- 49- D d 



378^ THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

DRESDEN taken by. the Prussians 1756 

By the Imperialists, 1759 ; Prussians, 1760 ; Austrians, 1S09 ; the allied army of 
Austrians, Russians, and Prussians, made a grand attack on, August 27, 1813 ; 
surrendered to the allied army, November 12, 1813. 

DRISSA, the Russians defeated by the French, August ... 1812 

DUMBLAIN, battle of, when the Rebels were defeated in 

Scotland, November 13 1715 

DUN A, between the Russsians and French, August 16 & 17 1812 

Several severe actions took place on the banks of the Duna, between the Russians 
and French, in which success was nearly balanced,, 

DUNBAR, battle of, April 27 1296 

Again September 3, 1650. 

DUNKIRK taken by the English, from Spain, and delivered 

to France, June 24 1658 

Sold to France for £200,000. November 17, 1662. Battle of, English and. 
French, September 7, 1793; the English raise the siege of, September 12, in 
the same year. 

DUNSINANE, in Scotland, between Siward and Macbeth, 1054 

DUPONT, General, and his whole army, made prisoners, 

July 19 1808 

Also General Wedel's division, forced to surrender to the Patriots, under Gene- 
ral Castanos. 

DUSSELDORF surrendered to the French, September 6 ... 1795 

DUTCH, the, attack the French near Lisle; and the Prince 

de Waldeck is killed there, June 12 1793 

DUTCH, the, defeat of, at Merian, September 12 1793 

DUTCH FLEET, at the Texel, surrendered, April 30 1799 

ECKMUHL, Austrians defeated by the French, May 22 ... 1809 

EDGEHILL, battle of, October 23 1642 

EDINBURGH taken by the English ' 1296 

By the Pretender's forces, 1745. 

ELAU, battle of, February 7 1807 

In this battle the Russians were defeated with the loss of 20,0 00 men, and 15,000 
on the part of Bonaparte. 

ELBA, Isle of, near Leghorn, taken possession of by the 

English, July 6, 1796; relinquished, in 1797 

ELBING, taken possession of by the French, April 1812 

By the Russians, January 12, 1813. 

ENGLISH repulsed at New Orleans, January 7 1815 



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ERIE, FORT, taken by the American General, Brown, 

July 3 ',. 1814 

Fort Erie was attacked unsuccessfully by the British, with the loss of 962 men, 
August 15, 1814. Sortie from, repulsed by the British, but with great loss, 
September 17, 1814. Abandoned by the English; evacuated by the Americans, 
November 5, 1814. 

ETIENNE, (ST.) battle of, under Hope, against the 

French, April 14 1814 

EUSTATIA, the Island of, taken by the French, from 

Holland .. 1681 

The island of Eustatia was also taken by the English in 1690 and 1781 ; when it 
was retaken by the French the same year. Restored to Holland, 1783; when it 
was again captured by the English in 1801, and 1810. 

EXETER, taken by Sweyn, king of Denmark, and destroyed 1003 

City rebelled, 1067, and reduced by king William the Conqueror; again by- 
Henry VII. 

FALMOUTH, in New England, destroyed by the British 

forces, October 18 1775 

FAMARS, battle of, under His R. H. the Duke of York, 

against the French, May 24 1793 

FERRARA, Neapolitans under Murat, defeated by the 

Austrians, April 12 1815 

It was also taken from the French in 1799. 

FERE CHAMPENOISE, March 25 1814 

The corps of General Marmont, Mortier, and Arrighi, surprised and defeated by 
General Schwartzenberg, and a convoy taken. 

FEROE and ICELAND, Islands of, taken under British 

protection, February 12 , 1810 

FERROL surrendered to the French, January 26, 1809, and 

evacuated by them, June 21 1809 

FIGUERAS, battle of, Spaniards defeated at, April, 5 1795 

The fortress of, surprised by the Spaniards, April 10, 1811; re-taken by the 
French, August 19, 1811. 

FINLAND, battle of, between the Russians and Swedes ... 1789 

FINISTERRE, the Island of Cape, surrendered by the 

French to Barton, January 27 . : 180 1 

FLANDERS dismembered from France 866 

la the year 1792 and 1794, Flanders was overrun by the French, and declared 
part of that Republic ; taken from them, and made part of the kingdom of the 
Netherlands, 1814. 

FLEURUS, in Flanders, July 12 1690 



380 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FLODDEN FIELD, battle of, September 9 1513 

James IV. king of Scotland, invading England with a great army, when Henry 
VIII. was engaged abroad in the siege of Toumay, was met by the gallant Earl 
of Surry, in which, after a bloody battle, the Scots were totally defeated, and 
their king, fighting valiantly at the head of his nobility, was slain. 

FLORENCE taken possession of by the French, July 1796 

Again March 20, 1799 ; evacuated July 18 following. It was afterwards taken 
by the Austrians, evacuated by them, and entered by the Neapolitans, April 6, 
1815. 

FLORIDA taken by the English, 1759 

By the Spaniards, 1781. 

FLORIDA ceded to the United States, February 22 1820 

Many new-settled States have also been admitted into the Confederation of the 
United States. 

FLUSHING surrendered to the English, August 15 1809 

FONTAINBLEAU reduced by the Austrians and Cossacks, 

February 16, and entered by them the next day 1814 

FONTENOY, Fleights of, Romanville, and Belleville, action 

of, March 30 1814 

The French army out of Paris, under Joseph Bonaparte, Marmont, and Mortier, 
defeated by the allied Austrians, Russians, and Prussians. 

FONTENOY, battle of, April 30 1745 

The battle of Fontenoy was fought by the French against the allies, commanded 
by His R. H. the Duke of Cumberland, in which the latter being deserted by 
the Dulcb, while the British troops, the Austrians, Hessians, and Hanoverians, 
stood to be hewn down by the French batteries, were at last obliged to retreat 
after considerable loss. 

FORMOSA seized by the Dutch, 1635 

The Dutch inhabitants expe'lled by the Chinese, 1662. 

FORT DU QUESNE, battle of 1755 

FORT BOYER, taken from the Americans, by Lambert, 

February 11 1815 

FRANCE conquered by the English 1170 

Again 1358; recovered by the French, 1447; declared a Republic, 1789; erected 
into an Empire, of which Bonaparte was proclaimed Emperor, May 30, 1804. 

FRANCE, the Isle of, taken from the French, December 2, 1810 

FRANCFORT seized by the French, July 1796 

FRANCISCO, (ST.) taken by Harcourt, January 14 1812 

FRANKENDAL taken by the French, October 17....... 1794 

Re-taken November 12, 1795. 

FREDBURGH, between the Prussians and Austrians, Oc- 
tober 29 1762 



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FRENCH, the, defeated by the Austrians at Mikn, and 

lost 11,000 men, April 27 1799 

FRENCH defeated near the Adda, March 26 and 31, and 

May 5 1799 

FRENCH defeated near Alexandria, under Moreau, May 17 1799 
FRENCH defeted near Manheim, August 12 1 799 

Defeated near Cassano, April 27, 1799; at Zurich, and lost 4000 men, June 4, 
1799; at Naples, by Cardinal Ruffo, June 5, 1799; near Tranto, June 19, 1799; 
at Mondovi, November 6, 1799; at Phillipsburg, with the loss of 4000 men, 
December 3, 1799; near Wetzlaer, June 4, 1796; nearKupers, under Jordan, 
by General Kray, June 20, 1796 ; near Nieuwied and Amberg, by the Aus- 
trians, August 24, 1796; near Verona, March 5, 25, and 26, with great loss: 
and again March 30, and April 5, 1799. 

FRENCH TOWN, taken by the American General, Win- 
chester, January 12 1812 

Re-taken by Colonel Proctor, January 22, in the same year. 

FRENCH, the, capture Ratisbon, April 28. 1809 

FRENCH ARMY, cross the Rhine, at Dusseldorf, Jan. 6 . 1796 
FRENCH ARMY, defeated the Archduke Charles, June 15 1796 

FRENCH enter Rome, and depose the Pope, February 11... 1798 

FRENCH make an irruption into Holland, and take Fort 

St. Michael, February 17 1793 

FRENCH SHIPS, four taken by Sir R. Strachan, Nov. 4 . 1805 

FRENCH possess themselves of Pampeluna, by treachery, 

February 15 ! . 1808 

FRENCH FLEET, The, in Cadiz harbour, surrendered to 

the Patriots, June 14 1808 

FRIEDLAND, battle of, in which the Russians were de- 
feated with terrible slaughter, June 14 1807 

FRIEDBURGH, in Suabia, battle of 1744 

Again, Prussians and Austrians, June 4, 1745; again, January 17, 1746; again, 
Prussians and Austrians, October 29, 1762. 

GADESBUSH, battle of, Swedes and Danes 1712 

GAETA surrendered to the French, July 1806 

Submitted to the English, August 8, 1815. 

G ARRIS, battle of, when the French were defeated by the 

allied Spaniards under Gen. Morillo, and Gen. Stewart . 1814 



382 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

G AVILG AR, in the East Indies, taken by the English, Dec. 15 1 803 
GAZA, near Malta, surrendered to the French, June 11 ... 1796 

Taken by the English for the Neapolitans, in November following. 

GEMAPPE, battle of, and taking of Mons, November 7 ... 1792 
GENEVA entered by the allied army, December 30 1813 

Entered by the allied army under General Bubna, by capitulation, which per- 
mitted the French Governor to retire with his garrison. 

GENOA taken by the Austrians, December 8 1746 

In 1798 Genoa was seized by the French, and repulsed, August 17, 1799. Taken 
by the English and Austrians in May, 1800 ; surrendered to the French in the 
July following ; surrendered to the combined English and Sicilian army, April 
18, 1814; transferred to the king of Sardinia, 1816. 

GEORGE, (ST.) the Island of, surrendered to Talbot, by 

the Spaniards, February 22 1812 

GEORGE, THE ROYAL; see page 155, ante. 

GEORGIA surrendered to the British forces, and relin- 
quished obedience to the Congress of America, Dec. 29 1778 

Abandoned by the British forces, 1783. 

GERONA capitulated to the French, December 10 1810 

Regained by the Spaniards, February, 1814. 

GERI AH, Plains of, battle at, in the East Indies 1763 

GERMANTOWN, battle of, America, October 14 1777 

GIBRALTAR ; see page 60, ante. 

GLISS A, in Poland, battle of, Swedes and Saxons 1702 

GOLDSBERG, battle of, Prussians under Blucher defeated 

by the French, August 22 1813 

GOREE, the Island of, taken by the English 1758 

Again, 1779; restored to the French, 1783; taken by the French, January 18, 
1804; retaken by the English March 9, following. 

GOZA, an Island dependant on Malta, surrendered to the 

English, October 1798 

GRAND PRE, battle of, when the French were defeated, 

September 10 1 792 

GRAVELINES, in Flanders, battle of 1558 

GREENLAND seized by England from the Dutch. 1610 

GRENADA ISLE taken by the French, July 6 1799 

Restored to the English, 1783; insurrection in, 1795. 

GRISONS, revolt from Germany to the Swiss 1 741 



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GUADALOUPE taken by the English, 1759, and 1779 

Again, in 1794. 

GUILDFORD, battle of, America, March 16 1781 

GUN-BOATS destroyed before Gibraltar, September 13 1782 

HALLIDON HILL, battle of, near Berwick, July 19 1333 

In this battle 20,200 of the Scots were slain, and only fifteen English. Another, 
August 26, 1346. 

HAMBURGH sacked by the Pagans, 1012, and 1066 

Hamburgh was also sacked by the Danes, 1216; by the Norwegians, 1244: en- 
tered by the Russian advanced guard, under General Tettenborn, March 18, 
1813; re-taken by the French, May 30, 1813; surrendered by the French, 
May 16, 1814. 

HANAU, battle of, Austrians and French, October 27 ...... 1792 

At the battle of Hanau, the French were defeated by the combined Austrian and 
Bavarian army, under General Wrede, October 29, 1813. Another severe en- 
gagement between the same armies, in which Wrede was wounded, and the 
allies driven from the place, October 30, 1813. 

HANOVER desolated by the French 1758 

Seized by the king of Prussia, April 3, 1801; the French army, under General 
Mortier, took possession of the city and Electorate, Jane 5, 1803. The cele- 
brated boring machine in the iron foundry at, valued at 2,000,000 crowns, 
carried away by the French, January, 1804; annexed to Jerome Bonaparte's 
kingdom of Westphalia, March 1, 1810; entered by the Crown Prince of Sweden, 
in favour of England, November 6, 1813; declared to be a kingdom, 1813; 
B,ecovered November 6, 1813; George III. the first king of, 1814 • George IV. 
declared king of, January 29, 1820. 

HARFLEUR taken by the English, September 18 1415 

HASTEN BECK, battle of, French and Allies, July 25 1757 

HASTINGS, battle of, October 14 1066 

The decisive battle of Hastings was fought between William of Normandy, (who 
afterwards assumed the title of Conqueror), and Harold. The army of each, 
consisted of 60,000 men. During the moment of Harold's leading on his men, 
he was wounded in the head by an arrow, and instantly fell. In consequence 
of the death of their leader, his followers began to fly, which William quickly 
observing, a most dreadful slaughter took place in the pursuit. After the 
battle, the royal corpse was found, covered by heaps of slain. 

HAVRE-DE-GRACE successfully bombarded 1759 

HELDER POINT, in Holland, surrendered to the British 

forces, August27, 1799; relinquished, Oct. 19, following. 

HELIGOLAND taken by the English, September 5 1807 

HELVOETSLUYS, deserted by the French, December 5... 1813 
HEXHAM, battle of, May 15 1463 



384 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

HOBKIRK'S HILL, battle of, North America 1781 

HOCHSTADT, the battle of, fought : „ 1 704 

At the battle of Hoctistadt, the French had 12,000 men killed, 5000 wounded, and 
more than 30,000 taken prisoners. 

HOHENLINDEN, battle of, French and Austrians, Nov.... 1800 
HOLKAR'S army defeated by the British, near Deeg, Nov. 15 1804 

Joined by the Rajah of Bhurpore, November, 1804. Defeated at Bhurtnore, by 
the English, April 2, 1805. Peace with, April 10, 1805. 

HOLSTEIN, possession of, obtained by the allied Russians 

and Prussians, December 16 1813 

HOMELDON, battle of, between the English and Scotch, 

when 10,000 of the latter were slain, May 7 ] 402 

HOPTON HEATH, Staffordshire, battle of, March 19 1642 

HUNINGEN, the French fortress of, surrendered to the 

Austrians, and its works destroyed, June 28 1815 

INSURRECTION at Amsterdam, against the French 1813 

, at Velore, July 10 1806 

, (Great) in Holland and Germany 1717 

INVASIONS of England. — By the Romans, under Julius 

Csesar, B.C. 55 

Again under Plautius, A.D. 43 ; by the Saxons, 447; by the Danes, in 787, 832, 
851, 866, 979, and 1012. From the death of Edward the Confessor, the fol- 
lowing Invasions have taken place, viz.: — William of Normandy, successful, 
1066: — by the Irish, unsuccessful, 1069: — by the Scots, unsuccessful, 1071 : 
by the Scots, when their king, (Malcolm) was killed, unsuccessful, 1093: — by 
Robert of Normandy, unsuccessful, 1101: — by the Scots, unsuccessful, 1136: 
by Maud, unsuccessful, 1139: — by Isabel, Queen of Edward II. unsuccessful, 
Sept. 23, 1326: — by the Duke of Lancaster, successful, July, 1399 : — by the 
French, unsuccessful, 1416: — by the Queen of Henry VI. unsuccessful, 1462: 
by the Earl of Warwick, successful, July, 1470: — by Edward IV. successful, 
1471 : — by the Queen of Henry VI. unsuccessful, 1471 : — by the Earl of Rich- 
mond, unsnccessful, 1484: — again by the Earl of Richmond, successful, August 
6, 1485: — by Lambert Simnell, unsuccessful, 1487: — by Perkin Warbeck, un- 
successful, 1495: — ditto, unsuccessful, 1497: — by Philip of Spain, unsuccess- 
ful, 1588: — by Charles II. unsuccessful, 1650: — by the Duke of Monmouth, 
unsuccessful, May .25, 1685 : — by the Prince of Orange, successful, October 19, 
1688: — by James II. unsuccessful, March 12, 1683: — by the Pretender, un- 
successful, March 17, 1708: — again, unsuccessful, 1715: — again, unsuccessful, 
July 14, 1745:— by the French, in Wales, February 22, 1797. 

IRISH REBELS, battle of, and the King's forces, at Kil- 

cullen, May 22 1798 

Again at Naas, May 23, 1798. 

JANVILLIERS, Blucher's army attacked at by the French, 

and driven back to Chalons, Februarv 14 1814 



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JAVA, Island of, capitulated to the British, September 18 . 1811 

The Sultan of Djojocarta, in the island of Java, dethroned by the British, and the 
hereditary Prince raised to the throne in his stead, June 22, L813. 

JENA, defeat of the Prussians at, with immense slaughter, by 

the French 1806 

JERSEY attempted by the French, May 1 1779 

Their shipping was destroyed in Cancale Bay. 

JERSEY, Island of, taken by Pierson, from the French, ... 1781 

Major Pieison was killed about the close of the action. 

JERUSALEM taken by David from the Jebusites b.c. 1048 

Bv Nebuchadnezzar, after a siege of 18 months, B. C. 587; destroyed by Titus, 
70; taken by the Saracens, 637; taken by Robert, Duke of Normandy, 1100. 

JOPPA re-taken from Bonaparte by the Allies, under Sir 

Sidney Smith, June 22, 1799 

KALITCH, battle of 1813 

At Kalitch, the Saxons, under the French General Regnier, were defeated by the 
Russian Genera! Winzingerode, with the loss of many officers, and two hundred 
privates, February, 1813. 

ICEHL surrendered to the Austrians, af'er 49 days' siege, 

January 1797 

KILLICRANKIE, battle of, in Scotland 1689 

KILRUSH, Ireland, battle of ... 1642 

KINGSTON, in Surrey, battle of 1647 

KNOCKTOW, battle of, Ireland 1491 

KNOCKONESS, in Ireland, 1647 

KOWNO, battle of, December 14 1812 

At the battle of Kowno the French were defeated by the Russians, with the loss 
of 6000 prisoners, and twenty-one pieces of cannon. 

KONIGSWERDEN, battle of, May 19 1813 

At the battle of Konigsweiden, the French were defeated by the allied army of 
Russians and Prussians under Generals Barclay de Tolly and D'Yorck. A second 
battle took place, which ended in the falling back of the Allies, May 20, 1813. 

KRASNOI, battle of 1812 

The French army, under Davoust, were completely destroyed or dispersed, by 
Kutusoff, November 16. 

LAKES, battle of the, in America, July 5 1777 

LEFEVRE, General, defeated by the Arragonese, August . 1808 
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386 TUB STEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

LEGHORN taken possession of, July 29 1796 

Again by the French, under Bonaparte, April 15, 1799; abandoned by them, 
June 19. Attacked again by the British and Italian forces, without success, 
December 14, 1814. 

LEIPSIC, engagement before, and French defeated, Oct. 18 1813 

This engagement was attended by a loss to the French of 40,000 men, in killed, 
wounded, and prisoners, sixty-five pieces of artillery, aud the desertion of 
seventeen German battalions. 

LERIDA, the fortress of, taken by the French, May 14...... 1810 

Capitulated to the Spaniards, February 18, 1814. 

LEXINGTON; see America, page 3, ante. 

LIEGE, the City of, taken by the English 1702 

By the French, in 1792; again, 1795; by the Austrians, 1798. 

LIGNY, battle of, June 16 1815 

Prince Blucher lost the battle of Ligny, and fifteen pieces of cannon ; but re- 
treated in good order, and joined the Duke of Wellington in the action of the 
18th of June, 1815. 

LONDONDERRY besieged, April 20 1689 

LONG ISLAND, ditto, see page 4, ante. 

LUBEC entered by the Prussians, March 1801 

Taken by the French, June, 1803; taken by storm by the French, November 6, 
1806; capitulated to the allied Austrians, Russians, and Prussians, December 
5, 1813. 

LUCIA, (ST.) taken by the English, January 17, 1779, and 1794 

Again May 21, 1796. Again June 22, 1803. 

LUCIE, (ST.) battle of, 1778 

LUNENBURG, battle of, April 2 1813 

At the battle of Lunenburg the French were defeated by the united army of 
Russians and Prussians, with the loss of General Morand, 100 officers, 2200 
privates, and nine pieces of cannon. 

LUTZEN, battle of, May 2 1813 

The battle of Lutzen, between the Russians and Prussians, was attended with 
great Slaughter oh both sides, and victory claimed by each. 

LUTZEN, battle of, September 7 1632 

Here the Swedes obtained a victory over the Germans, but lost their king, 
Gustavus Adolphus, who was killed in the field of battle. 

LUXEMBOURG taken and pillaged by the French 1543 

Re-taken by the Spaniards, 1544. Taken by the French, June 4, 1684; but re- 
stored to Spain, 1697. Again taken by the French, 1701. Belonged to the 
Emperor, 1715, and was surrendered to the French, after a severe siege, June 
7, 1795. 

LYONS capitulated to the Austrians, March 23 1814 

Again July 12, 1815. 



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MADEIRA, occupied by the English, July 25 1801 

Surrendered, December 24, 1801. 

MAIDA, battle of, in Sicily, July 4 1806 

The battle of Maida was fought between the English and French; the English 
were commanded by Sir John Stuart, and the French by Marshal Regnier. The 
French, who were greatly superior in number, were completely defeated at the 
point of the bayonet. Sir John Stuart took the island of Ischia, in Naples, 
June 25, 1809. 

MALACCA seized by the Dutch 1640 

Surrendered to the English, August 17, 1795. 

MALAGA taken by the French, February 5 1810 

Evacuated by them, March 17, 1810. 

MALO, (ST.) reduced to ashes by the English 1695 

MALPLAQUET, battle of, Freuch and Allies, September 1 1 1709 

The English and allies, were commanded by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince 
Eugene; the French by Marshals Villars and Boufflers. The French being 
encamped in the woods of Sart and Sansarl, cut down trees and threw up a 
triple entrenchment, so that it cost the confederates several thousand men 
before they could drive them from thence. The army on each side consisted of 
120,000 men, of which at least 20,000 were killed. The French made a regular 
retreat. Marshal Villars was wounded early in the engagement, and disabled. 
This battle is also frequently called the battle of Teniers, or Blanges, villages 
at that time near the scene of action. 

MALTA ; see page 108, ante. 

MARENGO, battle of, June 14 1800 

In this battle the Austiians lost 6000 killed, 8000 prisoners, and forty-five pieces 
of cannon. 

MARSTON MOOR, July 2 1644 

MARTINIQUE captured by the English, February 24 1809 

MARC, (ST.) West Indies, taken by the English, October 31 1803 
MARCIAL, SAN, Soult defeated by the Spaniards, July 31 1813 

Defeated again, August 4, and driven from the Pyrenees, 1813. 

MAURITIUS surrendered to the British, Decembers 1810 

MAURA, (ST.) the Island of, taken by the British, July 23 1810 

MEDINA taken by the French, March 28 1809 

MEMEL taken by the Russians, December 27 1812 

MEMINGEN surrendered to the French, October 14 1805 

MEQUINENZA, fortress of, taken by the French, June 8 . 1810 

Capitulated to the Spaniards, February IS, 1814. 

MIAMI, the Americans defeated at, by Col. Proctor, May . 1813 



388 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

MINDEN, WARBURG, &c. battle of 1759 

At the battle of Minden the French army, under Marshal Broglio, were defeated 
by the allied army under Prince Ferdinand. 

MINORCA, the Island of, taken by General Stanhope, Aug. 1708 

Surrendered to the French, June 29, 1755 ; restored to the English, 1763; was 
besieged by the Spaniards, and taken February .5, 1782; surrendered to the 
English, November 14, 1796 ; after which, it was given up to Spain. 

MIRAVETE, taken by Hill, against the French, May 18 ... 1812 

MOCKERN, Beauharnois defeated with great loss by the 

Russians and Prussians, April 5 1813 

MOCKERN, battle of, October 14 1813 

The battle of Mockern was fought between the French, and the allied army of 
Austrians, Russians, and Prussians, a desperate conflict, the place having been 
taken and re-taken five times, which ended in the defi at of the French. A ge 
neral engagement, between the same armies, took place before Leipsic, in which 
no ground was gained by either, October 18, 1813. 

MOHILON, battle of, July 23 ., 1812 

The Russians, under Prince Bagration, defeated by the French, under General 
Davoust. 

MOLDAVIA and WALLACHIA invaded by the Russians, 

November 23 1806 

MOLEHEAD, taken by Freemantle, against ths French ... 1813 

MONCEY, General, defeated by the Patriots of Valencia, 

July 1 1808 

MONMOUTH, battle of, America 1778 

MONMOUTH, battle of, and defeat of the Welsh, March 11, 

and May 11 1405 

MONTE VIDEO taken from the Spaniards, by Sir S. 

Auchmuty, February 3 1807 

MONTEBELLO, battle of, June 9 1800 

The French, by this battle, became possessed of Italy, from Milan to Placentia. 

MONTMORENCI, battle of, French and English, Aug. 10 1759 
MONTREAL, taken by the English........... 1760 

By the Provincials, November 12, 1775; and re-taken by the English, June 15, 
1776. 

MONTSERRAT, Isle of, taken by the French, February 18 1782 

Restored to England, 1783. 

MORTIMER CROSS, battle of 1461 

MOSCOW entered by the French, September 14 1812 

Moscow was, in consequence of the entry of the French, set on fire in 500 places 



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at once, by order of the Russian Governor, and three-fourths of the city de- 
stroyed two days after ; evacuated by the French, and re-entered by the 
Russians, October 22, 1812. 

MOSELLE, French defeated at, November 28 1795 

MUNICH taken by the French, August 25 1796 

Again Juoe 28, 1800. ' 

NAMUR, the Siege of, under king William III 1695 

This place was thought impregnable, and yet taken from a complete army within, 
headed by a Marsha! of Fiance, in the sight of 100,000 men that came to re- 
lieve it, under the command of Marshals Boufflers and Villeroy. Lord Cutts 
commanded the English at the general assault of the Castle, and by his un- 
daunted resolution acquired the name of the " English Salamander." Scarcely 
an officer or soldier came off unhurt; the greatest part fell in the action, than 
which no one was ever more desperate. Again taken by the French, July 18, 
1794. 

NASEBY, battle of, June 1645 

NEPAUL, East India Company's War with the State of, ter- 
minated, April 27... 1815 

A Treaty of Peace was signed between the parties, December 2, 1815. War was 
again renewed by an infraction of the Treaty by the Nepaulese, January, 1816. 
After several contests unfavourable to the Nepaulese, the former Treaty was 
again ratified, March 15, 1816. 

NEW-YORK surrendered to the British troops, Sep. 15 ... 1776 

It was afterwards surrendered to the Americans. 

NIAGARA, in North America, taken by the English, July 24 1759 

Fort taken by the British, December 19, 1813. 

NORFOLK, in Virginia, destroyed by the British forces, 

January 1 1 776 

NOVA SCOTIA taken by the English, from the French ... 1681 

Restored 1731.; taken again, 1745, and 1758; confirmed to England, 1760; di- 
vided into two provinces, 1784; had a bishop appointed by the king of England, 
August 11, 1787. 

NOVI, battle of, Austrians and French, 1800 

NUREMBERG seized by the French, July 9 1796 

By the Austrians in the August following. 

ODOUR, battle of, by Hope, against the French, Feb. 23... 1814 

OGDENBURGH, river St. Lawrence, taken by the British, 1813 

OLIVA, the Fort of, taken by stratagem by the French, with 

900 Spanish prisoners, June 29 181 1 

OLIVENZA, surrender of to the French, June 22 1810 

Surrender of, to the allied army under Lord Wellington, April 15, 1811. 



390 THE NEW TABLET OF MUMOKV. 

OMOA, in the Bay of Honduras, taken by the British forces, 

October 20 1779 

OPORTO taken by the French, March 29 1809 

Evacuated by them May 12, following. 

ORANGE GROVE, battle of, English and Americans, ... 1815 

ORLEANS, NEW, unsuccessful attack on, by the British 

June 8 1815 

Lost in killed, wonnded, and prisoners, 2000 men ; Generals Pakenham and 
Gibbs were killed, and General Keane, wounded. 

OSTEND, the Works and Floodgates at, destroyed by the 

English, May 19 * 1798 

OSTEND taken by the French 1745 

OSTEND, battle of, Allies and French, May 5 1794 

OSWEGO taken by the English, under Fisher, against the 

Americans 1756 

Again May 15, 1814. 

OTTERBURN, Northumberland, battle of 138S 

Otterburn, near Ellesdon, was the field of battle, between the English and Scots 
at the above period, wherein Henry Percy, called Hotspur, was taken prisoner, 
and Douglas, the Scots general, was killed. On this battle was founded the 
old ballad of ' Chevy Chace, ' the village being situated by the river Rhead, on 
the south side of the Cheviot hills. 

OUDENARD, battle of. 1708 

PAMPELUNA, battle of, Spaniards and French, Oct. 28 . 1794 

Again, when the French were defeated, July 2, 1795. 

PARIS occupied by the Allied Army, July 3.... 1813 

PARMA, battle of, June 29 1734 

PATAY, battle of, under Joan of Arc, June 10 1429 

PHILIPSBURG taken by the French 1734 

PIEDMONT, battle of, Sardinians and French, April 6 ... 1794 

Again, Allies and French, September 23,1794. Again, when the Piedmontese 
were defeated, April 12, 1795. Again, when the French were defeated, June 
14, 1795. Again, June 27, 1795. Again, July 1, 1795. Again, when the 
Austrians were defeated, August 30, 1795. Again, when the French were de- 
feated, October 1, 1795. Again, when the Sardinians were totally defeated by 
the French, April 14, 1796. Piedmont surrendered to the French, December 
6, 1798; recovered, 1799. 

PLASSY, the battle of, in the East Indies, February 5 1757 



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PLATTSBURGH, Lake Champlaine, expedition against, 
by Sir George Prevost ; abandoned after a naval defeat, 
September 11 1814 

POICTIERS, the battle of, 13,56 

la this battle king John of France, and his son, were taken prisoners, by Edward, 
the Black Prince. 

<POLES, defeated, and the Polish General, Kosciusko, taken 

prisoner by the Russians, October 10 1794 

POLOTSK, French under Marshal Oudinot, defeated by the 

Russians under Count Witgenstein, July 30 and 31 ... 1812 

Again defeated by the Russians, and the piace taken by storm, October 20, 
1812. 

PONDICHERRY taken from the French 1761 

PONZA, the Island of, taken by a British detachment from 

Palermo, February 29 1813 

PORTO NOVO, battle of, in the East Indies, in 1 78 1 

PORTO BELLO taken by Admiral Vernon, November 22 . 1739 

PORTSMOUTH, in Virginia, destroyed by the British 

forces, January 1 1776 

PORTUGAL, revolution attempted in, by Don Miguel, 

against his Father, April 30 1824 

An attempt to depose the king of Portugal defeated by the spirited conduct of the 
English and French Ambassadors, supported by the whole diplomatic corps. 
His Portuguese Majesty escaped from his palace, and accompanied by his two 
infants, finds an asylum on board His Britannic Majesty's ship, The Windsor 
Castle, in the Tagus, May 9. The king landed, and resumed his royal func- 
tions, after holding Courts, and transacting Affairs of State during six days, on 
board a British ship of war, May 14. The Queen and Miguel, the chief con- 
spirators were sent, the former to a state prison, and the latter upon his travels. 

PORTUGAL, invasion of by the French, June 28 1810 

PRESIDENT, The American ship of 60 guns taken, Jan. 15 1815 

PRESTON PANS, battle of, September 21 1745 

PRESTON, battle of, and defeat of the Rebels, Nov. 13 ... 1715 
PULTO WA, battle of, Russians and Swedes, June 8 1709 

Again in 1713. 

PULTUSK, battle of, Poles and Swedes 1703 



QUEBEC besieged in vain by the English in 1711 

Taken from the French, September 13, 1759; besieged in vain by the Provin- 
cials, December 6, 1775. (See a further account of Quebec, page 140, ante) 



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QUESNE, FORT DU, North America, battle of, July 9 .1755 

QUESNO Y, taken by the confederate army in 1711 

QUIBERON, destruction of the Emigrant Army at, July 21 1795 

RAGOSENZA, 18 vessels brought out of the creek of, and 

10 destroyed, by the British, July 27 1811 

RAMILLIES, battle of, under Marlborough, May 12 1706 

RATHMINES, in Ireland, battle of 1649 

RATISBON taken by the French, April 23 1809 

REGGIO, French defeated at, by the king of Naples, 

March 5 1814 

RHODE ISLAND taken from the Americans by the British, 

December 6 1776 

RHODE ISLAND, battle of, America 1778 

ROSBACH, battle of, French and Prussians, November 5... 1757 

ROSETTA, battle of, under Hutchinson, against the French, 

AprilS 1801 

Kosetta surrendered to the Turks and British, April 19, in the same year. The 
Turks defeated at, 1807, 

ROSS, battle of, in Ireland, March 1643 

ROTHIERE, battle of, February 1 1814 

In this action the French under Napoleon, were defeated by the allied Russians 
and Prussians, with the loss of 3000 prisoners, and thirty-six pieces of cannon. 

/ ROUND- A-W AY-DOWN, battle of, July 13 164J 

SALAMANCA, battle of 1812 

SANTA CRUZ, and ST. THOMAS, surrender to the Eng- 
lish, December 23 1S07 

SARAGOSSA, battle of, in Spain, August 9 1710 

SARAGOSSA taken by the French, February 21 1809 

SARAGOSSA, battle of, 1813 

SEBASTIAN, (ST.) taken by Storm, by General Graham, 

July31 1S13 

SERINGAPATAM, taken by Storm, under General Harris, 

May 4 1799 

In 1791, the confederated forces, under the command of Lord Cornwallis, defeat- 
ed Tippoo Saib near this place, and would probably have taken the city, had not 



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the monsoons set in, which obliged them to retreat. In the month of February 
1732, the allied army again appeared before Seringapatam ; and having crossed 
the river and taken some of the outworks, Tippoo was obliged to sue for peace, 
which he at last obtained, at a loss of one-half of his dominions, and about 
£3,000,000. in specie. Two of Tippoo's sons were sent to the British camp as 
hostages for his fulfilment of the Treaty, which was soon after ratified. 

5TOCKACH, battle of/Austrians defeated, May 1 1800 

SEA-FIGHTS. 

Between the English and French 1217 

English and Flemmings near Sluys, when 400 ships and 30,000 men 

were taken 1304 

English and Flemmings . . 1371 

Eighty French ships taken by the English . ; 1389 

Off Milford Haven, when 31 French ships were taken or destroyed, 1405 
Off Barfleur, when 500 French, and 3 Genoese vessels were taken, 1416 
Off Sandwich, when the French fleet was taken by the Earl of 

Warwick, November 1449 

English and French, when the latter were defeated , 1454 

Ditto, wheii 1000 French were killed 1549 

Near Lepanto, when the Turks lost 235 ships, 25,000 killed, and 

4000 prisoners, October 7 1571 

Between the English, and the Spanish Armada; see Armada, p. 168. 

Between the Spaniards and Dutch 1639 

Ditto English and Dutch in the Downs; English successful, Oct. 28 1652 

Ditto, when the Dutch were victorious, November 29 

Ditto, under Admiral Blake, Feb. 18, 19, 20; English victorious .„ 1653 
English and Dutch; the Dutch lost 30 men of war, and their Admi- 
ral Van Tromp, July 29 ' 

At Cadiz, when the English destroyed the galleons, September .... 1656 

At the Canaries, when Blake destroyed the galleons, April ...... 1657 

Off Harwich, when 18 Dutch ships were taken, and 14 destroyed. . 1665 

Earl of Sandwich took 12 men of war, and 2 Indiamen, September 4 

The Dutch totally defeated, with the loss of 24 men of war, 4 Ad- 
mirals, and 4000 Officers and seamen, July 25 and 26 1666 

Five of the Dutch Smyrna fleet, and 4 East Indiamen, taken by the 

English, March 14 1667 

Southwold Bay, Dutch defeated, May 28 1672 

Again by Prince Rupert, May 28. June 4, and Aug. 11, and com- 
pelled to salute the British flag in future, the French remaining 

neuter in place of assisting the English 1673 

At Tripoli, where the English burnt 4 Dutch men of war, Mar 4 . . 1675 
Off Beachv Head, when the English and Dutch were defeated by the 

French, June 30 1690 

Off La Hogue; see page 375. 

Off St. Vincent, when the English and Dutch were defeated by the 

French, June 16 1693 

The Vigo fleet taken by the English and Dutch, October 12 1702 

French and English, when the French relinquished the sea to the 

English, August 24 1704 

Off the Lizard, when the English were defeated, October 9 1707 

Sixty vessels, laden with provisions, taken by Adm. Lake, May 22, 1708 
Commodore Wager, with 4 men of war, engaged 17 Spanish galleons, 
blew up the Admiral's ship with 30 millions of dollars; the 

Commodore's share amounted to £100,000, May 28 • — — — 

Sir George Byng destroyed the French Fleet, July 31 1718 

Off Toulon, February 9 1744 

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394 THE NRvV TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SEA-FIGHTS, (continued.) 

East Indies, when the French retired to Pondicherry 1747 

Off Cape Fiuisterre, when Adm. Anson took the French fleet, May 3 

Off Ushant, when Adm. Hawke took 7 French men of war, Oct. 14 

Off Belleisle, when 14 sail of victuallers were taken by Hawke, July 14 1756 
Off Cape Francois, when 3 British ships defeated 7 French, Oct. 21 1757 
Off Cape Lagos, when Admiral Boscawen beat the French, August 18 1759 
Off Quiberon Bay, when Hawke defeated the French, November 20 1759 
Admiral Keppel took 3 French frigates, and a fleet of merchantmen 1762 
Off Ushant, between Keppel and Dorvilliers, a drawn battle, July 17 1778 
Off St. Vincent, between Rodney and Don Juan de Langara, Jan. 8 1780 

Off Cadiz, when Adm. Rodney again defeated the Spaniards, Jan. 16 

Off the Digger Bank, between Adm. Parker and the Dutch, Aug. 5 1781 
Off Cape Virginia, between Admiral Arbuthnot and the French. . . . — — 
Admiral Rodney took the Comte de Grasse and 5 ships, April 12.. 1782 

Admiral Hughes destroyed the French fleet under Suffrein, April 12 

Earl Howe defeated the French fleet, and took 6 ships, June 1 . . . . 1794 
Sir Edward Pellew took 15, and burnt 7 sail of merchantmen, Mar. 8 1795 
Lord Ilotham defeated the French fleet, and took 2 ships, March 14 . 

Eleven Dutch Indiamen taken, June 19 

Lord Bridport defeated the French fleet at l'Orient, June 25 

Lord Keith took 5 ships & several frigates in Saldanna Bay, Aug. 19 1?96 
Lord Duncan took or destroyed 15 ships off Camperdown, October 11 1797 
Lord Nelson defeated 17 French ships and took 9, with only 13 ships, 

in the Entrance of the Nile in Egypt, August 1 1798 

Sir J. B. Warren defeated the French off the Coast of Ireland, Oct. 12 

The Dutch surrendered to Admiral Mitchell at the Helder, Aug. 29 1799 

Lord Nelson took 18 Danish ships off Copenhagen, April 2 1801 

Sir James Saumarez blew up 2 ships of 112 guns, and took 1 of 74, 

July 12 

Boulogne, an attack made by Lord Nelson on the gun-boats col- 
lected there for the invasion of England, August 4 1801 

Sir Rober Calder; see page 374. 

At Trafalgar, after a conflict of four hours, when 19 of the enemy's 

line struck their colours, and a 74.gun-ship blew up, Oct. 21 . . 1805 
Near St. Domingo, where Admiral Duckworth burnt 2 ships, and 

captured 3 frigates, two escaping, February 6 1 806 

Near the bay of Rosas, where Admiral Martin destroyed 2 French 

line of battle ships and several frigates, October 25 1809 

Basque Roads, 4 sail of the line destroyed in, by the English, under 

Lord Cochrane, April 11 1809 

By the Chesapeak-and Shannon ; see page 17, ante. 



SHIPWRECK OF 

The Aurora frigate 1771 

Amphion frigate; see page 4, ante. 

Antelope Packet; see page 129, ante. 

Apollo frigate; see page 5, ante. 

Atheniene, a 64, -wrecked in the Mediterranean 1811 

Boyne; see page 11, ante. 

Centaur, a 74, lost in the West Indies, September 23 1782 

Degrave Indiaman, which was lost near Madagascar, in 1701 

Doddington Indiaman, wrecked on a rock, in the open sea, near the 

Cape of Good Hope, July 1755 

Dover frigate, and Chichester sloop of war, lost in Madras Roads, 
May 2, 1811, during a violent gale of'wind; about seventy other 
vessels of different descriptions went down at the same time. 



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SHIPWRECKS, (continued.) 

Droits and De L'Homme, French 74's, driven on shore, Jan. 14 .. 1797 

Emulous sloop of war, lost near Cape Sable, August 2 1812 

Fazy Allum, lost near Cape Orfoy, June 7 1801 

Ferret gun-brig wrecked off the coast of Yorkshire, Jan 1813 

Flora, and three other transports lost on the Hank Sands, near the 

Texel, December 24 1811 

Fly Packet, from Newry, lost near Liverpool, when 300 persons were 

lost, March 4 .- 1812 

Grasshopper, of 16 guns, wrecked off the Texel, December 18 .... 1811 
Grosvenor Indiaman, wrecked on the coast of Caffraria, August 4 .. 1782 
Guardian frigate nearly wrecked on an island of ice, December, 

1789, and arrived at the Cape of Cood Hope, February 21 1790 

Halsewell Indiaman, wrecked off the Isle of Purbeck, Dorsetshire, 

January 6 1786 

Hero, a 74, wrecked off the Texel, December 23.... 1812 

Hector frigate, lost in the Atlantic, October 5 1782 

Hindostan East Indiaman, lost off Margate, January 11... 1803 

Hugh de Beauvois, with 40,000 foreigners, coming to the aid of 

king John, were lost in a storm 11 15 

Invincible, a 74, wrecked off Winterton, March 16 1801 

Lady Hobart Packet, struck on an island of ice in the Atlantic 

Ocean, June 23 1803 

La Tribune frigate, lost off Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 17 . . 1793 
London East Indiaman; see page 102, ante. 

New Hoorn, a Dutch East Indiaman, destroyed by fire near the 

Straits of Sunda 1619 

Nottingham galley, of London, wrecked on Boon Island, New Eng- 
land, December 11.... 171 

Occum Chamnan, a Siamese Mandarin, wrecked at the Cape of the 

Needles, south of Africa, 1686 

Pallas and Nymphe frigates, wrecked off Dunbar, December 18 .. 1810V. 

Pandora sloop, lost off the Scaw, February 13 1811 

Phoenix, 44 guns, lost in a hurricane off Cuba, June 1780 

In the same hurricane were destroyed the Thunderer,- a 74; 
the Stirling Castle, 64; La Blanche, 42; Laurel and Andro- 
meda, 28; Deal Castle, 24; Scarborough, 20; Barbadoes and 
Endeavour, 14; and Victor, 10 guns. 

Pomone frigate, lost at the Needles, Portsmouth, October 14 1811 

Prince, French Indiaman, burnt near L'Orient, July 29 1752 

Prince George man of war ; see page 136. 

Prince William, eldest son of Henry I. with two of his sisters, and 
180 of the nobility shipwrecked and lost in coming from Nor- 
mandy, in 1 1 20 

Proserpine frigate, lost in the Elbe, February 1 1799 

Ramillies, of 74 guns, lost in the Atlantic Ocean, September 21 ... . 1758 
Ramillies, of 74 guns, Admiral Sir T. Trowbridge, foundered near 

the Cape of Good Hope 1809 

Resistance man of war, blown up in the Straits of Banda, July 24 , 1793 
Royal Charlotte, of 100 guns, burnt by accident near Leghorn, 

March 16, and only 1 50 persons were saved 1800 

Royal George; see pages 156-7-8, ante. 

Sceptre, 64 guns, wrecked in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 6 1799 

Seagull sloop of war, lost in the English Channel, Sept 1811 

St. George, 98 guns, (Admiral Reynolds), two 74's, several frigates, 



396 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SHIPWRECKS, (continued.) 

and a number of merchantmen, lost in a dreadful storm in the 
North Seas, December 24 1811 

Swan sloop of war lost oiF Waterford, when 130 persons perished, 

August 1782 

Tartar frigate lost in the Baltic, August 18 1812 

Union Packet of Dover, was lost off Calais, January 28 1792 

A similar accident had not happened for 105 years before. 

Victory man of war lost in a storm, October 1744 

Vryheid, Dutch Indiaman, wrecked off Dymchurch Wall, near 

Dover, November 23 1822 

Wager store-ship, wrecked at Chili 1740 

Winterton Indiaman, wrecked off Madagascar, August 20 ........ 1794 

York Indiaman, lost going into Limerick, November 1758 



TALAVERA, battle of, 1811 

In this battle the allied army, of 20,000 men, engaged and defeated the French, 
with 45,000, July 27 and 28. 

TEWKESBURY, battle of, May 4 1471 

TICONDERAGO, Canada, taken by the English from the 

French 1759 

TILSIT, battle of, Russians and Prussians, defeated by the 

French 1807 

TIRLEMONT, battle of, Austrians and French, Nov. 17... 1792 

Again, Austrians and French, March 19, 1793. 

TIRLEMONT, battle of, under Marlborough, against the 

French and Bavarians, July 18 1705 

TOBAGO, the Island of, taken by the English, April 15 ... 1793 j 

TOLENTINO, battle of, May 2 and 3 1815 

The battle of Tolentino was fought between the Austrians under General Biarrchi, 
and the Neapolitans under Murat, ending, after two engagements, in the retreat 
of Murat. 

TOPL1TZ, French defeated by the allied Austrians, Rus- 
sians, and Prussians, August 30 1813 

TOULON surrendered to the French, November 19 1793 

TOULOUSE, battle of, and defeat of Soult, April 11.. 1811 

TOURNAY, battle of, Austrians and English against the 

French, May 8. 1793 

Again, May 10, 1794; again May 18, 1794; a battle near, which continued for 
sixteen hours; the French lost 12,000 men, the allies 3000, May 22, 1794. 

TOWTON, battle of, March 29 1461 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 397 

TREATY OF PEACE between the King of Prussia, 
the Queen of Hungary, and the Elector of 
Saxony, February 15 1762 

. Definitive, between Great Britain, France, Spain, 

and Portugal, concluded at Paris, Feb. 10 ... 1763 

This Treaty confirmed to Great Britain the extensive Provinces 
of Canada, East and West Florida, and part of Louisiana, in 
North America; also the Islands of Grenada, St. Vincent, Do- 
minica, and Tobago, in the West Indies. 

Between His Britannic Majesty, and the Kings 

of France and Spain, January 20 1783 

Signed at Versailles. Ratified September 3, 1783. 

Between England, France, Spain, Holland, and 

America, 1 783 

Between Great Britain and Holland, May 25 ... 1784 

■ Between England and Prussia, April 5 1795 

Proposal on the part of Great Britain to open a 

Congress for a general Peace 1796 

M. Barthelemy, resident at Berne, received from Mr. Wickham, 
the British Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons, a note expres- 
sive of the disposition of Great Britain to open a Congress for 
the purpose of settling a general Peace, which Barthelemy 
transmitted to the Directory; and on the 26th, the French 
Minister returned his answer, declining a Congress, and at the 
same time expressing a doubt of the sincerity of the British 
Cabinet, and declaring a determination to retain all the coun- 
tries which had been united to France, March 8, 1796. 

■ Between Austria and France, signed at Leoben, 

May4 1797 

Between Austria and Fiance, signed at Udina, 

October 19 1797 

■ Between Austria and France, February 9 1801 

Signed at Luneville. The Rhine made the boundary of the 
French Republic. 

Between France and Naples, March 1801 

Between Spain and Portugal, June 6 1801 

Between France and Portugal, September 29 ... 1801 

Between France and Spain, September SO 1801 

Between England and France, October 1 1801 

Between France and Austria 1805 



398 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

TREATIES OF PEACE, (continued.) 

• Between France and Russia, July 20 1806 

Between Prussia and France, July 9 1807 

■ Between England and Spain, June 6 1808 

Between England and France, signed at Paris ... 1814 

VALENCIENNES, battle of, May 23 1793 

Bombardment of commenced by General Ferraris, June 17, 1793; surrendered to 
the Duke of York, by capitulation, July 28, 1793 ; surrendered again to the 
French, with 227 pieces of cannon, August 29, 1794. 

VIGO, galleons taken there, October 12 1 702 

VIMEIRA, the French array defeated at 1808 

The French army, under Marshal Junot was beaten, and the Russian fleet 
taken, August 17 and 21 ; but these advantages were shamefully thrown away 
by the convention of Cintra, August 30, 1808. 

VITTORIA, battle of, in which the Duke of Wellington 

completely defeats Joseph Bonaparte, June 21 1813 

ULM, surrender of. 1805 

Austrians defeated by the French ; and General Mack and his Staff taken pri- 
soners. It has been generally supposed, that the surrender of this place was 
the effect of great treachery on the part of Mack, and his officers. 

WAR declared against Spain 1739 

declared against France 1744 

against Spain, January 4 ,. 1762 

by the king of Portugal, against France and Spain, 

May 23 1762 

between England and America, 1775 

between England and France 1778 

■ between England and Spain 1 779 

between England and Holland 1780 

■ declaration of, by Spain against England, Oct. 18 ... 1796 

. between Naples, Sardinia, and France, December 20 1798 

with the Batavian Republick, June 17 1803 

■ declared with Spain, January 24 1805 



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WAR, DECLARATIONS OF, (continued.) 

between France, Russia, and Austria, September 8 . 1805 

declared against Prussia, May 23 1806 

between England and Russia, November 1 1807 

with Doondia Khan, March 9 1808 

declared by Austria against France, April 6 1809 

declared by Great Britain against America 1812 

WAGRAM, battle of, Austrians and French, July 5 1809 

WALDORE, battle of> under Gordon, against the French . 1760 

WANDIWASH, battle of, East Indies, January 10 1760 

WARSAW occupied by the Russians, January 8 1813 

WARSAW', battle of, Russians and Poles, April 21 1794 

WASHINGTON, the City of, captured by the British 

forces, August 24 * 1814 

WATERLOO, battle of, Allies and French, January 23 ... 1794 

WATERLOO, battle of, June 18 1815 

WERNICK, surrendered with 15,000 men to Murat, Oc- 
tober 20 1805 

WILNA, battle of, when a column of French troops was de- 
stroyed near that town by Count Platoff, and a General, 
and 1000 prisoners taken, December 11 1812 

WILTON, battle of, in Oxfordshire, where the English were 

defeated by the Danes 872 

WITOPSK, the French under General Victor, defeated by 
the Russians under Gen. Witgenstein, with the loss of 
3000 men, November 14 1812 

WORCESTER, battle of, September 3, 1651 

WORCESTER, battle of, September 23 1642 

WORMS, battle of, and defeat of the French, November 28 1795 

WURTZSCHEN, battle of, May 21 1813 

The battle of Wurtzschen, between the allied army of Russians and Prussians, 
and the French army under Napoleon, was fought with dreadful carnage on both 
sides; the allies retreated. 



400 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY, 

XIMENA, a division of Soult's army at, defeated by General 

Ballasteros, September 18 1811 

YORK TOWN, battle of, October 29 1781 

Earl Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans. 

ZORNDORF, battle of, Russians and Prussians, August 25 1758 

ZULICHAU, battle of, in Silesia, Prussians and Russians, 

July 27 , 1750 



CORUNNA, battle of, January 16 1809 

PRAGUE, battle of, Prussians and Austrians, May 22 ...... 1757 



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SECTION V. 
REMARKABLE PERSONS. 



ABELL, JOHN, the Musician, died about the end of 
Queen Anne's reign. 

ABEL, CHARLES FREDERICK, death of 1787 

This celebrated composer served some years in the band of the Electoral Kino- of 
Poland, at Dresden; but his abilities not being rewarded as they deserved, he 
quitted that country in 1758, and arrived in England in the following year. 
He soon met with encouragement, by being appointed chamber musician to the 
queen of George III. on the completion of her establishment, at a salary of 
£200. per annum. His fondness for spirituous liquors soon led to his death. 

ABELARD, PETER, died 1142 

He was the celebrated lover of the no less celebrated Heloise, the niece of a canon 
named Fulbert, who engaged him to teach her philosophy. Instead of teaching 
her abstruse learning, he taught her love ; and their passion for each other was 
fatal to the peace of both. Fulbert, enraged at the deception practised by Abe- 
lard, demanded the immediate marriage of his niece, to which Abelard, (although 
ordained, and dissuaded from it by Heloise, in a letter full of the most eloquent 
persuasion) acceded, and it was agreed that it should take place at Paris. 
Heloise feeling convinced that the future advancement of her husband depended 
upon secrecy, denied her marriage in the strongest terms. The uncle, highly 
enraged at the obstinacy of bis niece, in which he suspected she was encouraged 
by Abelard, vowed to be revenged on her, as she still continued to reside 
with him. Abelard being in the mean time informed of the harsh treatment 
she received from her uncle, took her away, and placed her in the convent of 
Argentenil, near Paris. Fulbert imagining that Abelard intended to make a 
nun of her, vowed a cruel vengeance; having bribed the valet of Abelard he 
admitted two miscreants into the bed-room of his master at midnight, who muti- 
lated him in a most horrid manner. They were punished for it after the 
fashion of that time; and the instigator was condemned to lose all his fortune 
and banished from Paris. Heloise took the veil ; and Abelard hid his grief 
and shame under the monastic garb of the abbey of St. Denis. But the monks 
of that convent soon despised him, on account of his severe reproval of their 
dissolute habits. Upon this he made his escape, and took refuge near Troyes ; 
when, having encountered great persecution, the monks of the abbey of Bruis, 
near Vannes, in Brittany, elected him their superior. But, as at St. Dennis 
his endeavours to suppress the licentiousness of the monks, drew on him the 
hatred of that Order; Heloise also had her share of trouble: being expelled 
with the rest of the nuns from the convent of Argenteuil, on account of the 
disorders which prevailed there, although she had conducted herself with strict 
propriety. 

After this, Abelard gave her the offertory of Paraclet. Having endured a 
separation of eleven years, he saw her there at the consecration of the commu- 
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402 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ABELARD, PETER, (continued.) 

nity. Being once more accused of heresy by his inveterate enemies, he defended 
himself in full council, at Sens. Louis VII. was desirous of being present to 
hear the defence of this distinguished individual; but with all his eloquence, 
he was condemned. He desired to appeal to the Pope; and, when on his way 
to the Pontiff, he was stopped at Cluni, near Mason, by Peter the Venerable, 
who did all he could to soothe his grief: he became reconciled to St. Bernard: 
and consigning himself for the remainder of his life to the closest retirement, 
he died two years after (1142), at the priory of St. Marcel, having by his resig- 
nation and good conduct, procured the admiration of the monks and the clergy 
of France. He was interred at Paraclet, and the remains of Heloise, in the 
same tomb, twenty-one years after. This beautiful gothic tomb was removed 
to Paris in the year 1800, and placed in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise in 1817, 
where it is now to be seen. 

ABERCRQMBY, SIR RALPH, death of, March 21 1801 

Born, 1738, at Tillibodie, in Clackmannanshire: entered the army as a cornet in 
the third regiment of dragoon guards, 1756 : became a lieutenant in the same 
regiment, 1760: major in the third regiment of horse, 1770: Lieut.-gen. of a 
regimen*, 1793: created a Knig'ht of the Bath, and appointed Commander-in- 
Chief of an expedition against the French power in the West Indies, 1795: ar- 
rived off the island of Grenada, March, 1795: commenced operations, which 
terminated, after some difficulty, in the capture of that island, and was followed 
by those of St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and the Spanish isle of Trinadad: together 
with the settlements of Demera-ra, and Esequibo, on the continent of South 
America; appointed Commander-in-Chief for Scotland, 1799: commanded the 
troops destined to drive the French from Egypt: arrived at Malta, with 15,000 
men, Nov. 30, 1799: landed at Aboukir, March 8, 1801, after a severe contest, 
and fought the battle of Alexandria, March 21, 1801 : in which the veteran, 
disarmed his antagonist, whose sword he presented to Sir Sidney Smith : ex- 
pired March 28, 1801, and his body interred beneath the ramparts of the castle 
of St. Elmo, where an inscription, recording his name, was placed. 

ABERNETHY, JOHN, the divine bom, 1630; died 1740 

ABERNETHY, DR. JOHN, died April 20 1831 

Dr. Abernethy succeeded Mr. Pott as assistant surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hos- 
pital, 1786; and afterwards took the place of that gentleman as Lecturer on 
Anatomy and Surgery; and on the death of Sir Charles Blick, his former 
master, he was elected surgeon in his room. He died at Enfield, after a pro- 
tracted illness, in the 67th year of his age. 

ABINGDON, EARL OF, committed to prison, Feb. 9 ... 1795 

The Earl of Abingdon was committed to the King's Bench prison, for having 
uttered and published a libel on Mr. Serman, an attorney. 

ABBOT, GEORGE, Archbishop of Canterbury, died 1633 

During the period of his being Archbishop of Canterbury, an unfortunate accident 
happened, which greatly tended to lessen his future happiness. Hunting one 
day in the Park of Lord Zouch, at Bramshill, he let fly an arrow at one of the 
deer, but which unfortunately wounded Lord Zouch's keeper in the arm, of 
■which he soon died. The Bishops in consequence refused consecration at his 
hands. j& 

ABULFEDA, the Geographer died, aged 72 1345 



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ACHELINI, ALEXANDER, born October 29, 1463; 

died August 2 1512 

A celebrated philosopher and physician of Bologna; he is said to have first traced 
the manner in which the impressions made on the external ear are conveyed 
from the tympanum to the vestibule. At the early age-of 22, he was appointed 
Professor of Natural Philosophy in his native city. 

ACHILLES, died b. c. 1184 

ACOSTA, JOSEPH D. Spanish Writer of the 16th cen- 
tury, born 1539 ; died February 15 ; 1600 

ADAIR, MR. Army Agent, death of, March 17 1834 

This was the firm which the two brothers, Robert and Daniel Perreau, made the 
forgery upon, at the instance of Mrs. Margaret Rudd, and which at that time 
caused much public conversation. 

ADAM, ALEXANDER, born 1741 ; died.... 1809 

This eminent Divine was the author of several valuable works. He was carried 
off by a fit of apoplexy, December 18, 1809, aged 69, and was honoured by a 
public funeral by his fellow citizens. 

ADAM, ROBERT, born 1728, died 1792; and ADAM, 

JAMES, (brothers), died 1794 

James and Robert Adam were celebrated architects. James was little known; 
but in 176.3-4, Mr. R. Adam was appointed architect to the King. He after- 
wards executed a great many public and private buildings, amongst which may 
be enumerated Luton House, Bedfordshire; the screen to the Admiralty Office, 
London; the Register Office, Edinburgh; Shelburne House, now Lansdowne 
House, &c. &c. "Mr. Adam resigned the office of Architect to the king, on 
being returned to Parliament for the county of Kinross, in 1768. He was 
buried in Westminster Abbey, in the south transept of which is a tablet to his 
memory. 

ADAM, (three brothers,) Sculptors. 

Lambert Sigisbert, theeldest was born February 10, 1700; hedied May 13, 1759. 
Nicholas Sebastian, born March 22, 170. r >; died March 27, 1778. Francois 
Gaspard, the third brother, was born 1710; died at Paris, 1795. 

ADAMS, JOHN, the American President, born 1735; 

died July 4 1826 

John Adams, second President of the United States of America, was born at 
Braintree, in the colony of Massachusetts, October 19, 1735, and was one of 
the most prominent actors in the American war for independence. On the 4th 
of July, 1826, he breathed his last with the same hallowed sentiment on his 
lips which, on that glorious day fifty years before, he had uttered on the floor 
of the Congress — " Independence for ever!" were his dying words. 

ADAMS, SAMUEL, born September 27, 1722: died Oc- 
tober 2 : 1803 

Samuel-Adams was another of those conspicuous characters of the American Re- 
volution, on the breaking out of which he joined the popular side. In the year 
of the passing of the Stamp Act, he was appointed one of the representatives in 
the legislature. Sent as one of the four members from Massachusetts to the 
first Congress, 1774. He was a firm and active patriot, and greatly contributed 
to the termination of that cause to which he had devoted a great part of his life. 



404 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ADANSON, MICHAEL, French Naturalist, bom April 7, 

1727; died August 6, 1806 

ADDINGTON, RT. HON. J. H. death of 1818 

ADDINGTON, SIR WILLIAM, death of 1811 

ADDISON, JOSEPH, born 1672; died June 17 1719 

Went over to Ireland as Secretary to the new Lord Lieutenant, the Marquis of 
Wharton ; Queen Anne-bestowing upon hirn the office of Keeper of the Records 
in that kingdom, with an increased salary of £300. in 1709. The Tatler termi- 
nated, January 2, 1711, and was followed by The Spectator, March 1, and conti- 
nued till December 6, 1712. The Spectator was followed by The Guardian, the 
first number of which was published March 12; and the 175th, and last, on 
the 1st of October, 1713. He published his Tragedy of Cato in the same year, 
which was performed thirty-five nights in succession. A continuation of The 
Spectator appeared June 18, 1714; brought out his publication of The Free- 
holder, December 23, 1715, and continued till June 29, 1716. Married the 
Dowager Countess of Warwick, 1716. 

ADRIAN I. POPE, died 795 

ADRIAN II. died 872 

ADRIAN III. POPE, died 885 

ADRIAN IV. POPE, died : 1159 

An Englishman, whose name was Nicholas Breakspeare ; succeeded Anastatius 
IV. in 1154. 

ADRIAN V. POPE, a Genoese, succeeded Pope Inno- 
cent in 1276 

Died five weeks after his election. 

ADRIAN VI. POPE, died September 15£3 

iESOP, the Fabulist, lived 600 years before Christ. 
AGRICOLA, JULIUS, born 37 ; died 93 

Julius Agricola, Governor of South Britain, to protect the civilized Britons from 
the incursions of the Caledonians, builds a line of forts between the rivers 
Forth and Clyde ; defeats the Caledonians under Galgacus on ths Grampian 
Hills, and sails round Britain, which he discovers to be an island, 85. 

AIKEN, JOHN, M.D. born January 15, 1747; died De- 
cember 7 1822 

Dr. Aikin was the author of a great many works, among-st which were, his 'Eng- 
land Delineated, which appeared in 1788; the first volume of Evenings at Home, 
in 6 vols, the last of which appeared in June, 1795 ; The Arts of Life, came out 
in 1801 ; in 1803, appeared his Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English 
Poetry. Accepted the office of Editor of Dodsley's Annual Register, in 1811. 

AINSWORTH, ROBERT, born 1660; died 1743 

Commenced the compilation of his Latin Dictionary about 1714, but it did not 
appear till 1736. The 2nd edition of it appeared, in 2 vols. 4to. in 1746; and 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 405 

AINSWORTH, ROBERT, (continued.) 

has since been frequently re-published. An edition of it came out in 1752, in 
2 folio vols; another, in 2 vols. 4to. in 1773; the latest and best edition ap- 
peared in 1816, all under the superintendence of different Editors. 

AITON, WILLIAM, Botanist, born ] 731 ; died 1743 

AKENSIDE, MARK, death of.. 1770 

He was born November 9, 1721. His principal poetical work was, — Pleasures of 
Imagination, which appeared in 1744. 

ALAND, SIR F. (a Judge), born 1670; died 1747 

ALBAN'S, ST. (DUCHESS OF), death of, August 6 1837 

Married the Duke of St. Albans, June 16, 1827. 

ALBERONI, CARDINAL, born 1664; died 1752 

ALDUS, the celebrated Printer died 1516 

ALLEN, CARDINAL, died 1594 

A determined opponent of the Reformed Church, whose talents and influence made 
him truly obnoxious to Queen Elizabeth. Being compelled to leave England, 
he went to Rome, where he died. 

ALLEYN, EDWARD, Comedian, born 1556; died ...... 1626 

Alleyn, or Allen, was a distinguished actor in the reigns of Elizabeth, and James 
I. and was looked upon as the first performer of his day. One of his most cele- 
brated parts was the Jew of Malta, in Marlow's play of that name. He after- 
wards became a theatrical proprietor : and was sole owner of Tlie Fortune play- 
house, near Whitecross-street, Moorfields, which he built himself, and which 
the author of the Historia Histrionica, published in 1699, describes as a large, 
round, brick building. 

Alleyn was the founder of Dulwich College, which^was erected after adesign 
of Inigo Jones, was in a great state of forwardness in 1614, and finished in 1619. 
He had some difficulty at first in getting permission to settle his property in 
mortmain, principally through the opposition of Lord Bacon, the then Lord 
Chancellor. The licence however was at last signed, June 21, 1619; and on 
September 13, in the same year, the College was opened in form; Bacon, and 
many distinguished characters, honouring the ceremony with their presence. 
Alleyn took upon himself the office of Master in the first instance, at least so 
far as living in the house, and restricting himself to the regular allowance of 
that situation. He died at Dulwich, November 25, 1626, and was buried in 
the chapel of the College. 

The members composing the College are a master, warden, four fellows, six 
poor brethren, six sisters, twelve scholars, six assistants, and thirty out-mem- 
bers. The original revenue amounted only to £800. per annum j but has since 
greatly increased. On this account, the situation of Master of the Institution, 
who must be of the surname of Alleyn, or Allen, and, if possible, of kin to the 
founder, is now of considerable value. Dulwich College has, from its founda- 
tion, been celebrated for its Collection of Pictures : Alleyn himself left it some, 
and many more were afterwards added by Mr. William Cartwright, the come- 
dian, who died about the end of the 17th century. But the most valuable ac- 
cession has been from the bequest of the late Sir Francis Bourgeois, in 1810. 
Dulwich College also received a large and curious collection of old plays from 
Mr. Cartwright, which the Managers afterwards gave to Garrick in exchange 
for some modern publications. In the present library, the most carious relic is 
the original Diary of the founder, begun September 29, 1617; and continued 
to the same day, in the year 1622. 



406 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMOUY. 

ALEXANDER, W. died 1816 

ALEXANDER THE GREAT, born b. c. 356 

ALFRED THE GREAT, born 849 ; died 900 

Took the field against the Danes, at Wilton, in Oxfordshire, and fought seven 
battles with them in 876. More Danes having arrived in 877. he disguised 
himself in the habit of a shepherd, till 878. Collected his scattered friends in 
879, and obliged the greatest part of their army to quit the country; in 897, 
they went up the river Lea, and built a fortress at Ware, when Alfred turned 
off the course of the river, and left their ships dry, which obliged them to re- 
move. After subduing the Danish invaders, against whom he fought fifty-six 
battles by sea and land, he composed his body of laws : divides England into 
Counties, Hundreds, and Tythings ; erects County Courts, and founds the 
University of Oxford about 896. 

ALICK, (BLIND), of Stirling. 

This wonderful phcenomenon was living in 1833 ; Alick was blind from his child- 
hood. He was the son of poor parents, and had no other instruction than that 
gained at a day-school for children, to which he was sent more to keep him out 
of mischief, than any thing else. The only volume then used at these establish- 
ments as a class or reading book, was the Bible; and as the scholars read in 
rotation, young Alick soon began to retain many passages in Scripture, as also 
the number of the chapter and verse where they occurred. 

Many persons of education have examined him, and have invariably been 
astonished at the extent of his memory. Not long since, to puzzle him, a gen- 
tleman read with a slight verbal alteration, a verse of the Bible. Alick hesi- 
tated a moment, and then told where it was to be found, but said it had not been 
correctly delivered: he then gave it as it stood in the book, correcting the 
slight error that had been purposely introduced. Any passage in Scripture 
might be repeated, and he could tell chapter and verse ; or if told the chapter 
and verse of any part of that book, he could repeat the passage, word for word. 

ALLI CAWN MEER JAFFIER, made Nabob of Bengal 17C5 

AMELIA, the PRINCESS, death of November 1810 

AMES, JOSEPH, Typographical Historian, born 1689; 

died : 1759 

ANDOVER, LORD, killed whilst in the act of delivering 

his fowling-piece to his servant 1801 

ANDREWS, M. P. Esq. death of ." 1814 

ANDRE, MAJOR, hung by the Americans as a spy, Oc- 
tober 2 1780 

On the breaking out of the American war, Andre, having previously procured a 
commission in the army, proceeded with his regiment to North America, then 
at war with Great Britain. Here his great talents soon raised him to the rank 
of major, and also that of Adjutant to the army. In the summer of 1780, Major 
Andri was with the troops then occupying the town of New York under the 
command of General Sir Henry Clinton, when the infamous Arnold, who had 
been entrusted by Washington with the important position of West Point on 
the Hudson, about sixty miles above New York, sent over to the British com- 
mander his proposals for delivering that fortress into his hands, which, had the 



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ANDRE, MAJOR, (continued.) 

scheme been attended with success, would most likely have ended the war. 
On Arnold's overtures been accepted, Andre was appointed to conduct the 
negotiation. After some correspondence under feigned names, Andre and 
Arnold met on the banks of the Hudson on Friday, September 22, when every- 
thing was arranged for the execution of the plot on the Monday following, the 
necessary information in writing being put into Andre's hands to be delivered 
to General Clinton. Unfortunately for Andre, the boatmen who had brought him 
on shore from the English sloop of war in which he had come up the river, 
having had their suspicions awakened, refused, although he bore a flag of truce 
from General Arnold, to convey him back, and he was obliged to attempt his 
return to New York by land. On his return, Arnold insisted that he should 
exchange his military uniform for a plain coat, to which Andre unwillingly con- 
sented. A proper guide having being appointed, they set out; when, having 
reached the next post, they were obliged, in order to prevent suspicion, to 
follow the advice of the commanding officer, and to remain there all night. 
On the following morning they proceeded on their journey, and having arrived 
within view of the British army, the guide took his leave of Andre a little 
below Pine's Bridge, a village on the Croton. Andre having proceeded alone, 
to the distance of about four leagues, as he was entering the village of Jarry- 
town, his horse was suddenly seized by three men, who it afterwards appeared 
belonged to the New York militia. Andre with great imprudence, assumed 
that thev were of the English party, and instead of producing his passport re- 
quested them not to detain him, he being a British officer. Upon finding- his 
mistake, he offered them his watch to let him go; but they were not to be 
bribed, and having found the important papers concealed about his person, they 
immediately conducted him to the nearest station. His anxiety for the safety 
of Arnold now prompted him to endeavour to prevail upon the officer in 
command, to forward a notice of his capture to that general, in consequence of 
which the traitor effected his escape. Andre having stated who he was, was 
conducted to the presence of General Washington ; on the 25th his case was 
submitted by the American General to the consideration of a board of fourteen 
general officers, among whom were Rocbambeau and Lafayette, who had a short 
time before arrived with troops from France. When brought before this tri- 
bunal, he stated that he had come on shore under the sanction of a flag of truce, 
sent to him by Arnold: and that with respect to his having been found dis- 
guised and bearing a false name, he had only acted in obedience to the com- 
mands of Arnold. The decision of the Court-martial was, that the prisoner 
ought to be considered as a spy, and as such he was sentenced to be executed. 
General Clinton spared neither intreaty or remonstrance to the American Gen. 
to avert his fate, but in vain. He exhibited the most perfect resignation to his 
fate, and only begged that his death might be that of a soldier. After being 
kept in ignorance of the determination of the Court-martial, he was at last 
brought to the fatal spot, October 2, and then perceived that he was to end his 
life on a gibbet: having exclaimed, — ' It is but a momentary pang,' he gave no 
further expression to his feelings. He died with the respect of those who were 
obliged to be his executioners. A monument was erected to his memory, at the 
public expense, in Westminster Abbey. 

ANGELO, FILIPPO, Venetian painter, born 1570; died . 1610 
ANGELO, MICHAEL, painter, bo~n 1600; died 1660 

ANGELO, MICHAEL BUONAROTTI, painter, born in 

1474; died 1564 

ANGELO, MICHAEL DE CARAVAGIO, painter, born 

1569: died 1600 



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ANNE, QUEEN, born February 6 1665 

Married to Prince George of Denmark, July 28, 1683, by whom she had IS chil- 
dren, all of whom died young; lost her son, George, Duke of Gloucester, by a 
fever, July 29, 1700, aged 11. She came to the crown March 8, 1702; lost her 
husband, who died of an asthma and dropsy, October 28, 1708, aged 55. The 
Queen died of an apoplexy, August 1, 1714, aged 49; reigned twelve years, 
four months, and twenty-four days. Buried at Westminster. 

ANSON, ADMIRAL, sailed to the South Sea, Sept. 18 ... 1740 

Born 1697 ; made post captain, 1724 ; selected to attack the Spanish settlements 
in the Pacific Ocean, 1739 ; sailed September 18, 1740, with a squadron of five 
men of war, a sloop, and two victuallers; and after passing along the eastern 
coast of South America, doubled Cape Horn in the midst of a series of storms 
and tempests that separated his whole fleet, only a small part of which ever 
again joined him. 

After re-fitting at the island of Juan Fernandez, he took the rich town of 
Paita, on the coast of Peru, and he also captured some valuable prizes, on board 
of which were passengers of distinction. He afterwards sailed with the Centu- 
rion and Gloucester to the coast of Mexico, to intercept the annual Acapulco 
ship; was obliged to unite the crews and abandon his second vessel; and so 
thinned and weakened were the seamen by the scurvy, that it was with diffi- 
culty they reached the uninhabited island of Tinian, one of the Ladrones. Here, 
while the Commodore, with most of his officers and crew were on shore, the 
Centurion was blown out to sea, and so little prospect was entertained of her 
reaching the island again, that much labour was employed to lengthen a small 
vessel found on the shore, the Commodore taking the axe in hand like a 
common man. Having fortunately regained his ship, he went to re-fit at 
Macao, and was so fortunate as to fall in with, and capture the Manilla galleon, 
although greatly superior to his own ship in size and number of men. At the 
very moment of victory he had another difficulty to encounter in consequence 
of a fire, which broke out near the Centurion's powder room; but he gave his 
orders, and surmounted the disaster with his usual coolness. He sailed back 
with his prize to Canton, and having circumnavigated the globe, arrived with 
great riches at Spithead, June 15, 1744, and was made Rear- Admiral of the 
Blue, and not long after, a Commissioner of the Admiralty. 

In May, 1747, he commanded the Channel fleet, and captured a French 
squadron of six men-of-war, which were convoying a large fleet bound to the 
East and West Indies. Two of these prizes were ealled the " Invincible and 
the Glory," which induced the Captain of the first of them to say, on giving up 
his sword : " Sir, you have conquered the Invincible, and Glory follows you." 
For this and other services he was in the June following raised to the Peerage, 
by the title of Lord Anson. Married Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Chancellor 
Hardwicke, 1748; she died without issue 1750; made first Lord of the Admi- 
ralty, 1751 ; retired on a change of Administration, 1756; again appointed, 
1757, when he remained at the head of the Admiralty during the whole of that 
spirited war. Raised to the principal naval dignity of Admiral and Commander- 
in-Chief of the fleet, for the purpose of bringing over Queen Charlotte, 1761. 
He died at Moor Park, Hertfordshire, June, 1762. 

ARGYLL, MARQUIS OF, beheaded May 27 1661 

After the murder of Charles I. the Marquis of Argyll placed the crown upon the 
head of his son with his own hands, in 1651; assisted in the ceremony of pro- 
claiming Oliver Cromwell Protector in 1653; signed an agreement to support 
his government; sat in his Parliament as the representative of the County of 
Aberdeen, where he secretly intrigued for the Restoration. 

ARGYLL, ARCHIBALD, EARL OF, beheaded 1685 

Afterthe defeat of the royal army at the battle of Worcester, 1651, this nobleman 
(then Lord Lorn) on taking arms for His Majesty's service, so incensed the 



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Protector, that though a grant of a free pardon was to be extended to all, this 
nobleman, strange to say, was excepted. His decapitation took place at the 
High Cross at Edinburgh. 

ARGYLL, JOHN CAMPBELL, died 1743 

This nobleman was surnamed the Great Duke of Argyll ; his private life was 
adorned by the most amiable qualities, which were retained through a long 
course of his public services, military and civil. He served under the Duke of 
Marlborough; Was successively Commander-in-Chief of the troops in Scotland, 
Lord Steward of the Household, Master-General of the Ordnance, and Com- 
mander-in-Chief of the army. 

ARAM, EUGENE, trial of, for the murder of Daniel Clark 1759 

Eugene Aram was a man of uncommon talent; but, in order to obtain a trifling 
property, he formed, (with the aid of an accomplice of the name of Houseman) 
the resolution of murdering Daniel Clark, a shoemaker of Knaresborough, in 
Yorkshire. The murder remained a secret for nearly 14 years; but the acci- 
dental digging for gravel near the place where the body was deposited, the 
skeleton was turned up. The sudden disappearance of the deceased, and his 
well-known intimacy with Aram and Houseman, together with the declarative 
assertion of Houseman on his seeing the bones, that they could not be those of 
Clark, he was wrought to a confession of their deposit, and the particulars of 
the same. Aram was arrested and arraigned; and, after a trial of some hours, 
he was declared guilty, after delivering one of the most ingenious and eloquent 
defences ever delivered in a Court of Justice. 

ARBUTHNOT, DR. death of 1735 

Dr. Arbuthnot happening to be at Epsom, at the time when Prince George of 
Denmark was taken ill there, and being called upon to attend him, he was so 
successful in his treatment, that he was appointed the future regular physician; 
he was also appointed Physician in ordinary to Queen Anne, in 1799- He 
died at his house in Cork-street, Burlington Gardens, after a lingering illness of 
nearly twelve months. 

ARCHER, MATILDA, and MARY ANN PERRY, death 

of, June 3, 1834 

An inquest was held on the bodies of these young women, when the Jury return- 
ed a verdict of felo de se. It appeared by the evidence that, on the previous 
night, they had tied their wrists tightly together with a silk handkerchief, and 
then threw themselves into the Thames, near the Upper Mall, where they 
were found drowned the following morning. Archer was 19 years of age, and 
Perry 18. 

ARIOSTO, LUDOVICO, Italian Poet, born 1474; died... 1534 
ARISTOTLE, Grecian Philosopher, born 385; died b. c. . 322 

ARK WRIGHT, SIR RICHARD, inventor of the Spinning- 
Jennies, died 1 792 

ARMINIUS, JAMES, founder of that Sect, died 1609 

ARMSTRONG, DR. JOHN, born 1732; died 1779 

ARNE, DR. THOMAS AUGUSTINE, born 1710; died 1778 

ARNE, MICHAEL, the Musician, died 1785 

No. 53- sh 



410 TUB NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ARNOLD, RICHARD, English Divine, died 1765 

ARNOLD, DR. the Musician, born 1739 • died October 22 1802 

ARNOLD, JOHN, Watchmaker, born 1744; died 1799 

ARUNDEL, LORD, died at Rome, June 21 1834 

ARUNDEL, EARL OF, who brought the famous Marbles 

to England, died 1645 

ASHBURTON, LORD, died 1803 

ASHFORD, MARY, murder of 1812 

ASHMOLE, ELIAS, born May 23, 1617; died May 18 ... 1692 

An eminent Antiquary and Herald, and the founder of the Museum which still 
bears his name, at Oxford. Married Eleanor, daughter of Peter Mainwaring, of 
Smalhvood, in Cheshire, 1638; sworn an attorney of the Common Pleas, 1641; 
married again, 1649; published his Theatrum Chymicum Britannicum, 1652; 
published his — The Way lo Bliss, in three Books, 4to. in 1658; made a Cata- 
logue of the Coins which had been given to the Bodleian Library, by Arch- 
bishop Laud, in the same year; had the Museum of Curiosities, at South 
Lambeth, made over to him, by the younger Tradescant and his wife, which the 
father and eldest son had been some time in accumulating, 1659; called to the 
bar of the Middle Temple, November 2, 1660; appointed to the Secretaryship 
of Surinam, February 9, 1661; appointed accomptant-General, and Country 
Accomptant in the Excise, June 9, 1668 ; received the degree of M. D. from 
the University of Oxford by diploma, July 19, 1669; resigned his Office of 
Windsor Herald, in 1675 ; lost the greater part of his library, a cabinet of 9000 
ancient and modern coins, together with a great collection of Seals, Charters, 
and other antiquities by a fire in the Middle Temple, the adjoining apartments 
to those in which he resided, (his Manuscripts and gold medals being fortunately 
preserved,) January 26, 1679 ; presented his Curiosities to the new building of 
the University of Oxford, to which he afterwards added his Manuscripts and 
Library, 1682. tl is still called the Ashmolean Museum. 

ASHTON, MR. THOMAS, assassination of, January 3 ... 1832 

Mr. Ashton was assassinated whilst returning from his factory at Apethorp, near 
Manchester. An inquest was held on the body, when a vervict of — wilful 
murder was returned against some person or persons unknown. On the 5th of 
January, a reward of £500. was offered for their apprehension. 

ATTERBURY, FRANCIS, Bishop of Rochester, died 1732 

Atterbury, when the English prelates drew up a " Declaration of the Bishops," in 
1715, in which they strongly protested against the war which was going on in 
Scotland, when presented to him, refused to sign it. His disaffection to the 
Brunswick family having been long suspected, he was in 1722 charged with a 
traitorous correspondence with the Pretender, upon which a Bill passed the 
House of Lords, depriving him of his dignities and benefices. He died in 
exile. 

ATKINS, ALDERMAN, died..... 1838 

ATKINSON, MR. CHRISTOPHER, an expelled Member 
of Parliament, stood in the Pillory for perjury, Oc- 
tober 25 „„ 1785 



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AUBREY, JOHN, Antiquarian, born 1626; died 1700 

AUDLEY, ALERVIN LORD, hung... 1631 

AYSCOUGH, GEORGE EDWARD, English writer, died 1779 

BACKHUYSEN, LUDOLPH, Dutch painter, born 1631 ; 

died b 1709 

BACON, FRANCIS LORD, born 1569 ; committed to the 

Tower 1626 

He died April 9, 1626, aged 57. 

BACON, SIR NICHOLAS, died 1579 

BACON, JOHN, sculptor, died 1799 

jBADGER, WILLIAM, died February 17.... 1833 

This individual met his death in consequence of injuries received from an acci- 
dent which occurred on the 26th of January preceding, in raising- the roof of 
the Birmingham Town-Hall, and which proved, on the instant, fatal to a fellow- 
workman of the name of John Heap. In St. Philip's church-yard, Birmingham, 
there is a column erected to the memory of these unfortunate artizans by their 
employers and fellow-workmen; and part of that column is stated to have been 
"the last workmanship" of poor Badger himself. An inscription on one 
square of the pedestal commemorates Heap as a " skilful, honest, and indus- 
trious workman, a good husband, and a good father." And on another square, 
there is the following appropriate poetical inscription, from the pen of Miss 
Twamley, to the memory of Badger :— 

" Why should the monumental tribute rise 

Alone, where grandeur's mouldering remnant lies ; 

Or why the sculptured mockery of woe 

Claim Pity's tear, for worthless dust below; 

Whose unregarded grave had been forgot, 

But for the costly tomb that marks the spot ? 

Far other feelings raised this humble shrine, 

Far holier thoughts inspired the simple line, 

That fain would tell, with sad and grateful pride, 

The mind, worth, enterprise, of him who died; — 

Who closed a lowly but a just career, 

Led by the love of Science to his bier j 

And wrought, as though prophetic of his doom, 

The touching emblem that surmounts his tomb. " 

3AGSTER, ROSA MATILDA, Commission of Lunacy 

against, 1833 

i Commission of Lunacy, after sitting eleven days, brought in a verdict to the 
following effect, — " That Rosa Matilda Mary Bagster, (or Newton), is now, 
and has been since the 1st of November, 1830, of unsound mind, so that she is 
not fit to take proper care of her goods, chattels, messuages, tenements," &c. 

3AILLIE, DR. M. died 1823 

5ALLANTYNE, MR. died January 17 1833 

Ir. Ballantyne was deservedly celebrated as an elegant and correct printer. He 
belonged to a past age, when printers were, by royal privilege entitled to wear 
swords, and dress like courtiers. 



412 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BAKER, SIR GEORGE, Bart. M.D. died 1809 

BALCHEN, ADMIRAL, born 1669; lost 1744 

Admiral Sir John Balehen was lost in the Victory. In July, Sir John sailed from 
Spithead with a strong squadron, in quest of an opportunity to attack the 
French fleet at Brest, under the command of M. R:chambault. In the bay of 
Biscay he was overtaken by a violent storm, his ships were dispersed, and drove 
up the English Channel. The greater part of them however, under Admiral 
Stewart, arrived at Plymouth ; Sir John Balehen was not so fortunate, for his 
ship, which was reckoned, without an exception the most beautiful, was lost, 
and every one on board perished. The crew amounted to eleven hundred. 

BALDWIN, MR. Letter-Press Printer died 1813 

Mr. Baldwin was the first proprietor of the St. James's Chronicle. 

BALIOL, JOHN, founder of Baliol College, died 1209 

BALMERINO, LORD, beheaded for High Treason, Au- 
gust 18 1746 

BAMPFYLDE, SIR CHARLES, assassinated, April 7 ... 1823 

Sir Charles Warwick Bampfylde, Bart, was shot in the open day, in Montague- 
square, April 7, 1823. J. Morland, the assassin, had formerly been in the ser- 
vice of Sir Charles, and his wife was servant at the time of the occurrence. 
Morland perceiving that his aim had taken effect, immediately discharged 
another pistol in his own mouth, which killed him on the spot. Sir Chailes 
lingered until the 19th, when he expired in great agony. The Jury which sat 
on the body of the murderer, returned a verdict of — felo de se, and his body was 
buried in the cross-road, opposite St. John's Wood Chapel. Sir Charles was 
in the 71st year of his age. The murder was committed under the influence 
of jealousy, which was proved to have been entirely groundless. 

BALY, HAYNES, ESQ. Musical Composer, died 1839 

BANKS, SIR JOSEPH, born 1743; died May 19 1820 

BANKS, THOMAS, Sculptor, born 1735; died 1805 

BARBAROSSA, the famous Corsair died, aged 43 1518 

BARCLAY'S, CAPTAIN, celebrated Walking Match, ... 1809 

Captain Barclay undertook to walk 1000 miles in as many successive houis. The 
undertaking was to be performed at Newmarket, arid to walk at the rate of a 
mile in each and every hour. The weather was at the time very rainy. He 
commenced the arduous task on the 1st of June, 1809, and completed it on the 
12th of July following. The bets amounted to £100,000.; £16,000. of which 
were the Captain's. 

BARETTI, MARK ANTONY JOSEPH, born in 1716; 

died May 5 1789 

Came to England 1750, and settled in London. Returned from a visit to Spain, 
1769, when he had the misfortune to kill a man in an accidental affray in the 
streets. Tried at the Old Bailey, and after the most honourable testimony 
given to his character, the Jury returned a verdict of — Manslaughter. 

BARHAM, LORD, died 1813 



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BARHAM, LADY CAROLINE, died November 6 1832 

A Coroner's Inquest sat on the body of Lady Caroline Barham, whose death was 
occasioned by a cabriolet driving against her, when a verdict was returned of— 
Manslaughter, ag-ainst the driver of the cab, and a deodand of £50. on the 
cabriolet and horse. 

BARNARD, SIR JOHN, born 1685; died 1764 

His statue erected in the late Royal Exchange, London, May 23, 1747. 

BARRETT, JOHN, executed at Newgate, for stealing 
Money out of Letters at the General Post Office, 
February 13 1832 

BARRINGTON, WILLIAM VISCOUNT, died 1801 

BARRINGTON, ADMIRAL THE HON. SAMUEL, 

died 1800 

BARRINGTON, HON. DAINES, died 1800 

BARROW, DR. ISAAC, English Theologian, born 1631 ; 

died 1677 

BARRUP, BENJAMIN, executed for the murder of Mary 

Mortlock 1829 

BARTLEMAN, the Musician, died 1822 

The sale of this celebrated Musician's music began on the 20th of February, 
1822, and continued eight days. It consisted of 1480 lots, and produced only 
£1400. although collected at a considerable expense. 

BARTON, ELIZABETH, the Holy Maid of Kent, exe- 
cuted 1534 

BASKERVILLE, JOHN, celebrated Printer, died 1775 

BATHURST, RIGHT HON. BRAGGE, died August 20 1831 

BATHURST, ALLEN EARL, died 1775 

BATHURST, EARL, died 1834 

His Lordship was Colonial Secretary for sixteen years, and President of the 
Council during the Wellington Administration. 

BEATTIE, DR. JAMES, Author of" The Minstrel," bora 

1735 ; died August 18 1803 

BEATOUN, CARDINAL, died 1546 

BEAUHARNOIS, EUGENE, formerly Viceroy of Italy, 

died February 24 1824 

BEAUMONT, FRANCIS, English Dramatic Writer, and 

Poet, born 1555: died... 1615 



414 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BECKET; see pages 323-4, ante. 

BECKFORD, ALDERMAN, died, and Statue placed in 

Guildhall .. 1770, 

Alderman Beckford amassed the great sum of £50,000. a year. 

BEDE, Venerable, born 665 ; died in 735 

BEDFORD, DUKE OF, made Regent of France, 1422 ; 

died 1435 

BEDFORD, JOHN, (Fourth Duke of), died 1771 

BEDFORD, FRANCIS, (Fifth Duke of), died 1802 

BEDFORD, JOHN, Sixth Duke of), died 1840 

BEECHEY, SIR WILLIAM, died February 4... 1839 

BELL, DR. died January 28 1832 

BELLINGHAM, executed for shooting the Hon. Spencer 

Percival, May 18 1812 

BELZONI, (the celebrated Traveller), died, December 3 ... 1823 

BEMBO, CARDINAL, of Venice, died 1547 

BENBOW, JOHN, born 1650; died 1702 

BENBOW, , arrest of, January 24 1832 

Benbow, who previously kept a coffee and beer-shop, in Fleet-street, near 
Temple-Bar, and who rendered himself conspicuous, on the Fast-day, with the 
procession of the Trades' Union, was arrested under the authority of a warrant 
from the Secretary of State's Office. Examined at Marlborough-street Police 
Office, charged with having, along with others, on the 21st of January, 1832, 
caused a great riot, noise, and disturbance, at the parish of St. Pancras. He 
was held to bail to take his trial for the riot, but afterwards acquitted. 

BENGOUGH, MR. death of, December 26 1825 

Mr. Bengough was a performer at Drury-lane, the Surrey, and Cobourg Theatres. 

BENTHAM, JEREMY, ESQ. died June 6 1832 

Mr. Bentham expired at his house, Queen-square, Westminster. He was 86 
years of age. 

BERN ADOTTE, Elected Crown Prince of Sweden 1810 

BERTIE, EARL OF LINDSEY, died 1642 

He was a General ol the army of Charles I. at the battle of Edge Hill, where he was 
moitally wounded and taken prisoner. Lord Clatendon describes him amongst 
those heroes who did not hesitate to sacrifice life and fortune in supporting the 
institutions of their country. 

BERTIE, MONTAGUE, died 1666 

This nobleman, (son of the preceding), was likewise at the battle of Edge Hill, 
and when attempting the rescue of his wounded father, was also taken prisoner 
with him. 



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BERRI, THE DUKE DE, murdered bv Louvel, at Paris, 

February 14 ; 1820 

The Duchess was delivered of a son (the Duke of Bourdeaux), September 28, 
1820. 

BERRY, SIR EDWARD, died February 13 1831 

BERTHIER, MARSHAL, Prince of Wagram, died June 1 1815 

Marshal Berthier threw himself from the window of a house at Bamberg, and was 
killed. 

BERTON, GENERAL, and five others, executed, Sep- 
tember 16 1822 

BETTENSON, MR. of Queen-square, died October 28 ... 1788 

This gentleman in his Will left £30,000. to charitable uses; £10,000. of it to 
Mr. Hethering-ton's Charity for the Blind. 

BETTERTON, MR. Performer, born 1635; died April 7 ... 1710 

BETTY, W. H. WEST, first appearance of, in London, 

December, 1804 

BEV AN, BENJAMIN, died July 1 1833 

Mr. Bevan was the author of the well-known ' Treatise on the Slide Rule,' the 
* Guide to the Carpenter's Rule,' and many other useful contributions to 
mechanical science. He was in the act of observing an eclipse of the moon, 
and had just called Mrs. Bevan to witness the sight, when he was taken 
suddenly ill, and in a few minutes was a corpse. 

BERWICK, DUKE OF, born 1670; killed at the siege of 

Philipsburg, June 12 1734 

BIRD, MR. and his Servant, murdered at Greenwich, 

February 12 1818 

BIRNIE, SIR RICHARD, died April 29 1832 

Sir Richard was buried at St. Martin's church, May 6, 1832. 

BLACKSTONE, JUDGE, Author of the Law Commen- 
taries, born 1 723 ; died February 14 1780 

BLAIR, DR. HUGH, died December 27, 1800 

BLAIR, ROBERT LORD, President of the Court of 

Session, Scotland, born 1743; died 1811 

BLAIR, DR. Poet, died 1782 

BLAKE, ADMIRAL, born 1599; died in 1657 

Blake was the rival and constant opponent of Van Tromp and De Ruyter, and by 
his splendid successes, established the superiority of the British Navy over that 
of her formidable enemy, the Dutch. 



416 THE NEW TABLET OK MEMORY. 

BLANDY, MISS, -hung at Oxford, for the murder of her 

father, April 6 1752 

BLANE, SIR GILBERT, died June 26, aged 84 1834 

BLOOD, COLONEL, took the Crown out of the Tower, 

May 9 1671 

Colonel Blood seized the Duke of Ormnnd, with an intent to hang him at Tyburn, 
but was prevented, December 6, I 670. He died August 24, 1680. 

BLOOMFIELD, ROBERT, died August 19 1823 

Bloomfield, the author of The Farmer's Boy, fyc. was one of the most pleasing 1 
Poets of his time. He was born at Honington, in Sussex, in 1716. He had to 
struggle with many pecuniary embarrassments, and at last died poor ; but his 
poverty was not brought on by improvidence. He was kind, generous, and 
warm-hearted, which drained his purse. His brothers were also in humble cir- 
cumstances, and he mainly supported their families ; so that it might truly be 
said, that he went about doing good. He continued his literary labours to his 
death. 

BLUCHER, PRINCE, died, September 6 1819 

BODLEY, SIR T. founder of the Bodleian Library in the 
University at Oxford, died 1612; for an account of 
which, see page 320-1, ante. 

BOERHAVE, DR. died September 23, (aged 70) 1738 

BOHEMIA, ELIZABETH, Queen of, daughter of James I. 

died 1662 

After the death of her husband, she came over to England, and was privately 
married to the Earl of Craven, who fought as a volunteer in her husband's 
army. 

BOILEAU, French Satirist, born March 16, 1635; died ... 1711 

BOLEYN, QUEEN ANN, beheaded 1536 

BOLINGBROKE, LORD, died (aged 73).: 1751 

BOLIVAR, GENERAL, account of the death of, received 

in London, February 18 1831 

BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON, born August 15, 1769; 

died May 5 1821 

France became a Republic, 1792. Defeated the Austrians at the bridge of Lodi, 
May 11, 1796. Forced the passage of the Mincio. and obliged General Beaulieu 
to retire with the loss of 22,000 men, May 30, 1796. Married Josephine 1796. 
Defeated the Austrians in Italy, January 19, and 27, 1797- Again on the Upper 
Bhine, when the French took Frankfort, Kehl, &c. 1797. Seized Egypt, 1798. 
Island of Malta surrendered to, June 11, 1798. Installed First Consul, De- 
cember 25, 1799. Defeated at Acre, by Sir Sidney Smith, 1799. Re-proclaim- 
ed the Cisalpine Republic, June 5, 1800. Defeated the Austrians at Marengo, 
with dreadful slaughter, June 14, 1800. An attempt made on his life, by a 
machine called — " The Infernale," December 24, 1800. Established the Order 
of the Legion of Honour in France, May 7, 1802. Installed First Consul for 



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BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON, (continued.) hoxn 1769 

life, August 6, 1802. Offers terms to Louis XVIII. if he will relinquish the 
Crown of Fiance in his favour, which were indignantly rejected, 1803. Arrest- 
ed 7,500 Eng-lish travellers, May 22, 1803. Appointed Emperor of the French, 
under the name of Napoleon I. May 18, 1804; crowned by the then Pope, after 
great difficulty, November 19, 1804. Defeated the -Austrians at Elchingen, 
October 19, 1805. Infamous surrender of Ulm, by General Mack to, and the 
whole of the garrison made prisoners, 1805. Defeated the Austrians on the 
Adige, Oct 'ber 31, 1805.^. Triumphantly entered Vienna, November 13, 1805. 
Crowned King of Italy at Milan, 1805. Defeated the Austrian and Russian 
armv at Austerlitz, December 2, 1805. Defeated the Prussians at Jena, 1806. 
Defeated the Russians at the battle of Friedland, with terrible slaughter, June 
14, 1807. Declares the towns of Kehl, Wesel, Cassel, and Flushing united to 
the French Empire, January 29, 1808. Declares the Papal territory annexed 
to France, May 21, 1808. Bonaparte and the Emperor of Russia offer Peace to 
England at Erfurth, September 27, 1808. Fought the battle of Asperne and 
Essling against the Austrians, with dreadful slaughter on both sides, May 21 
and 22, when he was defeated, 1809. Defeated the Austrians at Eekmuhl, 
May 22, 1809. Effected the passage of the Danube, July 5, 1809. Defeated 
Prince Charles at Wagram, July 8, 1809. Divorced from Josephine, after a 
marriage of thirteen years, upon the plea of having no issue, December 17, 
1809; but the real cause was, his having entered into a treaty with Francis II. 
Emperor of Austria, for a marriage with his daughter, the Archduchess Maria 
Louisa ; which ceremony took place March 11, 1810 ; and on the 20th of April, 
1811, the Empress presented him with a son, whom he announced to his officers 
of state as the young king of Rome. Annexed Holland and the Hanse towns 
to Fiance, July 9, 1810. Made Hamburgh a part of France, January 1, 1811. 
Seized on Swedish Pomerania, January 22, 1812. Headed an invading army 
against Russia, (the most unfortunate event he ever undertook), May 2, 1812. 
Entered Wilna, June 28, 1812, after gaining a battle. Fought the battle of 
Smolensko, August 28, 1812. Was victorious at Moskwa, September 7, 1812. 
Entered Moscow, after a well-fought battle, September 14, 1812. Rostopschin, 
the Russian Governor, having set fire to the city, he was obliged to retire from 
it; his previous good fortune now deserted him, and he experienced sad re- 
verses, October 22, 1812. His army suffered severely from the frost, and great 
numbers perished in his retreat ; he deserted the army, on the 5th of December, 
and arrived at Paris on the 18th, which caused great dissatisfaction. Fought 
the battle of Lutzen, May 1, 1813, which proved disastrous. Bautzen, May 20, 
1813. Vittoria, June 21, 1813. Engaged the combined troops at Dresden, 
1813. Fought the battle of Leipsic, without success, October 18, 1813. En- 
gaged the Allies, under the walls of Paris, at Montmantre, and was defeated, 
March 30, 1814. On the following day the allied army entered the French 
capital. Abdicated on the 1 1th of April following, with an understanding that 
he should retire to Elba, where he arrived May 8, 1814. The Empress Jose- 
phine died at Paris, May 30, 1814. Bonaparte makes his escape from Elba, 
and returns to Paris after the Allies had quitted it, and re-ascended the throne 
which he had so lately abdicated, March 20, 1815. The Allied Sovereigns, in 
consequence of this bold step, sign a new treaty for his extermination, March 
25, 1S15. Abolished the Slave Trade, March 29, 1815. Left Paris to join the 
army at Laon, June 12, 1815. Defeated Blucher at Ligny, June 16, 1815. 
Defeated at Waterloo, returned to Paris, June 20, and abdicated on the 23rd, 
in favour of his son. Arrived at Rochefort, with the view of sailing to Ame- 
rica, July 3, 1815. Failing in this project, he surrendered himself and suite of 
forty persons to Captain Maitland, of the Bellerophon, July 15, 1815. Sailed 
to Plymouth, July 20, 1815. Transferred at Torbay from the Bellerophon to 
the Northumberland, which sailed withhim for the island of St. Helena, decreed 
by the allied Sovereigns to be his place of residence for life, August 8, 1815. 
Arrived at St. Helena, October 16, 1815. His relatives, of every description, 
Ko. 54 3 I 



418 , THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BONAPARTE, NAPOLEON, (continued.) born 1769 

excluded for ever from Fiance, by the law of Amnesty, January 12, 1S16. His 
Son died 1832. The remains of Napoleon were disinterred, and brought to 
Paris, when they were again entombed in the Cathedral of St. Denis, in 1840, 
with great ceremony. 

Having given the principal achievements of Bonaparte, we cannot but 
admire the wonderful qualities of his mind, which appear to have been beyond 
any other individual on record; he commanded an army whose prowess for 
many years carried death and destruction wherever it went; monarch after 
monarch — kingdom after kingdom, fell prostrate before his victorious troops; 
and Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, Moscow, Dresden, Amsterdam, Venice, Rome, 
Mantua, Turin, and Genoa were obliged to open their gates to this triumphant 
Commander. 

BONAPARTE, JOSEPH, born 1768 

Caused his brother Joseph to be declared king of Naples, March 30, 1806; and 
two years after, on the 7th of July, 1808, he made him king of Spain, transfer- 
ing the kingdom of Naples to his brother-in-law, Murat. 

BONAPARTE, LUCIEN, born 1774 

BONAPARTE, LOUIS, born 1778 

Made king of Holland, June 5, 1806, by his brother Napoleon. Attempted to 
Taise an insurrection at Boulogne, August 5, 1840, in which he failed. 

BONAPARTE, JEROME, bom 1784 

BONAPARTE, LETITIA, (Mother) born 1750 

BONAR, MRS. and MR. of Chislehurst, murder of, May 31 1813 

Mr. and Mrs. Bonar were murdered in their bed, by their servant, Philip Nichol- 
son. He was tried and found guilty, and executed August 23, 1813. 

BOSANQUET, WILLIAM, ESQ. died June 21 1800 

Mr. Bosanquet, in making some alterations in his house, had removed the balcony 
from his back drawing room window; forgetting this circumstance, he walked 
out, and fell into the area, and, in his fall, broke the vertebrae of his back, and 
was severely injured. Though sensible of his certain dissolution, he in the 
midst of his sufferings, which he bore with gTeat patience, dictated some addi- 
tions to his will. He was son of the respected Bank Director of that name. 

BOSCAWEN, ADMIRAL, born 1711; died 1761 

BOSCAWEN, WILLIAM, died 1811 

BOURBON, CONDE, death of His R. H. the Prince of... 1830 

His Royal Highness was the father of the Due d'Enghien. On the morning of 
the 27th of August, his Highness was found dead in his chamber, at the Castle 
of St. Leu, in the department of the Seine and Oise. His death was occasioned 
by strangulation. 

BOURGEOIS, SIR FRANCIS, died 1813 

Sir Francis Bourgeois was descended from a Swiss family, but horn in London, 
in 1 756. He was originally destined for the army, but having a taste for drawing, 
he continued it professionally, and was at length appointed painter to the King 
of Poland, who honoured him with the Order of Merit. He was afterwards 
knighted by George III. and nominated by His Majesty his landscape painter. 
He acquired a large collection of pictures by the will of Mr. Desenfans, which 
ha Intended to have left as the commencement of the founding of a National 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 419 

BOURGEOIS, SIR FRANCIS, (continued.) 

Gallery, and which were offered to the Duke of Portland, on condition that lie 
would give a piece of ground on some part of his estate on which to erect such 
gallery ; Sii Francis also agreeing to give the sum of £10,000 towards its erec- 
tion, and for the endowment of a keeper. The proposition was not responded 
to until too late, Sir Francis having bequeathed them to Dulwich College, where 
a new wing was erected for their reception. 

BOWDITCH, MR. (the traveller), died January 10 1824 

BOWER, ARCHIBALD, died 1766 

He contributed to a work called Historia Literaria, which was discontinued in 
1734, and engaged in the Universal History, upon which he was employed seve- 
ral years. In 1748, he published the first volume of The History of the Popes ; 
a second followed : and after the publishing of the third volume, the work fell 
into discredit, and the author into disgrace, on account of a discovery of his 
secret correspondence with the Jesuits, into whose society he had been a second 
time admitted. A great controversy was carried on in consequence, and Bower 
was convicted of many falsehoods. The material charges were never satisfac- 
torily answered, although he continued to assert his innocence.- 

BOWYER, the Printer, born 1699; died November 18 1777 

BOWYER, ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE, died 1800 

BOYCE, DR. the Organist, born 1710 ; died February 9, 

(aged 69) 1779 

BOYLE, ROGER, born 1621; died 1679 

BOYLE, EARL OF ORRERY, born 1676; died 1731 

BOYLE, JOHN, EARL OF ORRERY, born 1707 ; died 1762 

BRADBURY, MR. (the Clown), died July 21 1831 

BRADDOCK, GENERAL, killed at Du Quesne, July 9 . 1755 

BRADSHAW, JOHN, one of the Judges of Charles I. 

born 1586; died 1659 

BRADY, REV. DR. NICHOLAS, born 1569; died 1726 

BRAGANZA, CATHARINE OF, Queen of CHARLES 

II. died 1705 

She was the daughter of John, Duke of Braganza, who recovered the Crown of 
Portugal from the usurpation of Spain; she married Charles in 1662, and died 
at Lisbon. 

BRAHAM, MR. the celebrated Singer, born 1777 

Mr. Braham, in 17&7. at the age of 10 years, made his appearance at the Royalty 
Theatre, Goodman's-fieKts, under the management of John Palmer, in aburletta 
called The Birth-day. He had pieviously made his appearance at Covent Garden 
Theatre, for the benefit of his first instructor, Leoni, on which occasion he sang 
The Soldier tir'd of Wars alarms," In 1794, he first sang at Bath, at Signior 



420 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BRAHAM, MR. {continued.) 

Ronzine's Concerts, with Madame Mara. In 1796, he made his first appear- 
ance at Drury-lane, in Mahmoud. In 1797, he sany at the Opera House, in the 
Opera of Zemira and Azor. At the latter end of the same year, he left his 
native land for Italy with Madame Storace. At Florence, he played the part of 
Ulysses. In Italy he sang with Billington, David, Marchesi, &c. &c. In 1801, 
he returned to England, and made his appearance in — The Cabinet. In 1805-6, 
he was engaged at the Opera House, Drury-lane, Oratorios, Concerts, &c. &c. 
Arrival of in America, October 31, 1840. 

BRAHE, TYCHO, Astronomer, born 1546; died 1601 

BRAMAH, JOSEPH, Engineer and Mechanist, born 1749; 

died December 9 1814 

BRANDON, CHARLES, Duke of Suffolk, died 1 545 

He was the son of Sir William Brandon, standard bearer to Henry VII. who was 
slain at the battle of Bosworth. 

BRANDRETH, TURNER, and LUDLAM, executed at 

Derby, November 6 , 1817 

BREADALBANE, MARQUIS OF, death of, at Tay- 

mouth Castle, (aged 72), March 29 1834 

BRERETON, COLONEL, trial of, by a Court Martial, at 

Bristol, January 13 1832 

It being considered that Colonel Brereton had not done his duty in the riots at 
Bristol, a charge was preferred against- him to that effect, and he was brought to 
a court martial; previous to the closing of which, however, the Colonel sud- 
denly terminated his life, by shooting himself with a pistol. On the 14th of 
January an inquest sat on the body, which returned a verdict of — " died by a 
pistol wound, inflicted by himself." 

BRIDGE WATER, DUKE OF, born 1736; died 1803 

BRIDPORT, ADMIRAL, (ALEXANDER HOOD), died 1814 

Lord Bridport was engaged in many of those brilliant victories which are to be 
found in the records of our naval history. He commanded the Royal Georpe of 
100 guns, in Lord Howe's victory of the 1st of June, when, after breaking 
through the French line he became closely engaged with two of the enemy's first 
rates, one of 120, the other of 80 guns. 

BRIGHT, MR. of Maiden, in Essex, born 1727; died No- 
vember 10 1756 

Mr. Bright weighed 44 stone, or 616 pounds; aged 29. His coffin was 3 feet 
6 inches over the shoulders. 

BRINDLEY, MR. the Duke of Bridgewater's Engineer, 

born 1716; died September 27, (aged 50) 1772 

BROOK, JOHN CHARLES, Somerset Herald, killed, 

February 3 1794 

He was unfortunately crushed to death at the Haymarlcet Theatre, on the occa- 
sion of the attendance of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of 
York on that evening. 



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BROOK, ROGER, of Halifax, Yorkshire, born 1435; died 

October S, (aged 133) 1568 

BROOKES, DR. the Anatomist, died January 10 1833 

Dipd suddenly, Joshua Brookes F.E.S ; F.L.S.; Soc. Cces. Nat. Cur. Mosq. 
Soc. forty years Professor of Anatomy in Blenheim-street, during which time 
he educated no less than 7,000 Students, and reared, by unexampled industry 
and perseverance the most extensive and splendid collection of Anatomical and 
Zoological specimens ever accumulated by one individual in this or any other 
country. His remains were deposited in St.- James's church, Piccadilly, Janu- 
ary 18', 1833. 

BROTHERS, RICHARD, died January 25 1824 

During the years 1792-3-4, the minds of the credulous had been much disturbed 
by the prophecies of this man, who had been a Lieutenant in the Navy; among 
other extravagancies, he styled himself the nephew of God, predicted the de- 
struction of all Sovereigns, the downfall of the Naval power of Great Britain, 
and the restoration of the Jews, who, under him as their Prince and Deliverer, 
were to be re-seated at Jerusalem; these events were to be accomplished by the 
year 1798. At length the Government found it expedient to interfere; and 
on the 14th of March, 1795, he was apprehended at his lodgings, No. 58, Pad- 
dington-street, under a warrant from the Secretary of State. After a long ex- 
amination before the Privy Council, he persisted in the divinity of his legation. 
He was committed into the custody of a State Messenger. On the 27th he was 
declared a lunatic, by a Jury appointed under a Commission of Lunacy; upon 
which he was removed to a private madhouse at Islington, where he remained 
till the year 1806, when he was discharged by the authority of Lord Chancellor 
Erskine. Alter his liberation, he resided some time in the neighbourhood of 
the Edge ware-road, and after that in Upper Baker-street, where he died. It 
is a singular fact that the Minister died of a broken heart, and the doctor who 
attended him, poisoned himself. 

BROUGHAM, HENRY LORD, born 1778 

Born at Edinburgh, and commenced his literary course in editing the Edinburgh 
Review, in conjunction with Jeffrey and Horner; and also practised at the 
Scottish bar. In 1807, he became M P. for Camelford ; but the grand epoch 
of his life was his defence of Queen Caroline, (then Her Majesty's Attorney- 
General) duiing her trial in 1821. 

BROUGHTON, SPENCE, executed April 14 1792 

Spence Broughton was indicted for robbing the Sheffield and Rotheiham mail; 
there was a second count in the indictment, for feloniously taking out of the 
said mail a foreign Bill of Exchange, value £123. 14s. The Judge having 
summed up the evidence, (which was rather long) the Jury retired for a short 
time, when they returned, and pronounced a verdict of — guilty. 

The Judge then addressed the prisoner; he told him he had been convicted, 
(on the clearest evidence that could be produced), of a crime which must have 
been long premeditated, and which, in its consequence was most baneful to 
society — of a crime of such a nature as to leave him without a shadow of hope 
that he should receive any mercy in this world. That, in order to deter others 
from offending in the like manner, it was necessary that his punishment should 
not cease at the place of execution — (his Lordship then passed the following 
extraordinary sentence on the prisoner, after the usual suspension), — " that 
" your body be suspended between heaven and earth, (as unworthy of either) to be 
" buffeted about by the winds and storms." He was executed at Tyburn, near 
York, on Saturday, April 14, 1792, and afterwards hung in chains on Atter- 
cliffe Common, near Sheffield. 

BRUCE, JAMES, traveller, died 1794 



422 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BRUCE, SIR CHARLES, dropped down dead on entering 

St. Martin's Court, August 7 1832 

BUCHAN, DR. WM. Author of the ' Domestic Medicine,' 

&c. died February 25, (aged 76) 1805 

BUCHANAN, CLAUDIUS, D.D. born 177G ; died 1815 

BUCKINGHAM, DUKE OF, died January 17 1839 

Created Duke of Buckingham and Chandos by George IV. 

BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF, 

born 1627; died 1688 

BUCKINGHAM, DUKE OF, born 1593; murdered by 

Felton 1628 

The following paper, containing the reasons for committing this dreadful act, was 
found concealed in Felton's hat after the murder: — 

" That man is cowardly base and deserreth not the name of a gentleman o souldier 
that is not willing to sacrifice his life for the lionor of his God, his Kinge, and his 
countrie. Lett noe man commend me for doeing of it, but rather discommend them- 
selves, as the cause of it, for if God had not taken away o harts for o sinnes he would 
not have gone so long unpunished. Jo. Felton." Hung November 29, 1G28. 

BUCKINGHAM, JOHN SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF, Poet 

born 1649; died 1721 

BUCKLE, FRANK, died 1832 

He was born at Newmarket, and his first appearance as a jockey there, was on the 
17th of May, 1783, when he rode Mr. Vernon's b. c. Wolf, in which race he was 
beat. His last race was on Colonel Udney's Conservator, November 5th, 1831, 
which was the very day on which he had, fifty years befoie, commenced his 
public life, having entered Mr. Vernon's stables on November 5, 1781. 

BUFFON, COUNT DE, born 1707; died 1788 

BULLER, SIR FRANCIS, KT. died June 5.. 1800 

Judge Buller died at his house, Bedford Square. On the morning preceding the 
day on which he died, he had visited the Lord Chancellor; he returned home, 
was seized with a degree of languor, and after being conveyed to his chamber, 
died on the following morning. He was created a baronet in 1789. 

BUNYAN, JOHN, author of ' The Pilgrim's Progress, ' 

born 1628; died ,. 1688 

BURDETT, SIR FRANCIS, born 1770 

Committed to the Tower of London, April 9, 1810. Liberated from thence, 
June 21, 1810. 

BURGESS, DR. BISHOP OF SALISBURY died, (aged 

81), February 19 1837 

BURGHLEY, WM. CECIL LORD, died 1598 

First Minister to Queen Elizabeth, and founder of the noble house of Exeter and 
Salisbury. 



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BURGOYNE, GENERAL, died 1792 

BURK, , and ELLEN M'DOUGALL, tried at Edin- 
burgh, for Murder, January 28 1829 

Burk and M'D >uyall were tried before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, 
for the murder of Abigail Simpson, when Burk was found guilty, and received 
sentence of death ; hut M'Dnugall's guiit was not proven. Previous to his exe- 
cution, he confessed to having been instrumental to the deaths of the following 
unfortunate victims : — 

1. An Englishman, a native of Cheshire, a lodger of Hare's, £. s. d. 

name unknown. Sold to Dr. Knox for 10 4 

2. An old woman, a lodger of Hare's; name unknown. Sold 

to Dr. Knox for 10 4 

3. Margaret Paterson, murdered in Burk's brother's house, 

in the Canon-gate, by Burk and Hare. Sold to Dr. 
Knox for 

4. An old woman and her grandson, a dumb boy, the two . . 

5. Joseph, (a miller), sold to Dr. Knox for 

6. A woman, name unknown, murdered by Hare, sold to Dr. 

Kuox for 

7. A Cinder-gatherer, murdered by Burk and Hare; sold to 

Dr. Knox for '. 

8. A drunken woman, name unknown, murdered by Burk 

and Hare. Sold to Dr. Knox for „, 

9. Daft Jamie. Ditto 10 

10. Ann M'Dougall, cousin to Ellen, murdered by Burk and 

and Hare. Ditto 10 

11. Mrs. Haldare, a lodger of Hare's, ditto. 

12. Margaret Haldare, daughter of the above, murdered by 

Hare. Sold to Dr. Knox for 8 

13. Mrs. Hostler, murdered by Burk and Hare, ditto 8 

14. Campbell, (or Doherty), murdered in the same way. 

Burke was executed, 1829. 

BURKE, EDMUND, died July 8, (aged 68) 1797 

BURNS, ROBERT, Poet, born 1759; died 1796 

His widow died March 26, 1834. 

BURNET, GILBERT, BISHOP OF SALISBURY, His- 

torian,born 1643; died 1715 

BURNET, SIR THOxMAS, (his son), died 1753 

BURNHAM, JOSEPH, executed for house-breaking ...... 1829 

He was executed for breaking into, and entering the dwelling-house of Matthew 
Milton, a horse-dealer, at Hillingdon. 

BUSBY, DR. RICHARD, Schoolmaster, bom 1606; died 1695 
BUTE, JOHN EARL OF, died 1792 

BUTLER, SAMUEL, Author of < Hudibras,' born 1612; 

died 1680 

BUTLER, JAMES, DUKE OF ORMOND, died 1688 

A truly loyal subject of the reign of Charles I, by which he merited the acquired 
appellation of — The Great Duke of Ormond. 



424 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

BUTLER, JAMES, 2nd DUKE OF ORMOND, died ... 1745 

The Duke of Ormond having strenuously opposed the bigoted measures of king 
James TI. joined with several L'-rds and Bishops, in 1G88, in a petition to him 
to prevent, by calling a free Parliament, the miseries to which his kingdom was 
exposed; but meeting wi<h a sharp answer, he left the court, and was one of 
the first of the English nobility that went over to the Prince of Orange. 

BYNG, SIR GEORGE, beat the Spanish fleet 1718 

BYNG, ADMIRAL, shot, March 14 1757 

Byng is now universallv considered to have been the victim rather of popular 
clamour, artfully excited and fomented for the basest partv purposes, than for 
anv misconduct of his own. His fate, though unmerited, has nevertheless 
proved a lesson of great utility to the British navy. Previous to this the im- 
pression had not been fixed on the minds of the officers of our navy that, 
where an opportunity offered, to sink, burn, or destroy no consideration should 
interfere to prevent them from accomplishing the same; and to this may be 
attributed that succession of daring achievements which have raised the glory 
of this country to so unrivalled a pitch, and illustrates the maxim of the hero 
Nelson, that — " in sea affairs, nothing is impossible, and nothing improbable." 

CABOT, SEBASTIAN, son of the navigator, born 1487; 

died 1557 

CADE, JACK, the rebel, killed by Alexander Iden 1451 

C^SSAR, JULIUS, after fifty battles, wherein fell above 

1,190,000 men, killed ■ B.C. 44 

OESAR, SIR JULIUS, Antiquarian, died 1639 

CALKIN, BRIDGET, tried for murder, January 7 1832 

Bridget Calkin was tried upon a charge of murdering a little girl, of the name of 
Duffy ; but the evidence not being sufficiently strong enough to convict the 
prisoner, she was acquitted. She was only nineteen years of age. 

CALVERT, BARNARD, went from Southwark to Calais, 
July 17, 1619, and returned the same evening. 

On the 17th of July, 1619, one Barnard Calvert, of Andover, in Hampshire, for a 
considerable wager, set out from St. George's church, Southwark, about three 
o'clock in the morning, and rode to Dovor, where he left his horse, and took a 
small vessel that was prepared for him, in which he crossed to Calais; having 
taken refreshment here for a short time, he returned again to Dovor, remounted 
his horse, and rode back again to St. George's church, from whence he set out, 
in excellent spirits, before eight o'clock in the evening. The time allowed for 
the performance of this journey and voyage, was eighteen hours. He won his 
wager by about fifty minutes. 

CALVIN, JOHN, born 1509 ; died 1564 

CAMDEN, CHARLES EARL, born 1713; died 1794 

CAMDEN, WILLIAM, Historian and Antiquarian, born 

1551; died 1621 



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CAMDEN, MARQUIS, death of, October 1840 

CAMELFORD, LORD; see page 39, " Duels." 

CAMERON, DR. ARCHIBALD, executed at Tyburn ... 1753 

CAMPBELL, DR. JOHN, Author, born 1708; died 1775 

CANNING, RIGHT HON. GEORGE, died August 18 . 1827 

Statue of, placed in Palace Yard, May 2, 1832. 

CANNING, ELIZABETH, tried and transported, 1754; 

died : 1773 

CARDAN, JEROME, born 1501; died 1576 

This eminent mathematician was the discoverer of what is called Cardan's Rule for 
the solution of cubic equations. He was a man of real science, but supersti- 
tious, whimsical, and vain. Having foretold the time of his death, he denied 
himself the necessaries of life in order that his prediction might be fulfilled. 

CARDIGAN, EARL, Trial of, for the attempted Murder 

of Captain H. G. Tuckett, February 16 1841 

This trial took place in the Painted Chamber, at present used by the Peers for 
their Parliamentary business since the destruction of the old House by fire. The 
smallness of the apartment, added to the general anxiety of the many to witness 
the proceedings of this extraordinary trial, had rendered it necessary that very 
great alterations should be made to afford accommodation, and to secure order. 
The day of trial having arrived, the Court was soon filled, and the scene became 
truly interesting. Lords Lyndhurst, Wynford and Brougham were early in 
attendance; and the Attorney-General, accompanied by Mr. Waddington, was 
at the Bar, long before the hour of business. Sir W. Follett, Mr. Serjeant 
Wrangham, and Mr. Adolphus, who were for the prisoner, shortly afterwards 
entered. 

The Judges now arrived, and took their seats on the cross benches, in front 
of the chair, with the exception of Lord Denman, (the Lord High Steward,) 
and Lord Abinger, who sat with the Peers, upon the Barons' bench. The Peers 
wore cocked hats, agreeable to an order to that effect, and posted in the lobbies 
of the house some days before, reminding 1 their Lordships that it was not 
proper to wear round hats with robes. Lady Cardigan arrived early, and took 
a seat on the right of the Bar, immediately adjoining that of his Lordship. The 
Lords' Speaker, (Lord Denman), having robed, now entered the house, and the 
names of the Peers were called over ; there were present the Duke of Cambridge, 
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Clarendon, the Dukes of Somerset, Rich- 
mond, Beaufort, Marlborough, Buckingham, and Cleveland; — the Marquises of 
Salisbury, Abercorn, Hertford, Bute, Exeter, Northampton, Anglesey, Chol- 
mondeley, Westmeath, Westminster, and Normanby; — Earls Devon, Denbigh, 
Chesterfield, Sandwich, Essex, Shaftesbury, Abingdon, Coventry, Oxford and 
Mortimer, Tankerville, Aylesford, Cowper, Brooke and Warwick, Hardwicke, 
De Lawarr, Radnor, Bathurst, Hillsborough, Mount Edgecumbe, Beverley, 
Carnarvon, Cadogan, Mountcashell, Mayo, Wicklow, Lucan, Bandon, Rosslyn, 
Wilton, Minto, Verulam, Morley, Bradford, Beauchamp, Earl De Gray, Eldon, 
Howe, Somers, Amherst, Lichfield, and Dude; — Viscounts, Torrington, Hood, 
Hawarden, Gordon, Beresford, and Canterbury ; — Bishops, Llandaflf and 
Chichester; — Lords, Kilmarnock, Audley, Willoughby de Eresby, Camoys, 
Beaumont, Clifford of Chudleigh, Saltoun, Colville of Culross, Montfort, 
Holland, Walsingham, Bagot, Southampton, Grantley, Kenyon, Braybrooke, 

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CARDIGAN, EARL, Trial of, (continued.) 

Gage, Lvttleton, Garlies, Calthorpe, Carrington, Northwick, Lilford, Redes- 
dale, Sheffield, Gardner, Dalhousie, Melbourne, Colchester, Ker, Ormonde, 
Forester, Rayleigh, De Tabley, Seaford, Lyndhurst, Tenterden, Melross, 
Cowley, Stuart de Rothesay, Wynford, Brougham and Vaux, Kenlis, Dinorben, 
Godolphin, Denman, Duncannon, Fitzgerald, Abinger, De L'Isle and Dudley, 
Ashburton, Glenelg, Cottenham, Bateman, Sudeley, Leigh of Stoneleigh, Col- 
borne, DeFreyne, Monteagle of Brandon, and Keane. 
Absent. Peers. — Lords, Sydenham, De Fresne, Lurgan, Wenlock, Stuart de Decies, 
Furnival, Beauvale, Methuen, Wrottesley, DeManley, Carew, Lismore, Kintore, 
Lovat, Portman, Hatherton, Western, De Saumarez, Cloncurry, Segrave, Mostyn, 
Poltimore, Panmure, Hamilton, Ludlow, Dunmore, Chaworth, Sefton, Fingall, 
Plunkett, Fife, Seaford, Faversham, Skelmersdale, Roseberry, Heytersbury, 
Ranfurly, Wigan, Somerville, Gifford, Bexley, Downe, Delamere, Ravensworth, 
Oriel, Maryborough, Glenlyon, Kingston, Clanbrassil, Wemyss, Munster, 
Prudhoe, Harris, Churchill, Ross, Melville, Hill, Lynedoch, Hopetown, Manners, 
Crewe, Lauderdale, Androssan, Erskine.Barham, Sandys, Ellenborough. Rivers, 
Abercorn, Loftus, Clanallan, Farnham, Carbery, Dunsany, Fitzg-ibbon, W'el- 
lesley, Rolle, Salterton, Stuart of Chapel, Stuart, Thurlow, Douglas, Dorches- 
ter, Tyrone, Montague, Sherborne, Powis, Rodney, Foley, Dynevor, Hawke, 
Lovell and Holland, Sondes, Bruce, Monson, Boyle, Ray, Sinclair, Grey, Forbes, 
Howland, Clifford, Stafford7 Teynham, Dormer, Arundel, Petre, Howard de 
Walden, Seaton, Seaton de Peltroe, Vernnn, Dacre, De Roos, and Paget;^ 
Bishops, Ely, Chichester, and St. David's; — Viscounts, Ponsonby, Cottenham, 
Canning, Clancarty, Hutchinson, A'Court, Exmouth, Lake, Luton, Sidmouth, 
Melville, St. Vincent, De Vesci, Maynard, Bolingbroke, Strathallen, and Arbuth- 
not; — the Earls of, Dudley, Yaiborough, Ripon, Camperdown, Burlington, 
Dunraven, Stradbroke, Glengall, St. Germains, Cathcart, Harewood, Harrowby, 
Lonsdale, Grey, Ross, Gosford, Powis, Craven, O'Niel, Belmore, Charleville, 
Liverpool, Mansfield, Fortescue, Talbot, Abergavenny, Spencer, Ilchester, Corn- 
wallis, Guildford, Egremont, Fitzvvilliam, Buckingham, Portsmouth, Hadding- 
ton, Waldegrav.e, Graham, Harborough, Stafford, Dartmouth, Orkney, Arden, 
Elgin, Albemarle, Suffolk, and Pembroke; — Marquises, Breadalbane. Bristol, 
Aylesbury, Hastings, Hertford, Townsend, Tweeddale, and Winchester; — 
Dukes, Sutherland, Wellington, Newcastle, Manchester, Portland, Brandon, 
Rutland, Devonshire, Leeds, St. Albans, Grafton, Norfolk, and Cumberland, 
who was the last called. 

The calling over the names being finished, the Clerks of the Crown in Chancery 
and in the Queen's Bench, jointly made three reverences, and the Clerk of the 
Crown in Chancery on his knee delivered the Commission to the Lord Speaker, 
who gave it to the Clerk of the Crown in the Queen's Bench to read, and both 
Clerks retired with the like reverence to the table. 

The Serjeant-at-Arms then made proclamation for silence, and the Lord 
Speaker acquainted their Lordships that Her Majesty's Commission was about 
jo be read; and that all persons do stand up uncovered during tha same. The 
Commission wasthen read by theClerk of the Crown in the Queen's Bench, as 
follows : — 

" Victoria R. 

" Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
" and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, to our right trusty and well-beloved 
" Councillor, Thomas Lord Denman, Chief Justice, assigned to hold pleas 
" before us, greeting: — 

" Know ye that whereas James Thomas Earl of Cardigan, late of the parish 
" of Wandsworth, in our County of Surrey, in our Central Criminal Court, 
" stands indicted upon the oaths of the Jurors, good and lawful men of and 
" within the said jurisdiction of our said Central Criminal Court, in due manner 
" sworn and charged to enquire within the said jurisdiction of felony by him 
" the said James Thomas Earl of Cardigan done and committed; We, consider- 
" ing that justice is an excellent virtue, and pleasing to the Most High, and 



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CARDIGAN, EARL, Trial of, (continued.) 

" being willing that the said James Thomas Earl of Cardigan, of and for the 
" felony whereof he is indicted as aforesaid before us in our present Parlia- 
" ment, according to the law and custom of our United Kingdom of Great 
" Britain and Ireland may be heard and examined, sentenced and adjudged, 
" and that all other things which are necessary on this occasion may be duly 
" exercised and executed; and for that the office of High Steward of our said 
" United kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, whose presence upon this 
" occasion is required, is now vacant, as we are informed ; We, very much 
" confiding in your fidelity, prudence, provident circumspection, and industry, 
" have for this cause ordained and constituted, you Steward of our said United 
" Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to hear, execute, and exercise for 
" this time the said office, with all things due and belonging to the same office 
" in this behalf; and, therefore, we command you that you diligently set about 
" the premises and for this time exercise and execute with effect all those 
" things which belong to the office of Steward of our said United Kingdom of 
" Great Britain and Ireland, and which are required on this behalf. In witness 
" thereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent. Witness our- 
" self at Westminster, this 15th day of February, in the 4th year of our reign. 
" By the Queen herself, signed with her own hand." 

The Commission being read, Garter and Black Rod made their reverence to 
the throne, and proceeded from the Bar to the Woolsack, where they took their 
places on the right side of the Lord High Steward, and both holding the staff, 
presented it upon their knees to his Lordship, when his Lordship rose, and 
preceded by Garter and Black Rod, and the Purse Bearer, with reverence to the 
throne, took his seat in the chair provided for his grace, on the uppermost step 
but one of the throne, and delivered the staff to Black Rod, to hold in his right 
hand, Garter standing on his left. 

Proclamation was then made for silence ; the Queen's Writ of certiorari to 
remove the indictment, with the return thereof, into the House of Lords, was 
read, by the Clerk of the Crown in the Queen's Bench, as well as the indict- 
ment. The prisoner was then brought into the house, who advanced to the Bar. 
After making- his obeisance to the Lord High Steward, and to the Peers, he 
was conducted within the Bar, and the indictment read. 

The indictment contained three counts ; when, after the reading thereof, the 
Clerk asked the prisoner, — *' How say you, James Thomas Earl of Cardigan, 
are you guilty or not?" 

The Earl of Cardigan: — " Not guilty, my Lords." 

The Clerk: " How will you be tried, my Lord?" 

The Earl of Cardigan : " By my Peers. " 

The Clerk: ,! God send your Lordship a safe deliverance." 

Proclamation was here made for all persons who had been summoned to at- 
tend as witnesses, to come forth and give evidence. 

The pleadings were then opened by Mr. W T addington, as set forth in the 
indictment, and the trial proceeded. 

At the close of the evidence for the prosecution, an objection was taken by 
the counsel for the Earl of Cardigan, that the evidence failed to prove the 
identity of Captain Tuckett, as described in the indictment. Strangers were 
then ordered to withdraw, while their Lordships considered the objection raised 
by Sir W. Follett. After an absence of about twenty minutes, their Lordships 
had decided in favour of the objection, that there was not evidence sufficiently 
strong to condemn the prisoner. The Lord High Steward then put the question 
to each Peer severally: beginning with the junior baron, and proceeding, according . 
to seniority, through the list of Viscounts, Earls, Marquises, and Dukes, in the 
following form : — John Singleton Lord Lyndhurst, how says your Lordship, is 
James Thomas Earl of Cardigan guilty of this felony whereof he stands indicted 
or not? Whereupon each Peer rose, and, putting his right hand upon his 
breast, said, — " Not guilty upon my honour." The Lord High Steward then, last 



428 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CARDIGAN, EARL, Trial of, (concluded.) 

of all, said, " Not guilty upon my honour." The Serjeant-at-Arms then said, 
call in James Thomas Earl of Cardigan. Lord Cardigan was brought in, and 
declared by the Lord High Steward — Not Guilty. His Lordship then bowed, 
and retired. 

CAREY, LUCIUS, VISCOUNT, FALKLAND, killed . 1643 

Lord Falkland was killed at the battle of Newbury; he was a great favourite of 
Charles I. His character, given by Lord Clarendon, in his ' History,' is one of 
the most interesting that occurred in that reign. 

CAREW, ADMIRAL SIR B. died, September 2 1831 

He was a native of Canada, and took the name of Carew on succeeding to a large 
fortune. 

CAREW, THOMAS BAMPFYLDE MOORE, died 1770 

CAREW, SIR NICHOLAS, beheaded 1539 

He was Master of the Horse to king Henry VIII. and a distinguished favourite of 
his sovereign, but falling under the displeasure of that monarch, added another 
to the number that was sacrificed to his capricious whim. 

CAREY, DR. the Baptist Missionary, died June 9 1834 

His death took place at Serampore. He had lived forty years in India, and 
translated the New Testament into forty Oriental languages. 

CARHAMPTON, EARL OF, "died March 17, (aged 88) 1829 
CARLISLE, RICHARD, tried for Blasphemy, Nov. 16 ... 1819 

Carlisle was convicted by Mr. Justice Bayley for publishing Paint's Age of Reason. 
There were two convictions; — the sentence of the Court was, that for the 

. first oifence, he should pay a fine to the King of £1000. and to be imprisoned in 
His Majesty's jail at Dorchester, for the term of two years; and for the second 
offence, to be fined £500. and imprisoned in the same jail for the term of one 
year, to be computed from the expiration of the first two years imprisonment, 
and that he should give security for his good behaviour in a sum of £1000. and 
two sureties in the sum of £100. each, for and during the remainder of his 
natural life, and that he should be imprisoned until the fines and securities were 
found. He was also found guilty at the Old Bailey Sessions of publishing a libel 
to excite an insurrection in the country, and finally, a rebellion. He was also 
convicted of this charge and sentenced to two years imprisonment, a fine of 
£500. and two securities in £50. each to preserve the peace for ten years, 
January 11, 1831. 

CAROLINE, QUEEN, died 1821 

Left England for the Continent, 1814; landed at Dovor from thence, June 5, 
1820 ; Messrs. Brougham and Denman heard at the Bar of the House of Lords, 
in defence of, June 22, 1820 ; Charge against opened, August 19, 1820; trial 
ended November 10, 1820 ; Went in state to St. Paul's Cathedral, November 
29, 1820. Protests against her exclusion at the Coronation, Jly 19, 1821 ; 
taken ill at Drury-lane Theatre, July 30, 1821; died August 7, 1821, after an 
illness of eight days; her remains removed from Hammersmith, in order to be 
interred in the Royal vault at Hanover. 

CARR, THE REV. HOLWELL, died January 24 1830 

CARRACCI, ANTONIO, painter, born 1583; died, 1618 

CARRACCI, ANNIBALE, ditto, born 1557; died 1606 



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CARRACCI, AUGUSTINO, painter, born 1557; died... 1602 

CARRACCI, LODOVICO, ditto, born 1557; died 1613 

CARRAVAGGIO, MICHAEL ANGELO, painter, and 

statesman, born 1569 ; died 1609 

CARTWRIGHT, MAJOR, born September 28, 1740 ; died 

September 23, : 1824 

Statue erected to the memory of, in Burton Crescent, July 20, 1S31. 

CARTWRIGHT, DR. EDWARD, died 1813 

Dr. Edward Cartwright-, was the inventor of the Power Loom, for which he took 
out a Patent April 4, 1785. He was led by this -invention to undertake manu- 
facturing with power looms at Doncaster ; but the scheme proved unsuccessful, 
and he was compelled to abandon it. He afterwards obtained patents for im- 
proving wool-combing, with which he met with no better success. His affairs 
had now become greatly embarrassed in consequence of these speculations ; he 
was, however, more fortunate than the generality of speculators, the Parliament 
having, in 1809, awarded a grant of £10,000. as a reward for his ingenuity. 

■CASHMAN, JOHN ; see page.IGS, ante. 

CASLON, WILLIAM, Letter-founder, died January 24, 

aged 74 1766 

CAVENDISH, W T 1LLIAM, DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, 

died 1676 

CAXTON, Printer, born 1412 ; died (aged 78) 1491 

CERVANTES, , died 1616 

The eminent Spanish writer, Cervantes, died aged 68. He was the author of Don 
Quixotte, which work was written by him whilst languishing in a prison for 
debt. 

CHALMERS, ALEXANDER, Biographer, &c. died 1834 

CHAPONE, MRS. died 1801 

She married December 30, 1760, Mr. Chapone, Attorney, of Clements Inn, who 
died in September, 1761, leaving one daughter, Augusta, married 1 795> to Mr. 
Thresher of the Strand. 

CHARLES I. began his reign, March 27 *..,.. 1625 

Pawned his jewels to Holland, which were redeemed by the sale of iron ordnance, 
1629. Impeached five members who had opposed his arbitrary measures, which, 
begins the Civil War in England, 1642. Erected his standard at Nottingham, 
which was blown down the same night by a violent tempest, August 26, 1642. 
Seized by Colonel Joice, at Holmbv, June 3, 1647. Escaped from Hampton 
Court, and retreated to the Isle of Wight, July 29, 1648. Confined in Hurst 
Castle, December 1, following. Removed to Windsor Castle, December 23. To 
St. James's House, January 19, 1649. Brought to trial the next day, condemn- 
ed on the 27th, beheaded at Whitehall, on the 30th, aged 48, and buried at St. 
George's chapel, Windsor, 1649. Vault of, and also of king Henry VIII. 
opened in 1813; at which the Prince Regent, Sir Henry Halford, &c. &c. were 
present. 

He reigned 22 years, ten months, and three days. 



430 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 



CHARLES II. born, May 29, 1630; died February 

Escaped from St. James's, April 23, 1648. Landed in Scotland, 1650. 



_ 6 1685 

Escaped from St. James's, April 23, 1648. Landed in Scotland, 1650. Crowned 
at Scone, January 1, 1651 ; defeated at the battle of Worcestei, 1651. Landed 
at Dover, Mav 20, 1660, and restored to his throne. Crowned April 13, 1661. 
Married Catharine, Infanta of Portugal, May 21, 1662. Accepted the city 
freedom, December 18, 1674. Died of a fit of apoplexy, aged 54. Buried at 
Westminster. His queen died December 21, 1705. Reigned 36 years, 7days; 
succeeded by his brother James II. 

CHARLES X. Ex-king of France, died at Goritz, aged 79, 

November 6 1836 

Charles Philip, Count D'Artois, born October 9, 1757- Landed at Leith, in Scot- 
land, January 6, 1796. Visited London, May 27, 1799. Ascended the throne 
of Fiance on the death of Louis XVIII. September 16, 1824. Crowned May 
29, 1825. Deposed 1830. 

CHARLES XII. of Sweden, killed at Frederickshall, in 

Norway, November 30, aged 36 1718 

CHARLOTTE, HER R. H. THE PRINCESS, born 

January 7, 1796; died November 6, 1817 

Married in May, 1816, to His Serene Highness Leopold, Duke of Saxe, Margrave 
of Meissen, Prince of Courbourg of Saalfeld, who died soon after the birth of a 
son. Buried at Windsor. 

CHARLOTTE, QUEEN, died, in the 75th year of her age, 

November, (buried at Windsor) 1818 

CHATTERTON, THOMAS, Poet, born 1752; died 1770 

CHATHAM, EARL, born 1708; died 1788 

He was educated at Eton, and afterwards at Trinity College, Oxlord, in 1726. 
Purchased a cornetcy in the Blues, and was shortly after returned to Parlia- 
ment for the borough of Old Farum, Sir R. Walpole being then Prime Minister ; 
and Pitt, joining the Opposition, that minister was after a while compelled to 
retire, which took place in 1742. In the Newcastle administration, in 1746, he 
was chosen to fill the office of Vine-Treasurer for Ireland, from which he was 
transferred in the same year to that of Paymaster-General of the Forces. This 
situation he held for nearly nine years, displaying great energy and activity. 
Resigned it in 1755; but the force of public opinion compelled his recall, 
when he was, in consequence, on the 4th of December, 1756, appointed prin- 
cipal Secretary of State. In the month of April following, finding his plans 
opposed by the rest of the Cabinet, he again resigned ; but the king was obliged 
to 'yield to the call of the nation; the ministry was driven from power, a new 
one formed in accordance with his wishes, and Mr. Pitt once more became the 
Premier. His measures were now so successful, that victory after victory 
crowned the British arms wherever they were employed, both by sea and land; 
the French were defeated in the east and west; Canada was wrested from them 
ere they were aware of any danger at home; so that, by the enlrepid energy of 
this great man, they hecame nearly divested of every colony they possessed in 
the several parts of the world; and amidst all this, tranquility reigned at home. 
In 1760, however, George II. died, and the new reign was ushered in with far 
different principles from those of the preceding one, and Mr. Pitt, conse- 
quently soon resigned. On the accession of George III. the sorereign, sensible 
of his deserts, bestowed a barony upon his lady, and apension of £3000. a-year 
to him, for their joint lives, and for that of the eldest son. He remained out 
of office until 1766 when, upon the failure of the Rockingham administration, 
it was found necessary, in consequence of the embarrassed state of affairs, and 



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CHATHAM, EARL, (continued.) 

the great trouble which prevailed respecting the American Stamp Act, to again 
call in the assistance of Mr. Pitt ; and in the July of that year, he was appoint- 
ed to form a new administration. In the arrangement of this cabinet, he re- 
served to himself, together with the Premiership, the office of Lord Privy Seal, 
as better suiting the enfeebled state of his health ; at the same time, he went 
to the upper house, with the title of Earl of Chatham. He now exereised his 
best endeavours to ameliorate the existing difference of this country with Ame- 
rica; but the great opposition of his colleagues prevented him from carrying 
his plans into effect; and in December, 1768, he once more resigned. His 
infirmities now pressed so heavily upon him, that he was obliged to spend the 
greatest part of his time in retirement, only now and then appearing in his 
place, or whenever important discussions were to be brought forward. On the 
7th of April, 1778, when a motion on the subject of the American war was to 
be discussed, he appeared in his place in the House of Lords for the last time, 
leaning on the arm of his son, his majestic figure wrapped in flannel, with a 
countenance pale as death. After having delivered his sentiments with his 
accustomed eloquence, he sat down. On rising again to reply to the arguments 
of the Duke of Richmond, he suddenly fell back in the arms of the Duke of 
Cumberland, and 'Lord Temple, who sat beside him. speechless, and to all ap- 
pearance insensible. He recovered so far as to be able to be removed to his 
country house, at Hayes, where he lingered till the 12th of May, and then 
expired, in the 7^th year of his age. 

CHAUCER, GEOFFREY, died October 24 1400 

CHESTERFIELD, PHILIP EARL OF, died 1772 

CHILLINGWORTH, WILLIAM, born 1602; died 1644 

CHUISTOPHE, CHIEF OF HAYTI, defeat of PETION 

by 1808 

Christophe defeated Petion with great slaughter, and destroyed his flotilla. He 
founded an Archbishopric at St. Domingo, and several Bishoprics, April 5, 1811. 
Crowned at Cape Francois, as King of Hayti, June 2, 1811. Shot himself in 
consequence of his subjects revolting, October 6, 1820. 

CHUBBE, THOMAS, English Philosopher, died 1747 

CHURCHILL, CHARLES, died 1764 

CHURCHYARD, THOMAS, died about 1604 

CIBBER, CAIUS GABRIEL, sculptor, died 1700 

CIBBER, COLLEY, ESQ. his son, Dramatic Writer, born 

1671; died 1757 

Mr. Cibber was made Poet Laureat, December 1730. 

CIBBER, MRS. (the Actress), born 1709; died 1766 

CLARE, JOHN EARL OF, died 1802 

CLARK, J. ESQ. Chamberlain of the City of London, died 

January 16 1831 



432 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CLARK, MRS. died February 28 1831 

An inquest was held at Putney on the body cf Mrs. Clark, who died in conse- 
quence of eating pudding in which there was arsenic; and of which Mr. Clark, 
and his two daughters also partook. After a long inquiry, the Jury delivered a 
verdict of murder asainst Miss Jane Clark, the youngest daughter, for poisoning 
her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark. On the 2nd of April, she was tried at the 
Kingston Assizes, on the above charge, and acquitted. 

CLARKE, REV. DR. ADAM, died 1832 

He was buried August 29, 1832; the Rev. Dr. was in his 73rd year. 

CLEMENTI, MR. died March 10 1832 

This eminent composer, and pianoforte player departed this life at his cottage, in 
the vale of Evesham, Worcestershire He was born at Rome, and came to En- 
gland in 1767. He published, in 1773, his celebrated Opus II. Mr. Clementi 
was in the 81st year of his age, and was buried in Westminster Abbey. 

CLIFFORD, GEORGE, EARL OF CUMBERLAND, 

died 1605 

This nobleman was a most distinguished naval commander in the reign of Queen 
Elizabeth. Upon his return from one of his voyages, at an audience, the Queen 
dropped her glove, upon which Clifford picked it up and presented it to Her 
Majesty upon his knee. She desired him to keep it for her sake; upon which 
the Earl adorned it with rich diamonds, and wore it ever after in the front of 
his hat at public ceremonies. 

CLINTON, GENERAL SIR HENRY, died 1795 

CLITHERO, MRS. died November 3 1791 

By an unfortunate accident, her family and lodgers, consisting of eleven persons,, 
•were blown up by an explosion, whilst making fire-works by candle light, in 
Crown-court, near Moorfields. 

CLIVE, MRS. CATHARINE, (the Actresss), died 1785 

CLIVE, LORD, born 1725; committed suicide, November 1774 

Defeated the Nabob, June 26, 1757 ; created a Peer, 1762. 

CLOOTS, ANACHARSIS, French revolutionist, born 1756, 

executed . . 1 794 

COBBETT, WILLIAM, ESQ. tried in the Court of King's 

Bench, for a Libel, July 7 1831 

Mr. Cobbett was tried before Lord Tenterden, on an indictment charging him 
with publishing a seditious libel, tending to excite the peasantry to acts of out- 
rage and violence, in his Register of the 11th of December, 1831. The Jury, 
after remaining out several hours, could not agree on their verdirt, and were 
discharged. 

COBBETT, WILLIAM, died June 18, (aged 73) 1835 

COCKING, MR. see page 219, ante. 

COFFIN, ADMIRAL SIR ISAAC, died July 23 1839 

Sir Isaac was within three of being at the top of the list of Admirals; his Com- 
mission as Admiral of the Red, being dated June 4, 1804. 



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COKE, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, born 1549; died 1634 

COLERIDGE, MR. the Poet, died at Highgate, aged 62, 

July 25 : 1834 

COLET, DR. JOHN, founder of St. Paul's School, born 

1466; died 1519 

COLLIER, JEREMIAH, English Writer, born 1650; died 1726 

COLLIER, JOSEPH, ditto, died 1796 

COLLINGWOOD, ADMIRAL LORD, born 1748 ; died 1810 

He was born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Made a lieutenant, 1775 ; a commander, 
in 1779; married Miss Blacket, niece to Sir Edward Blacket, Bart, to whom he 
continued united till his death. He was present at the great victory of Lord 
Howe, as flag-captain on board The Prince, June 1, 1794. Comenanded The 
Excellent, at the battle off Cape St. Vincent, in 1797- Made an Admiral, in 
1799. The next action in which he was engaged, was that ever-to-be remem- 
bered one off Cape Trafalgar, in which he was second in command under the 
heroic Nelson; and, on that great Commander receiving 1 his death-wound, Lord 
Collingwood took the command of the fleet; and for the admirable skill dis- 
played on that glorious occasion, he was raised to the Peerage by the title 
of Baron Collingwood. In the beginning of March, 1810, his health continued 
to get worse; and on the evening of the day on which he expired, he had 
attained the age of 59 years, and 6 months. 

COLLINS, WILLIAM, the Poet, born about 1720 ; died . 1756 

COLLINS, DENNIS, committal of, for throwing a stone at 

King William IV. June 19 .' 1832 

Dennis Collins was committed for throwing a stone at His Majesty, (Wm. IV.) in 
the Royal Stand, at Ascot Races, which struck his Majesty on the head. On 
the 21st of June, the Court of Common Council agreed to Resolutions expres- 
sive of their indignation at the murderous attempt made on His Majesty. On 
the 29th of June, a Common Hall of the City of London unanimously voted a 
similar address to His Majesty, congratulating him on his happy escape. 

On the 22nd of August, (1832), Collins was tried and convicted at the 
Abingdon Assizes, of High Treason; when he was sentenced to be hung, drawn, 
and quartered; — but the sentence was commuted to his being confined during 
His Majesty's pleasure. 

COLMAN, GEORGE, (the Elder), born 1733; died 1794 

COLMAN, GEORGE, (the Younger), born October 21, 

1762; died 1836 

Mr. Colman commenced his early education at Fountain's Academy, Mary-le-bone, 
afterwards went to Westminster School, and next entered at Christ Church 
College, Oxford, where he distinguished himself, by his quickness of parts; 
he was afterwards sent by his father to King's College, Old Aberdeen. After, 
completing his studies, he commenced Dramatic Author. He was the Author 
of John Bull; Tlie Surrender of Calais ; The Mountaineers ; The Iron Chest ; The 
Poor Gentleman; The Heir at Law; The Law of Java, &c. Upon the death of 
Mrs. Colman, he married Mrs. Gibbs, the celebrated actress, who made her first 
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434 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

COLMAN, GEORGE, (continued.) 

appearance at the Haymarket Theatre, as Miss Logan, in 1783. Mr. Colman 
expected to have succeeded to the office of Examiner of Plays ; but Mr. Charles 
Kemble was appointed to fill the situation. 

COLQUHON, PATRICK, born 1745; died 1820 

COLUMBUS, DON CHRISTOVAL, born 1442; died ... 1506 

CONGREVE, SIR WM. died 1828 

CONGREVE, WM. Poet, born 1670 ; died 1729 

CONWAY, GEN. H. SEYMOUR, died 1795 

CONWAY, SIR WM. killed by the overturning of < The 

Criterion ' coach, June 7, 1834 

CONYNGHAM, MARQUIS OF, death of, December 28 . 1832 

COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES, the Navigator, born Oct 27, 1728 

Born at the village of Marton, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Sent out by 
Government in The Endeavour, to the South Sea, on a voyage of discovery in 
1768, and returned in 1771- He conducted this expedition with so much 
ability, that he was, in the following year, appointed to proceed to the same 
regions with two ships, The Resolution and The Adventure, with the view of 
endeavouring to settle the long disputed question as to the existence of a 
southern polar continent. On this voyage he was absent nearly three years. 
In about a year after his return, he made his third and last voyage of discovery; 
the object of which was, to ascertain the possibility of a passage between the 
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, along the northern coast of America. In this ex- 
pedition also Cook had been out nearly three years. It was on his return from 
this voyage that he put in at the islaud of O-wy-hee, where he was killed by 
the native savages, February 14, 1779- 

COOKE, GEORGE, Performer, born April 17, 1756; died 

at New York, September 26 1812 

COOK, EDWARD, and ELIZA ROSS, tried for murder, 

January 6 , 1 832 

Edward Cook, and Eliza Ross, were tried for the murder of Caroline Walsh, or 
Welsh; when Ross was found guilty, and received sentence of death. Cook 
was, after the trial, ordered to be detained, but afterwards set at liberty. The 
woman Ross was executed on Monday January 9, and her body given to the 
surgeons for dissection. Their son, a mere youth, was the principal evidence 
on this trial. 

COOPER, SIR ASTLEY, died February 1841 

COOTE, SIR EYRE, born 1726; died 1783 

COPERNICUS, NICHOLAS, Astronomer, born 1473; 

died 1543 

COPLEY, J. S. R.A. (father of Lord Lyndhurst), died ... 1815 



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CORAM, CAPTAIN, died March 29, (aged 84) 1751 

Captain Coram was the projector of the ' Foundling Hospital.' It is not a little 
singular, that this benevolent man was himself supported in his latter days by- 
public subscription. He lost his property by the establishment of this most 
philanthropic Institution. 

CORD AY, CHARLOTTE, born 1768; executed 1793 

CORDER, WILLIAM, Trial of,...: 1828 

Corder was tried at Bury, on Thursday the 17th, and Friday the 18th of 
August, for the murder of Elizabeth Martin ; when the Jury returned a verdict 
of guilty. 

CORK, THE LORD BISHOP OF, died, January 11 1831 

CORNEILLE, PIERRE, Dramatic Poet, born 1606; died 1684 

CORNEILLE, THOMAS, Dramatic Poet, born 1625; 

died 1709 

CORNELIUS NEPOS, Historian, died b. c. 25 

CORNWALLIS, MARQUIS OF, born 1738; died 1805 

Defeated the Americans at Calawba, February 2, 1781 ; defeated in America, and 
surrendered prisoners of war to the American and French troops, under the 
command of General Washington and Count Rochambeau, at York Town, in 
Virginia, October 9, 1781 ; defeated Tippoo Saib at the battle of Cavery, Feb.7> 
1792; appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, June 13, 1798; defeated the 
Americans at Guiford, March 15, 1781; signed a Treaty of Peace with Tippoo 
Saib, on condition of his ceding half his territory, and delivering up his two 
sons as hostages, March 19, 1792. 

COSTER, LAURENZ, printer, died 1440 

COTTON, SIR ROBERT, Antiquarian, born 1571; died 1631 

COURVOIS1ER, , murdered Lord William Russell, 

May , 1840 

On the 18th of June, 1840, Courvoisier was tried at the Old Bailey for the above 
murder; when, after a trial of nearly three days, he was found guilty, and re- 
ceived sentence of death. He was executed July 6, 1840. 

COUTTS, MR. (the Banker), died February 24, (aged 87) 1821 

Mr. Coutts willed the whole of his immense property to Mrs. Coutts. The per- 
sonals within the Diocese of Canterbury alone were sworn under £600,000. 

COWLEY, ABRAHAM, Poet, born 1618; died 1687 

COWPER, WILLIAM, Anatomist, died 1698 

COWPER, WILLIAM, Poet, born 1731; died 1800 

COX, BISHOP, Translator of the Bible, born 1499; died . 1581 
CRAIG, GENERAL, SIR H. died 1811 



436 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CRABBE, GEORGE, Poet, died 1832 

CRANMER, THOMAS, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER- 
BURY, burnt 1556 

When brought to the stake, he declared that the hand which had so sinned in 
subscribing the doctrines of the enemies of truth should be the first to suffer 
punishment; and as soon as the fire was kindled, he thrust out his right hand, 
exclaiming 'that unworthy hand;' nor would he remove it, except to stroke his 
heard, till it was quite consumed. 

CREECH, THOMAS, Poet and Translator, born 1659; de- 
stroyed himself 170!< 

CROFT, DR. died November 1817 

Dr. Croft committed suicide by shooting himself, after attending the Princess 
Charlotte of Cobourg. 

CROMWELL, OLIVER; see pages 252-3, ante. 
CROMWELL, THOMAS, EARL OF ESSEX, beheaded 1541 

Cromwell was employed by Henry VIII. in various services during his reign; but 
the act which led to his death was the treaty of marriage in which he engaged 
Henry with Ann of Cleves, who he married with indifference, and very soon 
after abandoned : from this time he became an object of the greatest aversion to 
his royal master, who, in the end, sacrificed him to his resentment. 

CROXALL, DR. SAMUEL, died 1751 

CRUDEN, ALEXANDER, lexicographer, died 1770 

CRUIKSH ANK, DR. Anatomist, died 1800 

CUDWORTH, SAMUEL, English Writer, born 1617; 

died 1688 

CULLEN, WILLIAM, Physician, born 1710; died 1790 

CUMBERLAND, RICHARD, Critical Author, born 1632 ; 

died 1718 

CUMBERLAND, RICHARD, eminent W T riter in Verse 

and Prose, born February 19, 1732; died May 7 1811 

CUMBERLAND, DUKE OF, (brother of George III.) 

died 1790 

CUMBERLAND, ANN, DUCHESS OF, died 1809 

CUNNINGHAM, JOHN, Poet, born 1729; died 1773 

CURRAN, JOHN PHILPOT, born 1750; died 1817 

CUVIER, , the Nafuralist, died 1832 l 

He was the son of a Protestant Minister, and was born at Montbeliard, in 1769. 



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DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER, Geographer, bom 1737; 

died 1808 

DALRYMPLE, SIR JOHN, Historian, died 1810 

DAMIEN, ROBERT FRANCOIS; see page 30, ante. 

DANBY, BENJAMIN, murder of, at Enfield, December . 1832 

Danby, the sailor, was murdered by Johnson, in the month of December, 

1832, and tried at the following January Old Bailey Sessions, when he was 
found guilty, and executed in the front of Newgate. 

DANCE, MRS. mysterious murder of ..! 1815 

The author of this deed has never yet been made known. 

DANCER, DANIEL, the Miser, died 1794 

This individual was one of the most remarkable of that class of men denominated 
misers ; he was born at Harrow Weald Common, in Middlesex. Having come 
to the possession of some property left him by his father, he began to exhibit a 
great desire for the hoarding up money, which continued till his death. So 
considerable was the wealth amassed by this man at the time of his death, that 
we may truly apply the words of the poet Dryden to him ; 

Content is wealth, the riches of the mind, 
And happy he who can that treasure find; 
But the base Miser starves amid his store, 
Broods o'er his gold, and griping still for more, 
Sits sadly pining, and believes he's poor. 

His sister, whose disposition exactly corresponded with his owd, resided with 
him for many years; and numerous were the privations which they endured. 
When, during her last illnes, her brother was requested to procure medical 
assistance for her, his reply was — " Why should I waste my money, in 
" wickedly endeavouring to counteract the will of Providence ? If the old girl's 
" time is come, the nostrums of all the quacks in Christendom cannot save her: 
" and she may as well die now as at any other period." 

Dancer died in October, 1794; and after his funeral the following property 
was found concealed in various parts of the premises : — large bowls filled with 
guineas and half guineas, and parcels of bank-notes stuffed under the covers of 
the chairs. Large jugs of dollars and shillings were found in the stable. It 
took many weeks to explore this depo of riches — his dwelling. One of his 
richest hiding places was the dung-heap in the cow-house, where was found 
nearly £2,500.; and in an old jacket carefully tied, and strongly nailed down to 
the manger, was the sum of £500. in gold and bank notes: in the chimney, 
about £200.; and an old tea-pot contained bank-notes to the value of £600.; 
it was covered with a piece of paper, whimsically inscribed; — " not to be hastily 
looked over." In landed property, he left to the amount of £500. per annum to 
Lady Tempest, and after her death to her only son, Sir Henry Tempest, of 
Stoke-end, Hereford: the whole property which he left to Lady Tempest was _ 
about £3000. per annum; — but she did not live long to enjoy it; having con- 
tracted an illness during her attendance upon he'r brother in his last hours, and 
which terminated her life, January, 1795. 

Amidst these penurious habits, Mr. Dancer possessed praiseworthy qualities, 
being a rigid observer of integrity in his several transactions, and was never 
averse to lender assistance to those who required temporary assistance; but 
never declined to receive the interest on money advanced. 

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DARNLEY, HENRY LORD, KING OF SCOTLAND, 

died : 1567 

DARWIN, DR. died 1802 

DAVISON, ALEXANDER, tried for perjury 1809 

His sentence was necessarily delayed, although the Attorney-General moved the 
Court that he should be pillored ; he was at last sentenced to two years impri- 
sonment in Newgate. 

DAVIS, JOHN, Navigator, died 1685 

DAVY, SIR HUMPHREY, died May 28 1829 

Sir Humphrey Davey died at Geneva, in the 5lst year of his age. He was consi- 
dered one of the most eminent chemists and philosophers of his day. At the 
age of eighteen, he commenced the study of chemistry : and soon after attempted 
the experiment, though at great hazard, upon his life and person, the proper- 
ties of nitrous-oxide, at that time first introduced to the notice of the chemical 
world. In 1815, he introduced his Safety Lamp, one of his most useful disco- 
veries. In 1802, he was elected to the Presidency of the Royal Society ; but 
he was obliged, owing to his ill state of health, to retire The authorities of 
Geneva honoured the remains of this distinguished man by a public funeral ; 
which was attended by a large body of Mechanics, who were anxious to pay their 
last tribute of gratitude to departed worth. 

DAWSON, JEMMY, executed 1746 

Shenstone's (the Poet), pathetic and affecting ballad of — " Jemmy Dawson," was 
taken from a narrative first published in The Parrot, of August 2, 1746. " Mr. 
James Dawson was one of those unfortunate gentlemen who suffered on Ken- 
ninoton Common for high treason ; and had he either been acquitted, rr received 
the royal mercy after condemnation, the day of his enlargement was to have 
been the day of his marriage. The following are the particulars of his execu- 
tion, and the fate of the unfortunate young lady, to whom he was sincerely 
attached. 

" On her being informed that Mr. Dawson was to be executed, not all the 
persuasions of her kindred could prevent her from going to the place of execu- 
tion, and she accordingly followed the sledges in a hackuey coach, accompanied 
by a gentleman nearly related to her, and a female friend. Having arrived at the 
place of execution, she got near enough to see the fire kindled that was to con- 
sume him. and all the other dreadful preparations, without betraying any of 
those emotions her friends apprehended; but when all was over, and she found 
he was no more, she threw her head back in the coach, and ejaculating, — ■■' My 
dear, I follow thee, I follow thee! Lord Jesus! receive our souls together," 
fell on the neck of her companion, and expired the very moment she had done 
speaking. That excessive grief which the force of her resolution had kept 
smothered within her breast, is thought to have put a stop to the vital motion, 
and suffocated at once all the animal spirits. 

In the Whitehall Evening Post, of August 7, 1746, this narrative is copied, 
•with the remark, that " upon enquiry, every circumstance was literally true." 

DAUN, LEOPOLD, COUNT DE, the great General, born 

born 1705; died 1766 

DAY, JOHN, Printer, died 1584 

He was the first who introduced the Greek and Saxon characters into England. 

DAY, THOMAS, died .,.. 1789 



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DAY, , the Blacking Manufacturer, died October 26... 1836 

Mr. Day accumulated the great sum of £450,000. 

DEFOE, DANIEL, Political Writer, born 1663; died 1731 

DELAUNY; see page 317, ante. 

DEMPSTER, THOMAS, Historian and Commentator, 

born 1579; died ; 1625 

DENHAM, SIR JOHN, born 1615; died 1669 

DENNY, SIR ANTHONY, died 1549 

Sir Anthony Denny was physician to Henry VIII. and on the approach of that 
monarch's death, (no one daring to hint such an event to him) Sir Anthony 
Denny ventured to perform so unpleasant a communication; at the same time 
requesting him to remember his former life. After having done so, Henry ap- 
pointed him one of the executors of his will. 

DERBY, EARL OF, died 1839 

He was the founder of ' The Derby Stakes; ' and had been Lovd Lieutenant of 
Lancashire 60 years. 

DERHAM, WILLIAM, English Writer, born 1657; died 1735 

DERWENTWATER, EARL OF, and LORD KEN- 

MUIR, beheaded on Tower Hill, February 24 1716 

DESMOND, THOMAS EARL OF, beheaded in Ireland . 1468 

DESPARD, COLONEL, and six of his associates, hung in 

Southwark, for High Treason, February 21 1803 

DESSEASAU, CHEVALIER, died February 1775 

This excentric character was a native of Prussia, and early in life bore a Commis- 
sion in the service of that country; but having a disagreement with a brother 
officer, a duel was the consequence, and his antagonist severely wounded. Not 
knowing what might be the result, he made a hastv departure from thence, and 
came to England, where he resolved to pass the remainder of his days. 

He soon became acquainted with Foote; Murphy, Goldsmith, Johnson, and 
many others of that day. His principal places of amusement were Old Ander- 
ton's Coffee-house, in Fleet-street: a tavern called — The Barn, in St. Martin's 
Lane, and various coffee-houses near Covent Garden, at which his company was 
much sought after. 

He at length became greatly reduced by misfortune: so much so, as to be 
confined in the fleet; but such was the confidence placed in his honour, that he 
was allowed to go wherever he pleased. 

He died at his lodgings in Fleet-market, in February, 1775, aged 70, and 
was interred in St. Bride's church-yard. 

DE WHITT, JOHN, statesman, born 1625; assassinated. 1672 

DE WHITT, , (brother), assassinated at the Hague, 

August 12 1672 

In 1667, the celebrated " Perpetual Edict, for abolishing the office of Stadtholder, 
was passed through the influence of De Witt, the Pensionary, or Prime Minis- 



440 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ler, who endeavoured to fix the liberty of the Republic on a firm basis; but in 
1672, he and his brother were cruelly butchered by the mob, and William III. 
was raised to the Stadtholderate. 

DIBDIN, CHARLES, died January 15 1833 

DIBDIN, CHARLES, celebrated writer of humourous 

Songs, born 1748; died July 25 1814 

DICKONS, MRS. died, May 4 1833 

Mrs. Dickons made her first appearance- at Covent Garden in 1793, as Opelia ; 
and retired from the Stage in 1818. She had a powerful and highly cultivated 
voice, added to which, she was an excellent actress. 

DICKENSON, CAPTAIN, operations commenced by, to 

recover property on board The Thetis, January 30 ... 1831 

Captain Dickenson, commanding H. M. S. Lightning, commenced the recovery by 
means of the diving- bell, the treasures sunk with the wreck of The Thetis, off 
Cape Frio. On the 6th of March, 1832, he had recovered 531,621 dollars; the 
Lightning was then succeeded by The Algerins, Captain De Roos, by whose 
exertions 161,379 dollars more were raised, making together fifteen-sixteenths 
of the property lost. 

DIDEROT, DENIS, French writer and lexicographer, born 

1713; died 1784 

DIEBITSCH, GENERAL, (the Russian), died June 9 ... 1831 

General Diebitsch, Commander of the Russian army, died suddenly at Kleesewo, 
near Pultusk, said to be by the cholera morbus. 

DIGBY, SIR KENHELM, born 1603; died 1665 

DILLON, LUKE, Trial of, for Rape, April 14 1S31 

Mr. Dillon, a young man of respectable family and connections, was found guilty 
at the Sessions in Dublin, of abduction and rape on Miss Ann Frozell, received 
sentence of death, and to be executed on the 7th of May following. The sen- 
tence was afterwards commured to transportation for life. 

DIMSDALE, BARON, died in 1800 

D*ODD, DR. born May 29, 1729; executed for forgery, 

June 27 7 1777 

This celebrated and very popular Preacher, was tried for forging a bond upon the 
Earl of Chesterfield for the sum of £400. Great "was the appeal for the exten- 
sion of the royal clemency for Dodd, the petition being signed by twenty-three 
thousand "persons, and in which was subscribed the names of some of the most 
influential individuals in the kingdom ; but it proved of no avail, oh account of 
the execution of the Perreaus for the same offence. Lord Mansfield, when re- 
ferred to on this subject, decided his fate by the observation, that — " If his 
Majesty pardoned Dodd, he had murdered the Perreaus." He was in consequence 
executed with a prisoner of the name of Harris, who on the morning of his exe- 
cution attempted suicide by poison. 

DODDRIDGE, DR. born June 26, 1702; died October 26 1751 
DODSLEY, ROBERT, English writer, born 1703; died... 1764 



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DODSWORTH, ROGER, Antiquarian, born 1580; died. 1659 
DOGGETT, THOMAS, the Actor, died 1721 

Mr. Doggett was a native of Ireland, and made his first appearance in Dublin: but 
not meeting with sufficient encouragement, he came to London, and met with 
great success, by which he realized a competent fortune, and quitted the stage 
some time previous to his death. He was also a patentee and manager of the 
Theatre with Wilks, Booth, and Cibber; the latter of whom says, — " He was 
the most original and strictest observer of nature of all his contemporaries. He 
borrowed from none of them ; his manner was his own, he was a pattern to 
others, whose greatest merit was, that they had sometimes tolerably imitated 
him. In dressing a character he was remarkably skilful ; the least article of 
whatsoever habit he wore seemed in some measure to speak the different 
humour he presented. He excelled in representing the lower characters of life. 
In songs, and particular dances, too, for humour, he had no competitor. Con- 
greve was a great admirer of him ; and he was a favourite of several of high rank 
and taste. 

He is highly spoken of in The Spectator. He wrote one Play, — The Country 
Wake, a Comedy acted with great applause; out of which was made two farces, — 
Hob, or The Country Wake, — and Hob's Wedding. The first has been acted often, 
with great success, and likewise several songs have been added to it, in imita- 
tion of The Beggar's Opera, since which it has been acted under the title of 
Flora. 

In his political principles he was, in the words of Sir Richard Steele, — " A 
Whig up to head and ears ; " and he took every occasion of demonstrating his 
loyalty to the house of Hanover. One instance among others, is well linown; 
which is, that in the year after George I. came to the throne, in 1715, Doggett 
gave a waterman's orange-coloured coat and silver badge to be rowed for; on the 
latter is represented the Hanoverian horse. This contest takes place on the first 
of August, being the anniversary of that king's accession to the throne, between 
six young watermen, who have just completed their apprenticeship 5 the claim- 
ants starting off on a signal being given at that time of the tide when the 
current is strongest against them, and rowing from the Old Swan, near London 
Bridge, to the White Swan at Chelsea. 

DOMINICHINO, DOMINICO ZAMPIERE DETTO IL, 

painter, born 158 1 ; died 1641 

DOMINIS, MARC ANTHONY DE, Dean of Windsor, 

born 1561; died 1625 

DONNE, JOHN, Poet, born 975 ; died 1031 

DONNE, DR. bora 1573; died 1631 

DONOUGHMORE, EARL OF, died June 29 1832 

DOWTON, , retirement of from the Stage, June 8 1840 

DOW, GERARD, painter, born 1613 ; died 1680 

DRAKE, SIR FRANCIS, born 1545; died 1595 

He returned from his voyage round the world in 1580, and is distinguished as 
being the first of his country who achieved the circumnavigation of the whole 
world. In the ever memorable defeat of the Spanish Armada, Drake, whom 
Elizabeth had appointed Vice-Admiral, under Lord Howard of Effingham, had 
the cjiief share; and the horrible vengeance experienced by the flying Armada, 
was inflicted principally by his division of the fleet. 

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442 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

DRAPER, SIR WILLIAM, died 1787 

DRAYTON, MICHAEL, Poet, born 1573; died 1631 

DRURY, DR. died January 6 ' 1834 

DRUMMOND, WILLIAM, born 1586; died 1649 

DRYDEN, JOHN, Poet, born 1631; died 1700 

DUCKWORTH, SIR JOHN, died March 17 1817 

He obtained a victory over the French Fleet, off St. Domingo, in 1806. 

DUDLEY, JOHN, DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, 

died 1553 

He was High Admiral of England, Lord Great Chamberlain, Steward of the 
Household, and Earl Marshal. Having entertained the romantic notion, that 
by marrying his son, (Lord Guildford Dudley), to Lady Jane Grey, he should 
eventually fis the succession of the crown in his own family, he brought de- 
struction upon himself, and the victims of his daring ambition, by causiug them 
to be beheaded. 

DUDLEY, ROBERT, EARL OF LEICESTER, died ... 1588 

The favourite of Queen Elizabeth, and son of the preceding nobleman. 

DUDLEY, AMBROSE, EARL OF WARWICK, brother 

to the favourite, died 1590 

DUGDALE, SIR WILLIAM, born 1605; died 1686 

DUNCAN, ADMIRAL LORD, born July 1, 1731; died 

August 4 1804 

The battle of Camperdown, fought by this intrepid commander, October 11, 1797, 
and which was most obstinately contested, was decided against the Dutch, and 
within sight of their own coast. 

DUNDAS, RT. HON. CHARLES, LORD AMERSBY, 

died June 30 1832 

He expired at his house at Pimlico, in the 81st year of his age. He had been a 
Member of the House of Commons sixty years. Having no male heir, the title 
became extinct. 

DUNDONALD, EARL OF, (father of Lord Cochrane), 

died 1831 

DUNSTAN, SIR JEFFREY, born 1759 

Jeffrey Dunstan, (or, as he was afterwards named, Sir Jeffrey Dunstan,) was 
found, in the year 1759, at the door of a Churchwarden, in the parish of St. 
Dunstan in the East, and was supposed to be the illegitimate child of some 
person of respectability from the appearance of the article in which he was 
wrapped. He was taken to the workhouse of that parish, where he remained 
till the age of twelve years, when he was apprenticed to a greengrocer for the 
term of nine years, but which he never completed, having ran away from his 
master; he afterwards worked in several factories at Birmingham, when, (from 
the great labour he endured whilst there), he contracted a peculiar deformity. 
He returned to London in 1770, when he entered into a matrimonial alliance 



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DUNSTAN, SIR JEFFREY, (continued.) 

with a fair nymph in the neighbourhood of St. Giles', by whom he had two 
daughters, (acknowledged as really fine women,) of whom he was very fond, call- 
ing the one Miss Polly, and the other Miss Nancy; and they in return styling 
him Papa. 

It is not now exactly known at what time, or by whom Sir Jeffrey was knighted ; 
but it is reported that it was on the death of Sir John Harper, and about the 
time of the celebrated contest for Westminster, in 1784, between Hood, Fox, 
and Wray; for in the spring following, he was( unanimously elected Mayor of 
Garratt, which seat he kept till his death; neither buying the votes of his con- 
stituents, nor selling them. 

Before proceeding in a further detail of the Mayoralty of Garratt, some expla- 
nation might as well be given with respect to its origin. 

" About 1750, several persons who lived near that part of Wandsworth which 
adjoins to Garratt-lane, had formed a kind of club, not merely to eat and drink, 
but to concert measures for removing the encroachments made on that part of 
the common, and to prevent any others being made for the future. As the 
Members were most of them persons in low circumstances, they agreed, at every 
meeting, to contribute a trifle in order to make up a purse for the defence of 
their collective rights. W T hen a sufficient sum of money was subscribed, they 
applied to a worthy attorney in that neighbourhood, who brought an action 
against the encroachers, in the name of the president, (or, as they called him, 
the Mayor,) of the club. They gained their suit with costs; the encroachments 
were destroyed; and, ever after, the President, who lived many years, was 
called—" The Mayor of Garratt." This event happening at the time of a 
general election, the ceremony, upon every new Parliament, of choosing out- 
door members for the Borough of Garratt, has been constantly kept up, and is 
still continued, to the great emolument of all the Publicans at Wandsworth, 
who annually subscribed to all the incidental expenses attending the mock 
Election." — Hughson's London, and its Environs. 

But, to proceed to the Election : — The cavalcade on Sir Jeffrey's first election 
was conducted with the most splendid show, and really grand: he was drawn 
in a phaeton, decorated with costly magnificence, and in this order they arrived 
at Garratt-lane, a filthy village in the parish of Wandsworth. 

The benefit which the Publicans derive at these Elections is very great ; 
and the qualifications for voting , (according to Grose) are the being able to 
swear on a brick-bat that the party has had an amour in the open fields round 
Garrett-lane. 

The death of Sir Jeffrey was rather sudden; being at a jovial meeting, he 
drank rather more than his usual quantity of juniper; and his companions 
placing him in a wheelbarrow to convey him home, he was found, on his arrival 
there quite dead, from the effects of suffocation. 

DURER, ALBERT, born 1471; died April 6 1528 

This eminent man was distinguished both as a painter and engraver, and in this 
capacity was superior to the rest of his countrymen. He, it has been generally 
stated, was the inventor of etching; but, certain it is, that he was the first 
person who brought it to any degree of perfection. He was born at Nurem- 
berg, anil died at the same place. 

DURHAM, LORD, bom 1792; died 1840 

EBRALL, THOMAS, died April 9 1810 

The death of this young man was occasioned by the firing of the military on the 
committal of Sir Francis Burdett to the Tower. 

EACHARD, LAURENCE, Historian, born 1671 ; died... 1730 



444 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMOKY. 

EDEN, THE HON. W. died 1810 

EDGEWORTH, R. L. ESQ. died 1817 

EDWARDS, BRYAN, Natural Historian, died 1800 

EDWARD I. born June 16 1239 

Married Eleanor, princess of Castile, 1253; succeeded to the crown, November 
16, 1272; wounded in the Holy Land with a poisoned dagger; recovered and 
landed in England, August 23, 1274; crowned at Westminster, August 19 
following, with his Queen; went to France, and did homage to the French 
king, 1279; reduced the Welch princes, 1287; lost his queen in 1296; married 
Margaret, sister to the king of Fiance, September 12, 1299; conquered nearly- 
all Scotland, and brought to England their coronation chair, &c. ; died of a flux 
at Burgh upon the Sands, in Cumberland, on his way to avenge the defeat of 
his armies by the Scots, July 7. 1307; was buried at Westminster, where, on 
May 2, 1774, some Antiquarians, by the consent of the Dean and Chapter, ex- 
amined his tomb, when they found his corpse unconsumed, though interred 466 
years. Reigned 37 years, 7 months, and 17 days. 

EDWARD II. born 1284 

He was born at Caernarvon, in Wales, April 25; was the first king of England's 
eldest son that had the title of Prince of Wales ; ascended the throne in July, 
1307; married Isabella, daughter of the French king, 1308; crowned with his 
queen at Westminster, February 26, 1308; compelled by his barons to invest 
the government of the kingdom in twenty-one persons, March 16, 1310; sets 
out on a pilgrimage to Boulogne, December 13, 1313; declared his queen and 
her party enemies to his kingdom, 1325 ; made over his French dominions to 
his son Edward, September 10, 1325; dethroned, January 13, 1327; put to a 
cruel death in Berkeley castle, September 21, following. Reigned 19 years, 6 
months, and 18 days; was succeeded by his son, Edward III. 

EDWARD III. born at Windsor, November 15 1312 

He succeeded to the crown Jan. 25, 1327, and was crowned at Westminster on the 
1st of Febi'uary following; married Philippa, daughter of the Earl of Hainault, 
January 24, 1328; claimed the crown of Fiance, 1329; confined his mother 
Isabella, and caused her favourite, Earl Mortimer, to be hanged at Tyburn, No- 
vember 23, 1330; defeated the Scots at Halidon Hill, 1333; invaded France, 
and pawned his crown and jewels for 50,000 florins, 1340; quaitered the arms 
of England and France, 1341 ; the first that made the distinction of Loids and 
Commons, 1342; defeated the French at Crescy, when 30,000 were killed, 
among whom was the king of Bohemia, 1346; Calais besieged and taken, 
August 16, 1347. Died June 21, 1377; feigned 50 years, 4 months, and 27 
days. Succeeded by his grandson, Richard II. 

EDW T ARD IV. born at Rouen, April 29, 1443 

Succeeded to the crown, March 4, 1461. Previous to his coronation, he took the 
field, and fought the battle of Towton, when 35,781 fell, and not one prisoner 
was taken but the Earl of Devonshire, March 13. Crowned at Westminster, 
June 28, same year. Married lady Elizabeth Grey, widow of Sir John G;ey, of 
Groby, March 1, 1464, who was crowned on the26th following. Taken prisoner 
by the Earl of Warwick in Yorkshire, from whence he was brought to London, 
with his legs tied under his horse's belly, 1467. Escaped, and was expelled, 
the kingdom, 1470. He returned again, March 25, 1471, and restored. 
Caused his brother, the Duke of Clarence, who had joined the Earl of Warwick, 
to be drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine, March 11, 1478. Died of an ague at 
Westminster, April 9, 1483, and was buried at Windsor, where his corpse was 
discovered undecayed, and his dress and the lineaments, nearly entire, Match 
11, 1789. Reigned 22 years, 1 month, and 5 days. Succeded by his son, 



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EDWARD V. born November 4........ 1470 

Proclaimed kmtr in London, April 9 ; deposed June 20 following, and with his 
brother, the Duke of York, smothered soon alter by their uncle, Richard III. 
who succeeded them. Edward V. leigned only 2 months, and 16 days. 

EDWARD VI. born October 12 1537 

Succeeded to the Grown January 28, 1547; crowned Februaiy 20, in the same year. 
Died of a consumption at Gieenwieh, July (5, 15.53: buried at Westminster, 
and succeeded by his cousin, (Lady Jane Grey,) who was beheaded. See page 
442, ante. Edward VI. reigned 6 years, 5 months, and 8 days. 

ELDON, LORD, died 1839 

Lord Eldon married a Miss Surtees; it was a run-a-way match, and strongly 
opposed by her father, who was a coalmerchant ; and it is not a little singular, 
that the first time the son-in-law put the Chancellor's seal to a bankruptcy, it 
was in the failure of Mr. Surtees. 

ELLENBOROUGH, LORD, born 1749; died. 1818 

Lord Edenborough was the Judge who tried Mr. Hone, the bookseller, for a 
Parody on the — " Liiany." 

ELLEY, LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR JOHN, died Feb. 2... 1839 

Sir J ihn commenced his military career as a private trooper in the Blues, in 
which he soon obtained the post of Quarter-Master In 1791, he obtained a 
cornetcy in the same regiment. He served in the campaigns of 1793-4-5 in 
Flanders ; and was present at the siege of Valenciennes. 

ELLIS, MR. of Liverpool, died, aged 130^ years, August . 1780 

ELLISTON, MR. Comedian, died July 9 1S31 

ELWES, the Miser, died November 26 1789 

ELZEVIRS, celebrated Printers, flourished 1595 

Ludowyck, was the eldest of them : Bonadventure followed in his footsteps: and 
the race terminated with Daniel, who died in 1680. 

EMMETTS, THE, (Brothers), trial of, for High Treason, 

September 18 1803 

Robert Emmett, was tried on a charge of High Treason, before Lord Norbury, at 
the Sessions House, Dublin, when, altera trial of some length, he was found 
guilty as the leader of the insurrection He was executed on the 20th of Sep- 
tember, in the 22nd year of his age. He delivered a long and animated address 
to the Court. 

ENGHIEN, LE DUG DE, of the family of Conde, shot 

by order of Bonaparte, March 21 1804 

ERSKINE, THOMAS LORD, born 1750; died Jan. 17 . 1824 

ESSEX, EARL OF, found with his throat cut in the Tower 1683 

ESTCOURT, RICHARD, Dramatic writer, born 1665; died 1713 

ESTIENNE, famous printer, died 1520 

ESTIENNE, ROBERT, his son, born 1503; died 1559 



448 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ESTIENNE, CHARLES, his third son, born 1504 ; died . 1564 
ESTIENNE, ANTOINE, bom 1554; died 1674 

He died in the Hotel Dieu, at Paris, and was the last of a race of men whose 
names will last as long as classical learning shall exist. 

EUGENE, PRINCE, warrior, born 1662; died 1735 

EULER, LEONARD, Mathematician, bom April 15, 1707; 

died September 17 1783 

Elected to a Professorship in the University at St. Petersburg?! early in life, and 
went to Berlin in 1741, to direct and assist the Academy that was then rising 
to great eminence; returned to Petersburgh in 1766, where he spent the re- 
mainder of his days. 

EVELYN, JOHN, born 1620; died February 27 1705 

The following extract is from the epitaph inscribed on his tomb in Wootton church- 
yard, Kent; — " Living in an age of extraordinary events and revolutions, he 
learnt (as himself asserted) this truth, which, pursuant to his intention, is here 
declared, that all is vanity which is not honest; and that there is no solid 
wisdom but in real piety." Evelyn's name has been perpetuated by his 
" Diary." 

EXETER, THE MARQUIS OF, LORD MONTAGUE, 

and SIR NICHOLAS CARE W, beheaded 1539 

EXMOUTH, LORD, died January 23 1833 

FAHRENHEIT, G. D. born 1686; died in 1736 

FAIRBROTHER, MR. died at Wigan, in Lancashire, aged 

138 :■. 1770 

FAIRFAX, SIR THOMAS, Revolutionary General, died . 1671 

FALKLAND, CHARLES JOHN VISCOUNT, killed in 

a duel with ALEXANDER POWELL, ESQ 1809 

FALCONER, WILLIAM, Poet, born 1730; lost 1770 

FALSTAFF, or (FALSTQLFE), SIR JOHN, born 1379; 1459 

FANSHAW, SIR RICHARD, born 1607; died 1666 

FARINELLI, C. B. BROSCHI DETTO. a famous singer, 

born 1705; died 1782 

FARQUHAR, GEORGE, Dramatic Writer and Poet, born 

1678; died 1707 

FARQUHAR, JOHN, of Fonthill, died July 6 1S26 

FAULKNER, GEORGE, Printer died 1775 

FAULKNER, CAPTAIN, killed April 21 1794 



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FAUNTLEROY^, HENRY, executed for Forgery, Nov. 30 1824 

FAUX, GUY, executed for the Gunpowder Plot 1606 

FAWCETT, MR. Performer, died March 1837 

This eminent actor expired at Botley, in Hampshire. He was born in London in 
1769, and at the age of 15 was apprenticed to a tradesman, but fancying 1 the 
Stage, he set off for Margate, and under the name of Foote, made his first ap- 
pearance as Courtall, in the Belle's Stratagem. He afterwards resumed his own 
name, and joined the celebrated Tate Wilkinson on the York Circuit, where he 
remained some years. On the 21st of September, 1791, he made his first bow 
to a London audience, at Covent Garden, as Caleb, in He would be a Soldier, and 
Simlcin, in The Deserter. It was not till some years after that he began to attract 
attention: but his celebrated songs of — What's, a Woman like, and the mock 
Italian bravura — Maestro ivas an Opera singer, stamped his fame. His dramatic 
reputation was at once fixed, by his acting of Dr. Pangloss, Ollapod, and Caleb 
Quotem. In 1798, he joined the Haymarket Company, and became acting- 
Manager in 1800, of that Theatre. In 1813, he appeared at the English Opera. 
In 1816, he rejoined the Haymarket. He afterwards became Manager of 
Covent Garden Theatre, which situation he held till his retirement from the 
stage. Owing to some domestic misfortunes, Mr. Fawcett for the last few years 
was obliged to come upon the Fund of the Theatre, of which he had for a long 
period been Treasurer. 

FAWCETT, SIR WILLIAM, died March 22 1804 

Having very early in life shown a, strong desire for the army, an ensignancy was 
obtained for him at the proper age. His attention to duty was soon noticed; 
and on General Elliott being ordered to Germany, he appointed him one of his 
Aid-de-camps. On the death of General Elliott, he was placed in the same situ- 
ation by the Marquis of Granby. The eminent situations be afterwards held 
are well known, and likewise the able manner in which he performed them. 
His remains were interred in the burial-ground of the Royal Hospital, and at- 
tended to the grave by His R. H. the Prince of Wales, the Dukes of York, 
Clarence, Kent, and Cambridge, and by several noblemen, and general officers. 
A handsome monument has been erected, on which is the following inscription: 
General Sir William Fawcett, Knight of the Bath, Colonel of His Majesty's 3rd 
regiment of Dragoon Guards, and Governor of the Royal Hospital of Chelsea, 
departed this life March 22, 1804, aged 76- Charlotte Lady Fawcett, his 
widow, departed this life March 11, 1805, aged 76. 

FENELON, Archbishop of Cambray, died 1715 

FENNING, ELIZA, executed July 26 1815 

FENWICK, SIR JOHN, beheaded on Tower-hill 1697 

FERDINANDO, MARCO DE PALIOTTI, brother to 
the Duchess of Shrewsbury, hanged for murder at 
Tyburn, February 28 1717 

FERRERS, LORD, committed to the Tower, for the murder 

of Mr. Johnson, his Steward, February 13 1760 

Earl Ferrers having imagied that Mr. Johnson had conspired, with the rest of 
his family, against his interest, he came to the resolution of shooting him, and 
laid his plan accordingly. On the Sunday previous, Earl Ferrers desired him 
to come to his house on the following Friday, in order to peruse some papers, 
or settle his accounts; and Johnson proceeded accordingly, without the least 
suspicion of his Lordship's real intention. Previous to Johnson's arrival, the 



448 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FERRERS, LORD, (continued) 

Earl had sent each of the servants on some frivolous errand, with the exception 
of three women in the kitchen. On the arrival of Johnson at his Lordship's 
residence, he was received bv that nobleman with unusual complacency, at the 
same time desiring him to accomnanv his Lordship to the studv; which having 
entered, the door was immediately locked bv his lordship in the inside. After 
accusing him of dishonesty, he drew a pistol, and shot him through the body, 
of which wound he died, on the morning after his removal from his Lordship's 
house in great agony. His Lordship was then taken into custody, and removed 
to London bv the gaoler of Leicester, and committed to the Tower. 

On the 16th of Anril he was brought to trial in the House of Peers, Lord 
keeper Henley being appointed High Steward on the trial. The trial lasted two 
days; on the third, the Lord Steward pronounced sentence of death, and to be 
executed at the common place of execution. 

On the .5th of Mav, his body being demanded by the Sheriffs at the Tower- 
pate, he was delivered up, and conveyed to the usual place of execution in his 
own landau, followed bv the chariots of the Sheriffs, and a mourning coach and 
six, filled with his friends, and a hearse for the c mvevauce of the body. He 
was guarded bv a posse of constables, a partvof horse grenadiers and a detach- 
ment of infantry; in this manner thev moved from the Tower to Tvburn. On 
arriving there, he ascended the scaffdd with a firm step, and having repeated 
the Lord's Praver, the cap was pulled over his eyes, the Sheriff made the signal, 
at which the stage fell from under his feet, and he was left suspended. His 
body having hung an hour and five minutes, was cut down, placed in the 
hearse, and conveyed to the public theatre for dissection ; when, being opened, 
and lying for some days, it was carried off, and privately interred. 

FERGUSON, JAMES, died in November 1776 

Ferguson was born in the county of Banff, about the vear 1710. His surprising 
performances in mechanical pursuits, rendered him distinguished in the path of 
science. After struggling for some time against very great difficulties, he met 
with numerous Patrons. His principal writings were, a — Dissertation on the 
Harvest Moon: — a Description of an Orrery; — Astronomical and Mechanical Lec- 
tures; — and a Treatise-on Elect icity. His last publication was entitled, — S4ect 
Mechanical Exercises. His Majesty allowed him £50. per annum out of the 
Privy Purse. 

FERGUSON, DR. ADAM, died 1816 

FIELDING, HENRY, English Writer, born 1707 ; died . 1754 

FIELDING, SIR JOHN, Chief Magistrate of Bow-street, 
Covent Garden, London, died September 6 1780 

FISHER, JOHN, Bishop of Rochester, born 1459; behead- 
ed Ju e 22 1535 

FITZCLARENCE, , elevation of to the Peerage, 

May 13 , I 31 

Announced in the London Gazette, as Baron Tewkesbury, Viscunt Fitzciarence, 
and Earl of Munster. On the 24th of the same month, the Gazette announced 
Colonel Frederick Fitzciarence, Captain Adolphus Fitzciarence, R.N. and the 
Rev. Augustus Fitzciarence respectively, created Marquisses of the United 
Kingdom ; and also, that His Majesty granted to their sisters respectively the 
title and precedency of a daughter of a Marquis of the United Kingdom. 



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FITZGERALD, GEORGE ROBERT, hanged at Castlebar, 

June 12 1786 

FITZGERALD, LORD EDWARD, mortally wounded in 

an attempt to take him into custody in Dublin . 1798 

FITZGERALD, with Five of his uncles, (Irish rebels,) ex- 
ecuted at Ty bu rn, February 3 1537 

FITZHERBERT, MRS. died March 27, (aged 81) 1837 

This lady was the daughter of W. Smytlie, Esq. of Tonge Castle, aud niece to Sir 
Edward Smythe, Bart, of Acton Burnel, Salop; and was also a distant relation 
of the family of Sefton, in Ireland. She was first married to John Weld, Esq. 
of Lulworth, Dorsetshire ; and after his death, became the wife of Mr. Fitz- 
herbert, of Swinnerton, Staffordshire. On the death of that gentleman, she 
■went to Italy, and on her return from that country attracted the notice of the 
Prince of Wales, at Brighton. About this period, the fascinating charms 
of Mary Robinson had declined, the Prince was seeking for some new favourite, 
when th ! charms of Mrs. Fitzherbert had their due effect, and she was thought 
worthy of sharing the Royal favour. But then there were scruples to be over- 
come, — and they were only to be overcome by proposals of marriage. This 
marriage was at length solemnized according to the Catholic Ritual, of which 
she was a communicant; but a marriage, (according to the English law) no more 
binding between the heir apparent of the British throne, than any two indivi- „ 
duals who might agree to cohabit together. This took place in 1786. In April, 
1787> the affairs of the Prince became greatly embarrassed, and were made the 
subject of Parliamentary investigation; and though Pitt did all in his power for 
him, yet the old King was deaf to every intreaty with respect to pecuniary 
assistance. 

On the 30th of April, Mr. Fox rose in his place, and gave his positive denial 
of the marriage of the Prince with Mrs. Fitzherbert. He denied it in toto, in 
point of fact, and in point of law. It never could have happened legally, nor 
did it ever happen in any way whatever. In spite of this assertion on the part 
of Mr. Fox, and the well-known shyness existing between him and the Prince, 
it has been asserted by persons that Fox was not only privy to the marriage, but 
that Burke and Sheridan were actually present on that occasion. Be this as it 
may, it is a well-known fact, that Mrs. Fitzherbert never afterwards counte- 
nanced Fox, but left the society into which they might happen to meet. 

With respect to the marriage, there was serious reason for alarm ; for, by the 
Royal Marriage Act, — " Every person marrying a Papist, shall be for ever inca- 
" pable of inheriting the throne of these realms; and the people of these realms, shall 
" be, and arehereby absolved from their allegiance;" so that, by the Bill of Rights, 
the marriage became null and void. Lampoons of all kinds were published on 
the occasion. Home Tooke wrote a severe pamphlet ; and Withers was fined 
£50. and sentenced to one years' imprisonment in Newgate, and to give sureties 
for five years for a libel on Mrs. Fitzherbert. The libel was part of a Pamphlet 
called — " History of the Roval Malady ;" a second ditto, of the same writer, 
entitled — " Alfred; " it styled Mrs. Fitzherbert the rightful Princess of Wales ! 
The sale of these Publications was immense; and extraordinary measures were 
resorted to for the suppression of any further publication. In 1790, Mrs. Fitz- 
herbert was no longer to be the reigning favourite, and the Prince transferred 
his affections to Lady Jersey; but in 1795, (previous to his marriage with the 
Princess of Wales) his favour revived, and Mrs. Fitzherbert was once more 
noticed. A mansion was procured for her in Park-lane, and a pension granted, 
to her. The brother-in-law of Mrs. Fitzherbert (Cardinal Weld) inherited the 
estates of her first husband; and his head being fitted for a Cardinal's hat, was 
easily granted without any influence of the Papal court. On the trial of Lord 

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450 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

FITZHERBERT, MRS. (continued.) 

George Gordon, for a libel on the Queen of Fiance, he spoke with freedom of 
the connection between the Prince and Mrs. Fitzherbert. Mrs, Fitzherbert was, 
to the last hour of her life, in intercourse with the Royal Family. 

FITZPATRICK, RT. HON. RICHARD, died 1813 

F1TZ WILLI AM, EARL, died February 8 1833 

His Lordship expired at his seat at Milton, Northamptonshire, in the 85th year 
of his age. 

FLAMSTEAD, JOHN, Astronomer, born 1646; died 1719 

FLEETWOOD, WILLIAM, Lawyer, died 1593 

FLEETWOOD, WILLIAM, Bishop of St. Asaph, Anti- 
quarian, died 1723 

FLETCHER, JOHN, Dramatic Writer and Poet, born 

1576; died_ 1625 

FLEURY, CARDINAL, died December 18 1742 

FLINDERS, CAPTAIN, died 1814 

FONTAINE, JEAN DE LA, French Poet, born 1621; 

died 1695 

FONTAINES, PIERRE FRANCOIS GUYOT DES, 

French poet, born 1685 ; died 1745 

FONTENELLE, BERNARD LE BOVIER DE, born 

1657; died January 9 1757 

FOOTE, SAMUEL, died October 21, (aged 51) 1777 

FORBES, SIR WILLIAM, the eminent Banker, died 1806 

FORDYCE, DAVID, English writer, died 1755 

FORDYCE, JAMES, ditto, died 1796 

FORREST, JOHN, born 1496; burnt for denying the 

King's supremacy 1538 

FORTESCUE, SIR JOHN, English Judge, born 1373, died 1463 

FOTHERGILL, , Physician, born 1711; died 1780 

FOULIS, ROBERT, an eminent printer, died 1776 

FOUNT AINE, SIB ANDREW, Antiquarian, died 1753 

FOURNIER, P. S. Parisian letter founder, born 1712; died 1758 



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FOX, GEORGE, founder of the Quakers, born 1624; died 1681 

FOX, JOHN, Marty rologist, born 1517; died 1587 

FOX, CHARLES JAMES, born 174S; died 1806 

Public funeral of, October 10, 1806. 

FRANCIS, PHILIP, D.D. died ...., 1773 

FRANKLIN, DR. B. born at Boston, 1706; died April 17 17G0 

FRANKLIN, CAPTAIN, his success in tracing the course 
of the Mackenzie river, in North America, till he 
reached the sea, August 16 1825 

FRESNOY, CHARLES ALPHONSE DU, painter and 

writer, born 1611 ; died 1665 

FRESNOY, NICOLAS LENGLET DU, French Writer, 

born in 1674; died 1755 

FROBISHER, SIR MARTIN, ADMIRAL, died in 1594 

FROISSART, JEAN, Historian, born 1337 ; died 1410 

FROST, WILLIAMS AND JONES, tried 1839 

The Chartists, Frost, Williams, and Jones, were tried and received sentence of 
death; but the sentence was afterwards commuted to transportation for life. 
On the 28th of February they set sail from Portsmouth in the Mandarin con- 
vict ship, bound for Van Dieman's land, and in which were Moses and Caspar, 
found guilty of the gold dust robbery. 

FULLER, THOMAS, English writer, born 1606; died in . 1661 

FULLER, JOHN, ESQ. (the celebrated), .Member for 

Sussex, died in London, at an advanced age, April 11 1834 

He had granted, at various times, £10,000. to the Royal Institution, in Albe- 
marle-street. 

FUST, JAN, one of the earliest printers, died of the Plague 1466 

GALLOWAY, GEORGE EARL OF, (Admiral of the 

Blue,) died March 27 1S34 

GALILEO, Professor of Medicine, born Feb. 19, 1564; died 

January 8 1642 

Commenced the study of Medicine at the University of Pisa, (his native place), in 
1581 ; made his grand discovery of the telescope, 1609, which he presented to 
the Senate of Venice, after having exhibited it for a few days ; and in return, 
he was appointed to the Professorship for life. He soon after constructed 
another telescope, with which he examined the hpavens, and made those bril- 
liant discoveries which will for ever add lustre to his name. The satellites of 
Jupiter, the ring of Saturn, the seas and mountains of the Moon, and the spots 



452 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

GALILEO, {continued.) 

in the Sun, were announced to the public in succession, in a publication, which, 
he called — Nuncius Siderius, or Intelligence of the Heavens. Having about this 
time resigned his Professorship at Padua for the appointment of first Mathema- 
tician at Pisa, he began to teach the Copernicum system of the Uuiverse, which 
■was the cause of that persecution carried on against him for the remainder of his 
life. In 1639, he became blind, and soon after lost his favourite daughter. He 
died at the age of 78. 

GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS, Portrait Painter, died ... 1788 

GALE, ROGER, Antiquarian, died 1744 

GAMBIER, LORD, born 1756; died April 9 1833 

Appointed to the command of the Thunder bomb, in which he was captured by 
the French fleet under Count d'Estaing, 1778. Promoted to the rank of Post 
Captain, October 9, 1778. Appointed to the command of the Raleigh, 32. In 
this frigate he was engaged in repelling the French attempt made upon Jersey, 
January 6, 1781 ; in thisyear he also captured the ' General Mifflin,' an Ame- 
rican ship of war of 20 guns. Appointed to ' The Defence,' 74; was present 
in the glorious action of June 1, 1794; on that memorable day, The Defence 
was the first vessel that cut through the enemy's line, passing between the 
seventh and eighth ships; and had successively three or four ships engaging 
her, her men being divided at their quarters to fight both sides at once. Her 
masts were shot away ; the main-mast fell in-board, and tho whole of the 
quarter deck and forecastle guns were rendered useless. The loss amounted to 
18 men killed, and 39 wounded. For this glorious action, he was nominated 
Colonel of marines; and on June 1, 1795. he was raised to the rank of Rear- 
Admiral ; appointed to a seat among the Commissioners of the Admiralty, which 
lie retained till February, 1801 ; attained the rank of Vice-Admiral, 1799 ; pro- 
ceeded to Newfoundland, as Governor of the island, 1802; re-appointed to a 
seat at the Admiralty, 1804; appointed to assist in naval affairs under Lord 
Mulgrave, April 4, 1807, (having become full Admiral in 1805); sent in the 
following summer with a fleet to demand that of Denmark, in conjunction with 
Lieutenant-Gen. Lord Cathcart, which he most ably accomplished, to the morti- 
fication of Bonaparte, and the entire overthrow of his intentions. For this he 
was rewarded with a peerage, dated November 9, 1807, and a pension of £2000. 
a-year, which latter he declined. He retired from the Admiralty in May, 1808 3 
being appointed to the command of the Channel Fleet. ' The Plantagenet,' a 
74, was launched at Woolwich, 1801, under his directions. 

A detachment of his fleet attacked a French squadron in the Aix road, and 
destroyed ' La Ville de Varsovie, ' 80 ; ' Tonnerre, ' 74 ; ' Aquilon,' 74; and 
' Calcutta,' 56, and driving several others on shore. A difference of opinion 
having- arisen respecting the practicability of destroying the rest of the enemy's 
squadron, caused a misunderstanding between the Commander-in-Chief and 
Lord Cochrane, who had the command of the fire-ships ; upon which Lord 
Gambier requested a Court Martial to be called, in order to investigate his 
conduct. On the 29th of July, 1809, it took place, and was continued by ad- 
journments, until August 9, when the charge of neglect and delay were pro- 
nounced to be not proven ; his conduct being " marked by zeal, judgment, and 
ability." His Lordship was consequently — " most honourably acquitted," and 
in addition, received the thanks of both Houses of Parliament. He retained the 
command of the Channel Fleet until 1811, when he resigned it, the time speci- 
fied (three years) having expired for holding it. He was placed at the head of 
the Commissioners for the concluding a peace with the United States of America, 
in 1814, the first meeting for which took place at Ghent, August 8; prelimi- 
naries for signed at the same place, December 24, and ratified at Washington, 
February 17, 1815. On the 7th of June following, he was nominated a Grand 
Cross of the Bath, and advanced to the rank of Admit al of the Fleet, along with 
Admiral Peere-Williams, on the accession of William IV. to the throne. 



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GARAMOND, CLAUDE, type-founder, died 1561 

GARDELLE, THEODORE, executed for murder 1790 

This individual was executed for the murder of Mrs. King-, his landlady, in Lei- 
cester-street, Leicester-square. He having requested her to fetch him some 
snuff, she refused : upon which, angry words arose, and he struck her; she fell 
backwards down the stairs, upon which Gardelle, being greatly alarmed, ran to 
assist her, and found her dead. Being the only person at this time in the house, 
and fearful he should be accused of murdering her, he secreted the body in his 
room, and told the servant her mistress had left the house suddenly, and gone 
out of town. He afterwards cut up the body into separate portions, locked them 
in boxes, and then hid them in the loft of the house. 

GARDINER, COLONEL JAMES, born 1688; killed at 

Preston Pans , 1 745 

GARDINER, STEPHEN, Bishop of Winchester, died ... 1555 

GARNET, THOMAS, a Jesuit, hanged 1608 

GARRICK, DAVID, Dramatic Writer and Actor, born 

1716; died January 20, 1779 

He was born at Hereford, and was aged 62 years and 10 months. First appeared 
on the London Stage in 1741. 

GARTH, SIR SAMUEL, Physician and Poet, died 1719 

GASCOIGNK, SIR, WILLIAM, the Judge who committed 
the Prince of Wales, afterwards Henry V. to prison, 
for insulting him on the Bench, flourished 1414 

GASSENDI, PIERRE, mathematician and astronomer, born 

1592; died 1656 

GAY, JOHN, English poet, born 1688; died 1732 

GED, WILLIAM, inventor of steryotype printing, died ... 1749 

GEDDES, JAMES, critic, born 1711; died 1749 

GEDDES, REV. ALEXANDER, died February 26 1802 

This learned writer was a Roman Catholic, and educated at the Scotch College, in 
Paris. After finishing his education, he was successively priest of several 
Roman Catholic congregations in Scotland ; he officiated for twelve years at the 
Imperial Ambassador's chapel in London ; and after that was shut up, at the 
Chapel in Duke-stieet, Lincoln's Inn-fields. 

GEMINIANI, GENGA, a celebrated player on the violin, 

born 1666; died 1 1762 

GENGA, GIROLAMO, architect, born 1476; died 1551 

GENGA, BARTOLOMEO, ditto, fortified Malta, son of 

the former, born 1518 ; died 1558 

GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH, historian, died 1152 



454 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

GEORGE I. bora May 28, 1660; died June 11 1727 

Created Duke of Cambridge, &c. October 5, 1706. The Princess Sophia, (his 
queen), mother of George II. died June 8, 1714, aged 83. He was proclaimed 
August 1, 1714. Landed at Greenwich, September 18, following. Died on his 
journey to Hanover, at Osnaburg, June 11, 1727, of a paralytic disorder, aged 
67- Reigned 12 years, 10 months and 10 days ; succeeded by his eldest son, 

GEORGE II. bora October 30, 1683; died October 25 ... 1760 

Created Prince of Wales, October 4, 1714. Married the Princess Wilhelmina- 
Carolina-Dorothea, of Brandenburg-Anspach, 1704. Ascended the throne 
June 11, 1727. Lost his Queen of a mortification in her bowels, November 
20, 1737j aged 54. Suppressed a rebellion, 1746. Reigned 33 years, 4 months, 
and 14 days; succeeded by his grandson, George III. Issue of George II.: — 
Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, son of George II. born January 20, 1706. 
arrived in England, December, 1729. Married Augusta, Princess of Saxe 
Gotha, April 27, 1736. Forbid the Court the year following. Died March 20, 

1751, aged 44; had issue: — Augusta, born August 11, 1737, late Duchess of 
Brunswick : George Augustus, (George III.) : Edward Augustus, born March 
25,1759, died Duke of York, September 17, 1769: Eliza-Caroline, born Janu- 
ary 10, 1740, died September, 1759: William Henry, born November 23, 1743: 
Henry Frederick, born November 7, 1745, married October, 1771, Ann Horton, 
daughter of Lord Irnham, and died without issue, September 18, 1790: Louisa 
Anne, born May 2, 1748, who died May 21, 1768: Frederick William, bom 
May 24, 1750, died May 10, 1765 : Caroline Matilda, born July 22, 1751, died 
Queen of Denmark, 1755. His Princess died of a consumption, February 8, 
1772, aged 52. 

GEORGE III. born June 4, 1738; died January 29 1820 

George III. eldest son of Frederic Prince of Wales. Created Prince of Wales, 

1752. Succeeded his grandfather, October 25, 1760. Proclaimed the next day. 
Married Charlotte Sophia, a Princess of Mecklinburgh Strelitz, September 8, 
1761, (who was born May 19, 1744, and died November 17, 1818), and both 
were crowned September 22, 1761. Annuity granted to, in case of the King's 
death, £100,000. in 1762. Their issue:— 

1. George Prince of Wales, born August 12, 1762. .Married April 8, 1795, 
Caroline Amelia Augusta, second daughter of the Duke of Brunswick, (by 
Augusta, the eldest sister of His Majesty, (George III.) born May 17, 
1768. (See further account, page 428, ante.) His debts paid by Parlia- 
ment, May 24, 1787- Again in 1795, which amounted, according to the 
Statement laid on the table of the House of Commons in June, as under: 
Debts on various securities, and bearing Interest.. 500,571 19 I 

Amount of Tradesmen's Bills unpaid 86,745 

Tradesmen's Bills, and arrears of Establishment, 

from October 10, 1794, to April 5, 1795 52,573 5 3 

£639,890 4 4 



Misunderstanding between His Royal Highness, and the Jockey Club at 
Newmarket, 1791, which originated from an imputation thrown out, and 
which accused the Prince's jockey of unfair play in a race run by the horse 
Escape; in consequence of which, the Prince withdrew his presence from 
the Newmarket Meetings for many years. Appointed Regent, with re- 
strictions, January 11, 1811. Restrictions removed, January 13, 1812. 
Issue, Charlotte Caroline Augusta, born January 7, 1796 ; married Prince 
Leopold of Saxe-Cobourg of Saalfeld, May 1816. Died November 6, 1817. 
(For George IV. see further.) 
2. Frederick, Duke of York, born August 16, 1763. Elected Bishop of 
Osnaburgh, February 27, 1764. Married September 29, 1791, to the 



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GEORGE III. (continued.) 

Princess Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherine, eldest daughter of the king 
of Prussia, born May 7, 1767- Fought a duel with Colonel Lennox, (see 
' Duels, ' page 38, ante.) Corps of English troops sailed under from Eng- 
land, February 25, 1793. Took a Republican General, and several priso- 
ners, April 26, 1794. Narrowly escaped being taken prisoner near Roubaix, 
May 18, 1794. Defeated by the French, October, 1794. Charges prefer- 
red against,. in the House of Commons, (see Wardle). Resigned his situ- 
ation as Commander-in-Chief, March 18, 1809. Duchess of, died August 
6, 1820. The remains of the Duchess were privately interred at Weybridge 
church, in the county of Surrey, in a vault which had been previously pre- 
pared under Her Royal Highness' special direction. The Duke died Janu- 
ary 5, 1827. 

3. William Henry, Duke of Clarence, born August 21, 1765. Married July 
11, 1818, to Adelaide Amelia, sister of the reigning Duke of Saxe Mei- 
ningen, born August 13, 1792: had issue, Princess Charlotte Augusta, 
born and died March 27, 1819. Princess Elizabeth Georgiana Adelaide, 
born December 10, 1820; died March 4, iu the following year. 

The Earl of Errol, the Honourable John Erskine Kennedy, (second son 
of the Earl of Cassillis), Mr. Philip Sydney, only son of Sir James Sydney, 
Bart., and Lieut. -Col. Charles Fox, stand in the relation of sons-in-law to 
the late Duke of Clarence, having married the Misses Elizabeth, Augusta 
Sophia, and Mary Fitzclarence, his daughters, by Mrs. Jordan. Colonel 
Fitzclarence, of the 7th Fusileers, married in 1821, Lady Augusta Boyle, 
daughter of the Earl of Glasgow ; and Colonel George Fitzclarence, married 
the daughter of the Earl of Egremont. Captain Adolphus Fitzclarence, 
R.N. and the Rev. Augustus Fitzclareuce, Rector of Maple, Durham, are 
unmarried. (See also, William IV.) 

4. Charlotte Augusta Matilda, Queen of Wirtemberg, born September 29, 
1766. Married the Prince of Wirtemberg, May 18, 1797- He was born 
September 27, 1781. In 1806, Bonaparte erected the Duchy of Wirtem- 
berg into a kingdom, making the then Duke king. He died in 1816. 

5. Edward Duke of Kent, born November 2, 1767- Married Her Serene 
Highness Victoria Maria Louisa, daughter of His Serene Highness Francis, 
Duke of Saxe-Cobourg Saalfeld, and sister of Leopold, King of Belgium, 
and left at his decease an only daughter, born May 24, 1819. On the 3rd 
of August, 1831, a message was delivered from His Majesty, in both 
Houses of Parliament to make a more adequate provision for the Duchess 
of Kent, and for the Princess Victoria; when the House of Commons 
voted £10,000. a-year to the Duchess of Kent, in addition to her former 
£12,000. per year. The Duke of Kent died January 23, 1820. 

6. Sophia Augusta, born November 8, 1768; died 1841. , 

7. Elizabeth, born May 22, 1770; married, April 7, 1818, tho Prince of 
Hesse Homberg, who died April 2, 1829. 

8. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, born June 5, 1771. Attempt- 
ed assassination of by Sellis, his valet, May 31, 1810. Married Frederica 
Carolina Sophia, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and widow 
of Fred. William, Prince of Solms Braunfels, born March 20, 1778, in Au- 
gust, 1814. Re-married at Carlton House, August 29, 1815. Motion for 
settling £6000. per annum, additional income on the Duke, and a jointure 
to the same amount on the Duchess, negatived in the House of Commons 
by a majority of one, July, 1815. Issue, George Frederick, born May 27, 
1819. The Duke became king of Hanover on the death of his brother, 
(William IV.) in 1837, agreeably to the Salique Law. 

9. Augustus Frederic, Duke of Sussex, born January 27, 1773. 

10. Adolphus Frederic, Duke of Cambridge, born February 24, 1774. Mar- 
ried May 7, 1818, to Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, niece of the Landgrave 



456 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

GEORGE III. (continued.) 

of Hesse, born July 25, 1797; issue a son, George William Frederic 
Charles, born March 2(5, 1819; and a daughter, Augusta Carolina Eliza- 
beth Mary Sophia Louisa, born July 19, 1822. 

11. Mary, born April 25, 1776. Married her cousin, William, the late Duke [i 
of Gloucester, July 22, 1816. He died November 28, 1834. 

12. Sophia, born November 3, 1777. 

13. Octavius, born February 23, 1779; died May 3, 1783. 

14. Alfred, born September 22, 1780; died August 20, 17S2. 

15. Amelia, born August 7. 1783; died in November, 1810, and buried at 
Windsor 



George III. had the glass of his sedan chair broken by a mad woman as he 
was being conveyed to the Opera House, June 25, 1777- Was thrown from his 
horse in Windsor Park, October 8, 1785. Attempted assassination of, by Mar- 
garet Nicholson, August 2, 1786. Grand illumination on the restoration of the 
health of, March 10, 1789. Had a stone thrown at his state coach when going 
to the House of Peers, by John Frith, a maniac, January 21, 1790. Visited 
Cheltenham in 1788, and became deranged in his mind from October, 1788, to 
March, 1789, when he visited St. Paul's in procession, to return public thanks 
to the Almighty for his recovery. Assaulted by a mob in his way to and from 
the House of Peers, October 30, 1795, when his state coach was nearly de- 
stroyed. Had a stone thrown at his coach, the glasses broke, and the Queen 
received a blow in the face, February, 1796. Made a grand procession to Saint 
Pauls, to return thanks for the victories obtained by his fleets, December 19, 
1797. Shot at in the Play-house, by a maniac of the name of Hatfield, May 16, 
1800. Grand Jubilee all over England, on his entering the 50th year of his 
reign, October 25, 1809. His malady returned in 1810, to which were added, 
other distressing infirmities — blindness, and the loss of hearing. From this 
time he remained secluded from the world, till death terminated bis sufferings. 

GEORGE IV. died June 24 1830 

Began his reign, January 29, 1820. Charges commenced against the Queen, 
August 19, 1820. Crowned July 19, 1821. Embarked for Ireland, where he 
was received with the most enthusiastic marks of attachment, 1821. Paid a 
similar visit to Scotland in 1822, and was well received. Reigned 10 years, 
4 months, and 28 days. 

GERMAIN, PIERRE, a famous goldsmith, born 1647; died 1684 

GERMAIN, THOMAS, his son, ditto, born 1674; died ... 1748 

GERM A IN, ST. Bishop of Auxerre, born 380 ; died 448 

GERMAIN, ST. Bishop of Paris, born 496 ; died 576 

GERRARD, ALEXANDER, English writer and professor, 

died 1795 

GERING, ULRIC, one of the early printers, died in 1510 

GESNER, CONRAD, born March 26, 1516; died 1565 

This celebrated botanist, left at his death, wood engravings to the number of 
1500, as illustrations of his botanical labours. Such was the excellence of the 
materials and workmanship, that after a period of one hundred and seventy-nine 
years after his death, and having been used as embellishments to various works, 
they were very little the worse for wear. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 457 

GESNER, SOLOMON, poet, born 1726; died 1788 

GIANONE, PIETRO, historian, born 16S0 ; died in 1748 

GIBBON, EDWARD, historian, born 1738; died Jan. 16, 1794 

GIBBS, JAMES, architect, born 1683; died 1754 

His principal works are the Radcliffe Library, and the new quadrangle at 
All Soul's College, in Oxford, the new building at King's College, Cambridge, 
and the Seriate House at ditto; — the Duke of Newcastle's monument, in West- 
minster Abbey, the New Church in the Strand, and St. Martin's-in-the-Fields. 
The whole of his books, prints, &c. he bequeathed to the Radcliffe Library at 
Oxford. 

GIFFORD, LORD, died in September 1826 

GIFFORD, WILLIAM, ESQ. critic, died December 31 . 1826 

iGIOLITO, GABRIEL, printer, died in 1581 

GIUNTI, celebrated printers, flourished in the 16th century. 
GLANVIL, JOSEPH, English writer, &c. born 1636; died 1680 

GLAUBER, JOHN, chemist, died in 1660 

GLOUCESTER, DUKE OF, uncle to Richard II. murdered 1397 
GLOUCESTER, DUKE OF, 4th son of Henry IV. ditto . 1447 

GLOUCESTER, DUKE OF, died August 25 1805 

GLOUCESTER, DUKE OF, died November 28 1834 

GODFREY, SIR EDMONDBURY, murdered, October 12 1678 

The murder of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey was a mysteiious circumstance; the 
body was found at Primrose hill, though the transaction is generally supposed 
to have taken place elsewhere. The Coroner's Jury, after an adjourned inquest, 
returned the following verdict: — " That he was murdered by certain persons 
unknown to the Jurors, and that his death proceeded from suffocation and 
strangling : and that his sword had been thrust through his body sometime 
after his death, and when he was quite cold; because not the least sign of blood 
was seen on his shirt, his clothes, or the place where he was found. 

Charles II. having appointed Somerset House as the residence of Catharine 
for a time, it became the haunt of Catholics, and the odium of this murder was 
entirely thrown upon them. Three persons, Robert Green, (cushion man to the 
Queen's chapel ;) Laurence Hill, (servant to Dr. Godden, treasurer to the 
chapel ;) and Henry Berry, (Porter to Somerset House,) were tried for the 
murder at the King's Bench Bar, before the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs, on the 
10th of February, 1679, the infamous witnesses Oates, Prance, and Bedloe, de- 
clared that he was waylaid, and inveigled into the palace, under the pretence of 
keeping the peace between two servants who were fighting in the yard; that he 
was there strangled, his neck broke, and his own sword run through his body; 
that he was kept four days before they ventured to remove him ; at length his 
corpse was carried in a sedan chair to Soho, and then on a horse to Primrose- 
hill." The Jury found them all guilty of the murder, aud the Lord Chisf 
Justice, said, " They had found the same verdict that he would have found if 
he had been one of them." 

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458 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

GODFREY, SIR EDMONDBURY, (continued.) 

The abandoned characters of the witnesses, however, together with the absurd 
and irreconcileable testimony they gave on the trial, has made unprejudiced 
times to doubt the whole. But the innocence of these poor men could not avail, 
the torrent of prejudice prevailing 1 against them ; and Green and Hill were ex- 
ecuted February 21, declaring their innocence to the last, as did Berry, who 
was executed May 28, having been reprieved till that time. 

Sir Edmondbury's corpse being embalmed, was kept till October 31, when it 
was carried from Bridewell Hospital, of which he was one of the Governors, to 
the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, where he was buried. The pall was 
supported by eight Knights, all Justices of the Peace; all the Aldermen of the 
City of London attended the funeral. Seventy-two Ministers marched two and 
two before the body, and great multitudes followed after in the same order. A 
sermon was preached on the occasion, by Dr. Wm. Lloyd, Vicar of St. Martin's, 
from 2 Sam. ch. iii. v. 24. 

GODWIN, FRANCIS, Bishop of Hereford, English writer, 

died 1633 

GOETHE, (the celebrated), died February 22 1832 

He died at Weimar, in the 83rd year of his age. The Theatre of that place was 
closed on the day of that melancholy event, and did not open until four days 
after his burial. 

GOLD, RICHARD, trial of, April 13 1840 

Richard Gold, alias Nicholson, was charged with having on the 17th of March, 
1840, in the parish of St. Mary's, Islington, murdered John Templeman, an old 
gentleman, who inhabited a cottage in Pocock's fields ; also a man and his wife, 
of the name of Jarvis, were likewise implicated in this charge. The deceased 
had the reputation amongst his neighbours of being a man of property, and, 
unfortunately for him, he appeared to have encouraged the notion. 

After a trial which lasted from 10 in the morning, until half-past 11 at night, 
the Jury, after a few moments consideration, returned a verdict of — Not guilty. 

On the 22nd of June, (1840), he was again tried at the Old Bailey, charged 
with the crime of burglary, in the house of the unfortunate deceased. After a 
trial of some hours, he was found guilty, when he was sentenced to — transporta- 
tion/or life. 

GOLDSMID, ABRAHAM, died 18121 

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER, English writer, born 1728; died 1774 

GOOD, DR. M. died 1827; 

GOODIER, CAPTAIN, hung for the murder of his brother, 

Sir John Goodier, January 20 1740 

GORDON, HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF, died May ... 1836 

GORDON, LORD GEORGE, died in Newgate, Nov. 1 . 1793 

GRAHAM, JAMES, MARQUIS OF MONTROSE, be- 
headed 1650 

He was one of the steadfast friends of Charles I. and particularly attached to the 
interests of his Royal Master. He was betrayed, and ignominiously hanged 
upon a gibbet, and afterwards beheaded and quartered; his head being fixed on 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 459 

the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, and his arms and legs over the gates of Aberdeen, 
Perth, Sterling, and Glasgow. 

3RAMMONT, COUNT, born 1604; died 1707 

3RANBY, JOHN MANNERS, MARQUIS OF, died... 1770 

[n the Rebellion of 174.'), this nobleman raised a regiment of infantry, at the head 
of which he served in Scotland, and was engaged at the decisive battle of Cullo- 
den, where he greatly distinguished himself. The victory of Minden was, in a 
great measure, obtained by the undaunted courage displayed by him on that day, 
he being second in the command of the British and Hanoverian cavalry. 

GRANGER, , English writer, died as he was adminis- 
tering the Sacrament 1776 

GRANTLEY, FLETCHER LORD, died 1789 

GRANVILLE, LADY, burnt to death 1804 

GRATTAN, RIGHT HON. HENRY, born 1750; died 

June 4 1820 

GRAVES, LORD, committed suicide, February 7 1830 

} GRAY, DR. Bishop of Bristol, died September 28 1834 

He was succeeded by Dr. Allen, Rector of St. Bride's. 

GRAY, THOMAS, poet, born 1716; died July 30 1771 

GREEN, DR. MAURICE, musician, died 1755 

GREENWOOD, MR. Army Agent, died 1832 

Mr. Greenwood's death was sudden ; he was at dinner with the king, (William IV.) 
at Brighten, when he was taken ill, and expired in the arms of Sir Herbert 
Taylor. Mr. Greenwood had passed his 80th year. 

GREENWOOD, ELIZA, murder of, May 25 1838 

On the morning of Saturday, May 26, I83S, the inhabitants of the Waterloo-road 
were alarmed by the report that a woman named Eliza Greenwood, residing at 
No. 12, Wellington terrace, had been inhumanly murdered in the course of the 
preceding night. The report was first given by a man lodging at No. 12, run- 
ning out of the house, and calling Police, at the same time saying that a murder 
had been perpetrated. At the end of the terrace, he met a policeman, (31 L.), 
and having apprised him of the fact, the policeman immediately proceeded to 
the house, and on entering the back parlour, he beheld a female, apparently of 
about 25 years of age lying on the floor, with her throat cut in a dreadful 
manner, and quite dead. From the enquiries made by the police, it appeared 
that the unfortunate woman, who was described as being remarkably handsome, 
had for some time been living with, a man at the above house, and that she was 
also in the habit of frequenting the theatres, and taking home gentlemen 
with her ; that, on those occasions, when she was accompanied home by a 
stranger, the man with whom she lived retired to another bed in the same 
house, in which it also appeared that there were other lodgers ; and that on 
that day, Eliza Greenwood left home in the early part of the afternoon, and re- 
turned at twelve o'clock the same night, when her servant, a young girl, per- 
ceived that she was accompanied by a gentleman : and having gone up stairs 
from the kitchen without a candle, asked her if she should return down stairs 
and strike a light? Her mistress, however, desired her to go to bed, adding 8 



460 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

GREENWOOD, ELIZA, (continued.) 

that she could get a light for herself, as she knew in what part of the room the 
tinder-box was to be found. As this took place in the dark, in the passage of 
the house, the servant bad no opportunity of distinguishing the features of the 
person who accompanied her mistress home. The servant having proceeded 
down stairs, heard her mistress and the gentleman enter the back parlour, and 
shut and lock the door after them. She heard no noise during the night; and 
the first intimation she had of the murder, was the hearing the man with whom 
she cohabited, give the alarm at six in the morning. 

An inquest having been summoned by Mr. Carter, the Coroner, the Jury 
proceeded to the back parlour to view the body of the deceased ; the head was 
nearly severed from the shoulders, and deep cuts were on her left hand, as if 
she had thrown up that hand in her defence. The Inquest having been adjourn- 
ed till the following Monday, and no further evidence produced, a verdict of — 
Wilful murder was returned against some person or persons unknown. The 
murderer still remains at large. 

GREENACRE, , trial of for Murder, April 1 1 1837 

On the Sunday after the murder, several hundreds of persons visited the house 
previously occupied by Greenacre, in Carpenter's buildings, Bowyer's-lane, 
Camberwell. Two men placed a large pole across the street, and demanded 
three-pence for each person to visit the interior, arm-chair, and block of wood, 
on which it was said the unfortunate woman expired, which was readily paid 
by an immense number of persons. The woman Gale, was sent off for trans- 
portation the same year. 

GREGORY, JAMES, who discovered the reflecting teles- 
cope, born 1635; died 1675 

GREGORY, JOHN, physician and professor, died 1778 

GRENVILLE, LORD, died 1834 

Lord Grenville died at his seat at Dropmore, aged 75. At the time of his death 
he was Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Auditor of the Exchequer ; 
and had been Speaker of the House of Commons, and First Lord of the 
Treasury. 

GRENVILLE, RT. HON. GEORGE, Statesman, died... 1770 
GRESHAM, SIR THOMAS, died 1579 

He terminated a career of unexampled prosperity, by erecting the Royal Exchange 
at his own private charge, and presenting it to his country, a munificence un- 
exampled in commercial history. (For a further account of the Royal Ex- 
change, see page 336, ante. 

GREVILLE, FULKE, (LORD BROOKE,) killed by his 

servant 1628 

He was buried in a monument which he had himself caused to be erected some 
years before at Warwick, with the simple inscription — " Fulke Greville, ser- 
vant to Queen Elizabeth, councillor to king James, and friend to Sir Philip 
Sidney." 

GREY, GENERAL CHARLES EARL, died 1807 

GREY, EARL, born in 1764 

GREY, LADY JANE; see page 442, ante. 

GRIMALDI, MR. (father), died (aged 58), May 31 1837 



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GRIMALDI, MR. J. C. died December 1 1 1832 

He was in the 30th year of his age. 

GRIMSTONE, SIR HARBOTTLE, lawyer, died in 1683 

GROSE, FRANCIS, Antiquarian, died 1791 

GROVE, JOSEPH, historian and critic, died 1764 

GUISE, DUKE OF, murdered ..' 1558 

GUNTER, EDWARD, mathematician, bom 1600; died . 1726 

GURNEY, WILLIAM, short-hand writer, died 1770 

GUSTAVUS III. King of Sweden, assassinated, March 16, 1792 

The King of Sweden was mortally wounded at a masquerade, by Count Anker- 
stroem, a discontented officer. 

GUTHRIE, WILLIAM, historian, died 1770 

Mr. Guthrie was buried in the cemetery, on the south side of Paddington street, 
■where, against the east wall, is his monument. 

GUTTEMBURG; see " Printing," page 136, ante. 

GUSTAVUS VASA, died, aged 70 1560 

GUY, THOMAS ; see page 340, ante. 

HACKLUYT, RICHARD, writer of Voyages, &c. died in 1616 

HACKET, WILLIAM, the fanatic, hanged, July 28 1592 

HALE, SIR MATTHEW, born 16C0; died 1676 

He was strongly attached to the royal cause during the great Rebellion, and was 
one of the counsel for Strafford, Laud, Hamilton, Holland, Capel, Craven, and 
eventually, for king Charles I. 

HALES, STEPHEN, natural philosopher, born 1687; died 1761 

HALL, BISHOP, died 1656 

HALLEY, DR. EDMUND, Astronomer, died 1742 

HAMILTON, DUKE OF, and others, beheaded 1649 

Hamilton was the personal friend of Charles I. ; but falling into the hands of Par- 
liament, was sent prisoner to Windsor Castle. His brother, the second Duke, 
was likewise much attached to the royal cause; he commanded at the fatal 
battle of Worcester, where he fell mortally wounded, and died in eight days 
after the action, in 1651. 

HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM, died in 1803 

HAMPDEN, (PATRIOT,) killed at Chalgrave, June 18 . 1643 

He was killed at the battle of Chalgrave, where the Parliamentary forces were 



462 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

HAMPDEN, (continued.) 

beaten by the Royalists, under Prince Rupert. His opposition against the 
Crown in the famous ship-money cause, which was tried in April 1638, and in 
which he contested the right of the same to impose taxes on the people, without 
the consent of their Representatives in Parliament, but in which he was defeat- 
ed by a corrupt and despotic bench of Judges, will for ever stamp his memory 
with the appellation of Patriot. 

HAMMET, SIR BENJAMIN, fine inflicted on, Oct. 13 . 1797 

Sir Benjamin, was fined £1000. by the Court of Common Council, for refusing to 
serve the office of Lord Mayor of London. 

HANDEL, GEORGE FREDERICK; born 1684; died... 1759 

For an account of the Festivals, see page 363, ante. 

HANSARD, LUKE, ESQ. Printer of the Votes to the 

House of Commons, died October 29 1828 

HANSARD, THOMAS, (his son), died... 1833 

HAN WAY, JONAS, a philanthropic merchant, died 1786 

HARCOURT, SIMON EARL, drowned himself 1777 

HARDWICKE, EARL OF, died 1834 

He was Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire, and High Steward of the University. 

HARDY, MR. THOMAS, tried for High Treason, 1794 

Mr. Hardy was Secretary to a Corresponding Society, and was indicted for High 
Treason with Home Tooke, Mr. Thelwall, Mr. Holcroft, and several others. 
Hardy and Tooke were only tried. Mr. Hardy addressed the Court in a speech 
of nine hours. He died at his house at Pimlico, October 11, 1832, in the 81st 
year of his age, and was buried on the 18th of the same month, attended by a 
procession of many of his friends. Mr. Thelwell delivered an Oration over the 
grave of the deceased. The trial lasted from October 28, to November 5, 1794. 
He was acquitted. 

HARLEY, RIGHT HON. THOMAS, died 1804 

HARLEY, ROBERT, stabbed by Guiscard 1711 

HARLEY, ROBERT, Statesman, born 1661 ; died in ... 1734 

HARRINGTON, EARL OF, died September 1829 

HARRINGTON, EARL OF, (Petersham), married to 

Miss Foote, the Actress, at Elvaston, Derby, April 6 1831 

HARRISON, MR. • see page 103, ante. 

HARRIS, MR. the Aeronaut, died May 15 1824 

Mr. Harris was killed by falling rapidly with his balloon. 

HATTON, SIR CHRISTOPHER, lawyer, died in 1591 



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HARVEY, WILLIAM, discoverer of the circulation of 

the blood, born April 2, 1578 ; died 1657 

HARVEY, DANIEL WHITTLE, born 1786 

In 1834, Mr. Harvey, in consequence of the Benchers of the Inner Temple refus- 
ing to admit him to the bar, and, after his request, examining into the parti- 
culars of the charges brought against him, and their resolution not to alter their 
determination, procured a Committee of the House of Commons to be appointed, 
Mr. O'Connell, Chairman, to examine the evidence; when the Committee re- 
ported in his favour, but the Benchers persisted in their former resolution. In 
1812, he contested the Borough of Colchester unsuccessfully; but was returned 
for the same in 1818, and sat for it till 1835, when he was returned for South- 
wark, in conjunction with Alderman Humphrey, who was then Sheriff; and 
also at the election, in opposition to Mr. Richards, the Member for Knares- 
borough. 

HASE, HENRY, died March 28 1829 

Mr. Hase had been sitting in his drawing room, when he rose for the purpose of 
walking into an adjoining one; but on reaching the door, he fell, and instantly 
breathed his last. 

HASTINGS, LADY FLORA, died 1839 

HASTINGS, RIGHT. HON. WARREN, born 1733; 

died 1818 

Mr. Burke, at the Bar of the House of Lords, in the name of all the Commons of 
Great Britain, impeached Warren Hastings, late Governor-General of Bengal, 
of high crimes and misdemeanors. When describing the atrocities committed 
by Debi Sing, alleged to be one of the agents of the accused, a convulsive sensa- 
tion of horror, affright, and smothered execration pervaded all the male part of 
his hearers, and audible sobbings and screams, attended with tears and faintings, 
the female. His own feelings were scarcely less overpowering ; he dropped his 
head upon his hands, and for some minutes was unable to proceed; he recovered 
sufficiently to go on a little further, but, being obliged to cease from speaking 
twice at short intervals, His R. H. the Prince of Wales, to relieve him, at 
length moved the adjournment of the House. At the close of the dav, the de- 
scriptions were more vivid, harrowing, and horrific, than human utterance, or 
fact, or fancy, perhaps ever formed before. The agitation of most people was 
very apparent. Mrs. Sheridan was so overpowered that she fainted : several 
others were as powerfully affected. Mrs. Siddons is said to have been one of 
the number. The accused himself, was lost in a reverie of wonder at the won- 
derful powers of this great man. He was acquitted, after a trial which began 
February 12, 1788, and ended April 23, 1795, during which long period no less 
than one hundred and thirty seven of his judges were changed by death or 
otherwise, a thing quite unprecedented in the annals of this country. 

HASTINGS, LORD, beheaded by order of Richard III. ... 1463 
HATFIELD, JAMES, attempts to shoot George III. May 16 1800 

On the 26th of June, 1800, Hatfield was brought to trial for the above offence; 
when, after an investigation of the charge for eight hours, a verdict of — 
" Not guilty was returned." He was remanded for safe custody to Newgate till 
some other place of confinement could be obtained. He died 1841. 

HAWKESWORTH, DR. JOHN, born 1723; died in 1773 

HAWKE, ADMIRAL EDWARD LORD, died 1781 

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from its being attended with very great difficulty with respect to the raging of 
the elements, and the dangers of the shore, upon which several of the French 
ships were driven. 

HAWKINS, SIR JOHN, Admiral, died 1595 

HAWKINS, SIR RICHARD, navigator, died in 1600 

HAYDN, JOSEPH, born March 31, 1732; died May 31 . 1809 

HAYES, CATHERINE, hanged for the murder of her 

husband, April 20 1726 

HAYMAN, FRANCIS, painter, died in 1776 

HAYWOOD, MR. JUSTICE, stabbed in Westminster-hall 1640 

HEARNE, THOMAS, Antiquarian, born 1678; died in . 1735 

HEATH, JAMES, historian, died 1664 

HEATH, JAMES, A.R. A. celebrated engraver, died in . 1834 

HEATHFIELD, LORD, who defended Gibraltar, died in . 1790 

HEIDEGGER, J. J. Master of Ceremonies, died 1749 

HELENA, arrival of Her Imperial Highness the Duchess of 

in England, June 27 ". 1831 

HENLEY, the celebrated Orator, born at Melton Mowbray, 

1692: died , 1756 

HENRY I. born 1068, crowned August 5, 1100, died Dec. 1 1135 

Married Matilda, daughter of Malcolm, king of Scots, November 11 following. 
Made peace with his brother Robert, 1101. Invaded Normandy, 1105. At- 
tacked by Robert, whom he defeated and took prisoner, 1107, and sent him to 
England. Betrothed his daughter Maude to the Emperor of Germany, 1109. 
Challenged by Lewis of France, 1 1 17- Lost his Queen, May 1, 1119. His 
eldest son, and two others of his children, shipwrecked and lost, with 180 of 
his nobility, in coming from Normandv, 1120. Married Adelais, daughter of 
Godfrey, Earl of Lovain, Jan. 29, 1121. In quiet possession of Normandy, 
1129. Surfeited himself with eating lampreys, at Lyons, near Rouen, in Nor- 
mandy. His body brought to England, and buried at Reading. He was suc- 
ceeded by his nephew Stephen, third son of his sister Adela, by the Earl of 
Elois. He left £'100,000. in cash, besides plate and jewels to an immense 
value. Reigned 35 years, 3 months, and 27 days, aged G7- 

HENRY II. (grandson of Henry I.) born 1133; died Jnly 6 1189 

Married Eleanor, heiress of Guienue and Ptntcu, 1 152, the divorced wife of Lo ;is 
VII. king of Fiance. He invaded England, Jan. 7, 1153. Returned into Nor- 
mandy the spring following. Began his reign December 19, 1154. He was 
crowned with his queen at London, on the 19th of the same month; at Lin- 
coln, 1158; and at Worcester, 1159. Had his son Henry crowned king of 
England, 1170. Invaded Ireland, October 26, 1171. Reduced it to his sub- 
jection, 1172. [Ireland has, from that period, been governed by an English 
Viceroy, (Lord Lieutenant.) He divided England into six circuits, and justice 



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HENRY II. (continued.) 

is dispensed by itinerant Judges.] Imprisoned his Queen on account of Rosa- 
mond, (Fair Rosamond), his concubine, 1173. Did penance at Becket's tomb, 
July 8, 1174. Took the king of Scotland prisoner, and obliged him to give up 
the independency of his crown, 1175. Named his son John lord of Ireland, 
1176. Lost his. eldest son, Henry, June 11, 1183. His son Richard rebelled, 
1185. Had his sou Geoffrey trodden under foot, and killed, at a tournament at 
Paris, August 19, 1 186. Made a convention with Philip of France to go to the 
Holy War, 1188. Died with grief at the altar, cursing his sons, July 6, 1189. 
Buried at Fouteverard, in France, and succeeded by his son Richard. He 
reigned 34 years, 6 months, and 18 days. Eleanor, his Queen, died 1204. 

HENRY III. born October 1, 1207;. died November 16 ... 1272 

Crowned at Gloucester, October 28, 1216. Received homage from Alexander of 
Scotland, at Northampton, 1218. Crowned again at Westminster, after Christ- 
mas, 1219. Married Eleanor, daughter of the Count of Provence, January 14, 
1236. Pledged his crown and jewels for money, when he married his daugh- 
ter Margaret to the king of Scots, 1242. Oblig-ed by his nobles to resign the 
power of a sovereign, and sell Normandy and Anjou to the French, 1258. Shut 
himself up in the Tower of London, for fear of his nobles, 1261. Taken pri- 
soner at Lewes, May 14, 1264. Wounded at the battle of Evesham, 1265. He 
reigned 56 years, and 19 days, and was succeeded by his son Edward. Eleanor, 
his queen, died in a monastery at Amevsbury, about 1292, where she had 
retired. 

HENRY IV. grandson of Edward III. born 1367 5 died 

March 20 1413 

Married Mary, daughter of the Earl of Hereford, who died 1394, before he ob- 
tained the crown. Fought with the Duke of Norfolk, 1397, and banished. 
Returned to England in arms against Richard II. who resigned him his crown, 
and Henry was crowned, October 13, 1399, when he insituted the Order of the 
Bath, (see ^age 7-) Was conspired against, January, 1400. Defeated by the 
Welsh, 1402. Married a second Queen, Joan of Navarre, widow of the Duke 
of Bretagne, 1403; she was crowned with great magnificence January 26 follow- 
ing, and died in 1437. The rebellion of the Piercies, suppressed the same 
year. He died of an apoplexy, in Westminster, March 20, 1413, and buried at 
Canterbury. Reigned 13 years, 5 months, and 20 days; succeeded by his son, 

HENRY V. born 1389; died August 31 . 1422 

Committed to prison for striking Judge Gascoigne, 1414. Claimed the crown of 
France, 1414. Gained the battle of Agincourt, October 24, 1415. Pledged 
his regalia for £20,000. to push his conquests, 1416. The Emperor Sigismund 
paid a visit to Henry, and was installed Knight of the Gaiter, 1416. Invaded 
Normandy with an army of 26,000 men, 1417. Declared Regent, and married 
Catherine of France, May 30, 1420. She was crowned at Westminster, Feb. 
22 following j outlived Henry, and was afterwards married to Owen Tudor, 
grandfather of Henry VII. He reigned 9 years, 5 months, and 10 days, was 
buried at Westminster, and succeeded by his son, 

HENRY VI. born December 6, 1421 ; murdered June 20, 1471 

Ascended the throne, September I, 1422. Proclaimed king of France the same 
year. Crowned at AVestminster, November 6, 1429, and at Paris, December 17, 
1430. Married Margaret, daughter of the Duke of Anjou, at Southwick, 
Hampshire, Aptil 22, 1445, and was crowned at Westminster, May 30, follow- 
ing. The insurrection of Jack Cade, 1446. Henry taken prisoner at St. Albans, 
1455. Regained his liberty, 1461, and deposed March 5, following, by his 
fourth cousin, Edward IV. Fled into Scotland, and taken prisoner in Lanca- 

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HENRY VI. (concluded.) 

shire, 1463. Restored to his throne, October 6, 1470, Taken prisoner again 
by Edward, April 11, 1471. Queen Margaret and her son taken prisoners at 
Tewkesbury by Edward, May 4; the prince killed in cold blood, May 21, and 
Henry murdered in the Tower, June 20, following, and buried at Chertsey, 
aged 49. Reigned 38 years, 6 months, and 3 days. 

HENRY VII. bom 1455; died April 22 1509 

Landed at Milford Haven, August 7, 1485. Defeated Richard III. in B-Qsworth 
Field, when he was elected king, and crowned October 20, same year. Married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV. January 18, 1486, who was crowned Nov. 
25, 1487. Defeated Lambert Symnel, the impostor, June 16, 1487. Received 
as a compromise for his claim on the French crown, £186,250. besides 25,000 
crowns yearly, 1492. Married his eldest son Arthur to the Princess Catherine 
of Spain, November 14,1501. Prince Arthur died April 2, 1502. Queen Eli- 
zabeth died in childbed, February 11, following, and was buried at Westmin- 
ster. Mary, his third daughter, married Louis XII. of France, August 12, 
1514, by whom she was left without issue, and she re-married October follow- 
ing, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by whom she had issue : died 1533, and 
was buried at St. Edmondsbury, where her body was found, September 6, 1784, 
in a complete state. She was grandmother of the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey. 
Henry married his daughter Margaret to James IV. of Scotland, 1504 : he died 
of a consumption at Richmond, April 22, 1509, aged 52. Reigned 23 years, 
7 months, and 30 days ; buried at Westminster, and succeeded by his son, 

HENRY VIII. born June 28, 1491 ; died January 28 1547 

Married Catherine, Infanta of Spain, widow of his brother Arthur, June 3, 1509, 
and crowned the 24th of June following. Had a personal interview with 
Francis I. of France, at Guisnes, in Flanders, June, 1520, and again at Bou- 
logne, October 21, 1532. Received the title of Defender of the Faith from the 
Pope, for his writings in favour of Popery, 1520. Styled Head of the Church, 
1532. Divorced Queen Catherine and married Anne Bulleyne, May 2, 1538, 
who was crowned June 1 following. Assumed the title of Head of the Church 
of England, in presence of his whole Court, January 13, and was excommuni- 
cated by Pope Paul, August 30, 1535. Catharine, his first Queen, died at 
Kimbolton, January 8, 1536, aged 50. He put Anne, his second Queen, to 
death on the 19th, and married Jane Seymour on the 20th of May, 1536 who 
died in childbed Octoberl 2, 1537. Suppressed the religious houses in England, 
1540: amounted to 1041. Married Anne of Cleves, January 6, and divorced 
her, July 10, 1540. Married Catherine Howard, his fifth wife, August 8 fol- 
lowing, an beheaded her on Tower-hill, with Lady Rochford, February 12, 
1542. The title of King of Ireland confirmed by Act of Parliament, January 
24, 1543 to the king and his successors. Married Catherine Parr, his sixth 
wife, July 12, same year. He died of a fever and an ulcerated leg, at West- 
minster, aged 56. Was buried at Windsor. Reigned 37 years, 9 months, and 
6 days: succeeded by his only son, Edward VI. 

HENRY IV. OF FRANCE, Murdered at Paris, by 

Ravaillac, a Priest, in 1610 

HERBERT, EDWARD LORD, OF CHERBURY, died 1648 

He was one of the most romantic and extraordinary persons of his age: and his 
biographer states, — " the most eminent and accomplished men of his time 
courted his intimacy, and the women procured miniature copies of his picture, 
and wore them secretly about their persons." 

HERSCHELL, SIR WILLIAM, Astronomer, died in 1822 

Sir William Herschell died at Slough, near Windsor, in his 85th year. He was a 
native of Germany, and originally designed for the musical profession, but astro- 



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HERSCHELL, SIR WILLIAM, (continued.) 

nomy was his favourite study, and in it he became very eminent. His observa- 
tions added a new Planet to our system, to which he gave the name of the 
Geoigium Sidus ; but foreign astronomers usually term it the Herschell, to 
con.memorate the name of its discoverer. 

HERTFORD, THE DOWAGER MARCHIONESS, died 1834 

HERVEY, REV. JAMES, poet, died 1758 

HIBBERT, JULIAN, died January 22 1834 

HILL, LIEUT.-GEN. created LORD HILL, May 3 1814 

A pension of £2000. a-year was also granted for his services in the Peninsula. 

HILL, THE REV. ROWLAND, born August 12, 1744; 

died April 11 1833 

In 1783, Mr. Hill laid the first stone of Surrey Chapel, which was opened in 1784; 
and although he was usually considered as the Pastor, from his constantly 
preaching there during the winter, the chapel was not licensed as under his 
pastoral care. ,_ 

HOARE, PRINCE, died December 22, (aged 80) 1834 

HOOD, ADMIRAL SAMUEL VISCOUNT, died in ... 1816 

Lord. Hood was the elder* brother of Lord Bridport, and equally distinguished in 
the maritime history of his country. He served with Lord Rodney in the 
memorable victory over the Count de Grasse, who struck his colours to the 
Bavfleur commanded by Hood, and surrendered his sword to his Lordship on 
the quarter deck of that ship. 

HOOD, ROBIN, and LITTLE JOHN, noted robbers in . 1189 

HOGG, JAMES, (the Ettrick Shepherd) died in 1835 

HOGARTH, (The Painter), died October 26 1764 

HOOKE, ROBERT, inventor of Pendulum Watches, died, 1703 

HOOKER, ROBERT, died 1600 

HOLBEIN, HANS, painter, born 1498 ; died 1554 

HOLCROFT, THOMAS, born December 22, 1744; died 1809 

Mr. Holcroft was of humble origin, having been originally a shoemaker. He was 
for several years a performer in the provincial Theatres; and in 1778 obtained 
an engagement at Drury-lane, but was never a distinguished actor; he was the 
author of several pieces for the Stage, but none of them were very successful, 
with the exception of The Road to Ruin, which had a great run. He was also 
the author of Anna ; St. Ives ; and other novels. A Tour in France and Normandy, 
&c. He was buried in the larger Cemetery of St. Mary-le-bone. 

HOLLINGSHED, , historian, died 1580 

HOLLOWAY, JOHN WM. tried for murder, Dec. 15 . 1831 

He was found guilty at the Lewes Assizes of the murder of his wife, by strangling 
her; he afterwards cut off her head and limbs, and burned them. He was or- 



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HOLLOWAY, JOHN WILLIAM, (continued.) 

d.ered for execution on the 16th, at Horsham, where he was executed accord- 
ingly; and Ann Kennett, charged with being concerned in the murder, was 
acquitted. 

HOLT, LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, born 1643 ; died in .1710 

HOME, SIR EVERARD, died 1832 

HOME, Author of— ' Douglas, ' died September 1808 

HONE, MR. bookseller, tried for publishing a parody on 

the " Litany" 1818 

HONEY, RICHARD, killed during the firing of the mili- 
tary, at Cumberland gate, at the time of the progress 
of the funeral of Queen Caroline, August 15 1821 

HOOPER, JOHN, Bishop of Gloucester, burnt 1555 

HORNE-TOOKE, JOHN, philologer, died 1812 

HOTHAM, SIR JOHN, and his son, beheaded January 1, 1645 

HOWARD, PHILIP, EARL OF ARUNDEL, died in . 1595 

This nobleman was the son of Thomas, Fourth Duke of Norfolk, who was beheaded 
by Queen Elizabeth for aspiring to the hand of Mary her prisoner and rival. 
Having fallen under Elizabeth's displeasure, he was committed to the Tower, 
on a charge of High Treason. When brought to trial in Westminster Hall, and 
called on to hold up his hand, he raised it high, exclaiming " Here is as true a 
man's heart and hand as ever came into this hall." He died a prisoner in the 
Tower. 

HOWARD, WM. VISCOUNT STAFFORD, beheaded . 1680 

HOWARD OF EFFINGHAM, CHARLES, EARL OF 

NOTTINGHAM, died 1624 

He was Lord High Admiral of England in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and 
had the command of the English fleet on that eventful day when he defeated 
the Spanish Armada, with signal success. 

HOWARD, THOMAS, THIRD DUKE OF NOR- 
FOLK, died 1554 

This nobleman having been prosecuted under a Bill of Attainder, he was con- 
demned to lose his head, which sentence would have been carried into effect but 
for the king (Henry VIII.) dying on the previous night. 

HOWARD, HENRY, EARL OF SURRY, beheaded ... 1547 

The Earl of Surry was tried for high treason, the charge against him being that 
of bearing the arms of king Edward: for this he was brought to the block, and 
executed on the 19th of January. 

HOWARD, JOHN, born 1726; died January 20 1790 

This celebrated Philanthropist died at Cherson, in Russia, a victim to his inde- 
fatigable exertions in prosecuting his plan of reform of the different Hospitals 
and Prisons in various countries in Europe. A statue was erected to his me- 
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HOWE, ADMIRAL, RICHARD EARL, died 1799 

The victory of the 1st of June, obtained by the British under the command of 
Lord Howe over the first revolutionary fleet which France sent to sea, was of 
the greatest consequence to the British nation, and added fresh laurels to those 
already acquired by the navy of England. 

HOYLE, EDMUND, writer on Games, born 1672; died... 1769 

HUME, DAVID, historian, died 1776 

HUME, JOSEPH, born 1777 

Born at Montrose; went to India as a surgeon; returned to England, 1812; 
bought his way into Parliament, voting at first with Liverpool and Castlereagh, 
after which he turned his attention to the correction of the financial abuses of 
the Tories. 

HUNT, HENRY, born 1773; died February 13 1835 

HUNTER, WILLIAM, born May 23, 1718 ; died March 30 1783 

Dr. William Hunter was originally educated lor the Scotch church; but during 
the period of pursuing his studies at the University of Glasgow, he was induced 
to turn his attention to Medicine. Mr. Hunter, devoted a great portion of the 
profits arising from the delivery of his Lectures, to the formation of a magni- 
ficent Museum of Natural History and Antiquities, which he bequeathed to the 
University of Glasgow, where it is deposited. 

HUNTER, JOHN, Anatomist, born July 14, 1728; died... 1793 

This eminent anatomist was born at Kilbride, in Scotland, and bound apprentice 
to a cabinet maker; but his master failing in business soon after, he was again 
at liberty. His brother William having settled in London, followed the medical 
profession, where he soon became a distinguished proficient. John now applied 
to his brother William, informing him of the unforeseen event which had taken 
place, and requesting him to employ him as an assistant in his dissecting room. 
John was accordingly invited to London; and seldom did an individual attain 
to such eminence in so short a time. 

Mr. Hunter's valuable Museum of Anatomical preparations was purchased by 
Parliament, after his death, for £15,000.; and it is now deposited in the hall 
belonging to the Royal College of Surgeons, in Lincoln's Inn fields, where the 
public are admitted to view it on the order of any Member of the Society. He 
died suddenly, October 16, 1793, aged 65. 

HUSKISSON, RIGHT HON. HENRY, died 1830 

HUNTON, JOSEPH, (the Quaker), convicted of Forgery, 

executed December 12 , 1828 

John James, and Daniel Mahoney, for burglary : and James Abbott, for cutting 
and maiming his wife, were executed with him. 

HYDE, THOMAS, first librarian to the Bodleian Library, 

died 1703 

HYDE, EDWARD, EARL OF CLARENDON, died ... 1674 

His History of the Rebellion, will be a lasting monument of his talent and loyalty. 
His daug-hter was married to king James II. when Duke of York. 



IBARRA, JOACHIN, Spanish printer, born 1725; died... 1785 



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IMBERT, JOSEPH GABRIEL, painter, 1657; died 1740 

IMHOFF, JOHN WILLIAM, German writer, died 1728 

INCHBALD, MRS. bom 1786; died 1821 

IRVING, REV. EDWARD, died at Glasgow, Dec. 26 ... 1834 

IRWINE, CHRISTOPHER, inventor of the Marine chair, 

died 1765 

JACKSON, DR. CYRIL, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 

died in 1819 

JAMES, I. born at Edinburgh, June 19, 1566 ; diedMarch 27 1625 

Crowned king of Scotland, July 22, 1567; married Ann, Princess of Denmark, 
August 10, 1589; succeeded to the crown of England, March 24, 1603; first 
styled King of Great Britain, 1604. [On the death of Elizabeth, that Queen 
nominated James VI. of Scotland, (and first of the Stuarts) as her successor; 
which unites both kingdoms under the name of Great Britain.] Arrived in 
London, May 7, 1604; lost his eldest son, Henry Prince of Wales, November 
6, 1612, aged IS ; married his daughter Elizabeth to the Prince Palatine of the 
Rhine, 1612, from whom His Majesty George III. was descended; went to 
Scotland, March 4, 1617: returned September 14, 1618; lost his Queen in 
March, 1619. Reigned 22 years and 3 days ; succeeded by Charles I. 

JAMES II. born October 15, 1633; died August 6 1701 

Married Ann Hyde, September, 1660, who died 1671; married the Princess of 
Modena, November 21, 1673; succeeded to the throne, February 6, 1685; 
the Duke of Monmouth, natural son of Charles II. landed in England, June 11, 
1685; proclaimed king at Taunton, in Somersetshire, June 20, following; de- 
feated near Bridgewater, July 5; beheaded on Tower Hill, July 15, following. 
James had a son born, June 10, 1688; fled from his palace, December 12, 1688; 
seized soon after at Feversham, and brought back to Whitehall; left England, 
December 23, following; landed at Kinsale, in Ireland, March 12, 1689; re- 
turned to France, July, 1690; died at St. Germain's. Reigued 3 years, 10 
months, and 5 days. 

JAMES, DR. ROBERT, Author of the Fever Powders, died 1776 

JEBB, JOHN, Physician, died..... 1786 

JEBB, SIR RICHARD, Physician, died 1787 

JEBB, SAMUEL, Physician, died 1772 

JEFF, MRS. murder of, December 1 1829 

Mrs. Jeff had the care of a gentleman's house, of the name of Lett, No. 11, Mon- 
tague-place, Russell-square. Mr. Lett having gone to reside at Dulwich, left 
his late residence in charge of the deceased. On the following day, Mrs. Jeff 
not making her appearance, suspicions were excited that something tragical 
had occurred. Information was given to Mr. Justice Holroyd of the fact, when 
his butler, in conjunction with the porter of Mr. Robinson, an upholsterer, 
obtained admission into the house, and discovered the poor creature lying with 
her throat cut, in a room on the basement story, in front of the house. A 



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JEFF, MRS. {continued.) 

surgeon was sent for, who examined the body, and he declared that she had 
been murdered. It was tben discovered that the pockets of the deceased were 
turned inside out, and several drawers in the house had been opened. The de- 
ceased was 75 years of age. 

JEFFRIES, SIR GEORGE, Chief Justice of England, ... 1682 

Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench in 1682. He was, after the defeat of 
the Dulce of Monmouth, sent into the West of England to try the rebels. Soon 
after his return from thence, and upon the death of Lord Keeper North, made 
Lord Chancellor. After the abdication of James, he made an attempt to escape 
to Hamburgh; but was discovered, disguised as a sailor. The mob, who were 
greatly exasperated against him for his various atrocities, and who discovered 
him in the attempt to escape, seized and carried him before the Lord Mayor, 
who committed him to the Tower. He died there in 1689. 

JEKYLL, SIR JOSEPH, born 1 603; died 1738 

JENNER, DR. EDWARD, died January 26, (aged 76) ... 1823 
JENKINS, HENRY, born 1501 ; died 1670 

This venerable man was, for the last century of his life, a fisherman, and used to 
wade and swim in the rivers even after he was 100 years of age, and lived upon 
very coarse diet. He was subpcened upon a trial after he had attained his 
hundredth year. Jenkins lived to the surprising age of 169! and was buried at 
Bolton upon Swale, in Yorkshire, where the following monumental inscrip- 
tion to his memory, in the church there, is placed. 

" BLUSH NOT MARBLE! 

TO RESCUE FROM OBLIVION 

THE MEMORY OF 

HENRY JENKINS, 

A PERSON, OBSCURE IN BIRTH, 

BUT OF A LIFE TRULY MEMORABLE: 

FOR 

HE WAS ENRICHED 

WITH THE GOODS OF NATURE, 

IF NOT OF FORTUNE; 

AND HAPPY IN THE DURATION, 

IF NOT VARIETY, 

OF HIS ENJOYMENTS. 

AND THOUGH THE PARTIAL WORLD 

DESPISED AND DISREGARDED 

HIS LOW AND HUMBLE STATE, 

THE EQUAL EYE OF PROVIDENCE 

BEHELD AND BLESSED IT 

WITH A PATRIARCH'S HEALTH 

AND LENGTH OF DAYS; 

TO TEACH MISTAKEN MAN 

THESE BLESSINGS 

WERE ENTAILED ON TEMPERANCE, 

A LIFE OF LABOUR, AND A MIND AT EASE; 

HE LIVED TO THE AMAZING AGE 

OF CLXIX YEARS!! 

HE WAS INTERRED HERE THE VIth DECEMBER, 

MDCLXX 

AND HAD THIS JUSTICE DONE TO HIS MEMORY, 

MDCCXLIII." 

In the ' County Chronicle' of December 13, 1791, a paragraph was in- 



472 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

JENKINS, HENRY, &c. (continued.) 

serted, statin^ that Thomas Cam, according to the parish register of St. Leonard, 
Shoreditch, died the 28th January, 1588, aged 207 years ! ! The correspondent 
of that paper adds,—" This is an instance of longevity, so far exceeding any 
other on record, that one is disposed to suspect some mistake, either ni the 
register or in the extract." The same paragraph having been met with in the 
year 1832, an application was made to the Parish Clerk of St Leonard's, from 
whom was obtained an extract from the register of Burials, of which a true 
copy is here subjoined: — 



1588 BURIALLES Fol: 35. 

Thomas Cam was buriel y 22 inst of 
Januarye Aged 207 years 

Holywell Street 

Geo. Garrow 
Copy Aug*' 25, 1832 Parish Clerk 



So that, it appears that Cam was born in the year 13S1, in the fourth of Richard 
II. and living through the reign of that monarch; also through those of the 
whole of the following sovereigns, viz. Henry IV., Henry V., Henry VI., Ed- 
ward IV., Edward V., Richard III., Henry VII., Henry VIII., Edward VI., 
Mary, and the thirtieth of Elizabeth. 

JENKYNS, SOAME, English writer and poet, died 1787 

JERVIS, SIR JOHN, EARL OF ST. VINCENT, died. 1823 
JOHN, KING, born December 24, 1166; died October 18 1216 

Crowned May 27, 1199. Divorced his wife Avisa, and married Isabella, daughter 
of the Count of Angoulesme, when they were both crowned at Westminster, 
October 8, 1200. Went to Paris, 1201. Besiened the castle of Mirable, and 
took his nephew, Arthur prisoner, August 1, 1202, whom he caused to be mur- 
dered, April 3, 1203. Expelled the French provinces the same year. Impri- 
soned his Queen, 1208. Banished all the clergy in his dominions the same 
year. Excommunicated, 1209. Landed in Ireland, June 8, 1210. Surren- 
dered his crown to Pandolf, the Pope's legate, May 25, 1213. Absolved, July 
20, following. Obliged by his Barons to confirm Magna Charta, June 9, 1215. 
Lost his treasure and baggage in passing the marshes of Lynn, 1216. Died at 
Newark, and buried at Worcester, where his corpse was discovered nearly entire 
in 1797, having been buried 580 years. Reigned 17 years, 4 months, and 23 
days. Succeeded by his son, Henry III. 

JOHN OF GAUNT, fourth son of Edward III. born 1339; 

died 1399 

JOHNSON, DR. SAMUEL, born September 18, 1709; 

died December 13, (aged 7.5) 1784 

JOHNSON, ■ , the Informer, died April 24 1832 

Johnson expired at his residence, No. 3, Seabrook-buildings, W T hite Lion-street, 
Pentonville. He fell a victim to the prevailing' epidemic, and was in the 69th 
year of his age. He was supposed to have realised from ten to £15,000 in the 
profession of an informer. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 473 

JONES, SIR WILLIAM, died 1794 

JONES, JOHN GALE, committed to Newgate, Feb. 21 . 1810 

Gale Jones was committed to Newgate by the House of Commons, for a breach of 
its privifeges. 

JONES, INIGO, architect, born 1572; died 1651 

JONSON, BEN, Dramatic writer, bom 1574; died 1637 

JORDAN, MRS. DOROTHEA, died at St. Cloud, July 5 1816 

JORTIN,' JOHN, English divine and writer, died 1770 

JUXON, WILLIAM, Archbishop of Canterbury, died 1663 

KATTERFELTO, DR. died in December 1799 

This eccentric character died at Bedale, iu the county of York. He had a remedy 
for every disease, and his advertisements were announced under the head, — 
" Wonder !.' ! " three times- repeated. 

KATER, CAPTAIN HENRY, born April 16, 1777; died 1835 

He was a distinguished mathematician. He entered the army in 1794: and in 
1814, went on half pay, from which period he gave up the greatest portion of 
his time to the study of science, contributing several valuable papers to the 
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. His observations of Trigono- 
metry, and experiments for determining the length of a pendulum beating 
seconds, will fully shew his patient industry, and powers of reasoning. His 
daughter also, though but in her 17th year, had displayed great mathematical 
talent. She died in 1827, her death being accelerated by too intense study. 

KAUFFMAN, ANGELICA, painter, died 1808 

KEAN, EDMUND, ESQ. born November 4, 1787; died 

May 16 1833 

This celebrated actor made his first appearance on the stage of life, in Castle- 
street, Leicester-square; his father was a tailor, and his uncle a celebrated 
mimic and ventriloquist; his mother, the daughter of the well-known George 
Saville Carey. Early in life he was taken notice of by Miss Tidswell, then an 
actress at Drury-lane, from whom he received great kindness. He afterwards 
exhibited as buffoon at a booth of horsemanship, belonging to Saunders. At 
one of the minor theatres, he obtained great applause for his delivery of Rolla's 
address to the Peruvians, in Pizarro ; and from that period he commenced the 
study of Plays, his protectoress recommending him to a company of performers 
in Yorkshire, where he appeared under the name of Carey, enacting the parts 
of Hamlet, Lord Hastings, and Cato, (although no more than thirteen years of 
age) in which he gave great satisfaction to his auditors. After this, he joined 
Richardson, whose booth was then at Eton, and there he drew bumpers every 
night. His fame had now reached the palace, from whence a message was sent, 
commanding him to appear before royalty. This unlooked for occurrence caused 
great dismay to the showman and his company; for, although the business had 
hitherto been good, it had not been of sufficient duration to enable them to add 
any. thing to their wardrobe ; but after begging from one, and borrowing from 
another, Kean was at length, made tolerably decent, and he had the honour of 
appearing before the Royal Family, before whom he gave several recitations, 
which were received with marked approbation. Elated by this success, he de- 
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474 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY, 

KEAN, EDMUND, ESQ. (continued.) 

termined on quitting Richardson, and giving rescitations ; and he engaged the 
Town-Hall at Exeter for that purpose. The speculation added to his fame, but 
failed in the desired object. 

Having at this time attracted the notice of Dr. Drury, he sent him to Eton 
school, where he remained three years; and, at the expiration of that period, 
commenced his theatrical career under the name of Carey, and obtained an en- 
gagement at Birmingham, but did not please; he then went to Edinburgh, 
where he met with no better success. At the island of Guernsey, when per- 
forming the character of Richard, he was received with marks of great displea- 
sure, which he bore with patience for some time; but it still continuing, he 
addressed a passage from his part to the pit, — " Unmannered dog! stand thou 
when I command?" On this the tumult became very great; and instead of 
apologizing, he addressed the audience as follows : — " You have shown some 
'* symptoms of understanding, by applying the words to yourselves." After 
this, he was obliged to quit the town, and became greatly reduced by distress. 
In 1805, he played at Sheerness; (at the same time being engaged for inferior 
business at the Haymarket Theatre,) where he remained one season. From 
Sheerness he went to Croydon, but relinquished his engagement, not choosing 
to perform Laertes to Master Betty's Hamlet. On a previous occasion, when at 
Croydon, he was announced for the part of Alexander the Great, and when the 
triumphal car had just reached the centre of the proscenium, some one in the 
stage box exclaimed, with a sneer, — " Alexander" the Great ! — Alexander the 
Little ! " he with great presence of mind, at the same time fixing his eyes on 
the sneerer, with a look of the severest contempt replied, — " Yes, hut with a 
great soul!" The audience were in consequence immediately roused to a just 
sense of the insult offered him, and the sneerer slunk away. 

He next went to Swansea, and from thence to Waterford, where he married a 
Miss Chambers ; had a benefit, at which he played in Tragedy; gave a specimen 
of tight-rope dancing, and finished with the monkey in La Perouse, in the 
death-scene of which, he gave such touches of deep tragedy, as to cause the 
audience to shed tears. He after this went to Scotland, and from thence, to 
Belfast. At this place he was called upon, with the short notice of two 
days, to study Osmyn, in the Mourning Bride, the Tragedy intended by Mrs. 
Siddons for her commencing an engagement of three nights. In vain he remon- 
strated on the shortness of the notice ; the cruelty to him, and the injustice to 
that actress ; but the manager was resolute ; he had engaged to play, and play he 
must. The evening now arrived, and he had endeavoured to make himself 
as perfect as possible; but the moment he beheld the Queen of Tragedy; and 
heard the plaudits of the audience on her entrance, he stood in perfect amaze- 
ment; his memory forsook him, and he spoke not a single word set down for 
him by the author. In order to appease the rising indignation of the house, he 
came forward, explained all the circumstances, and removed the blame from 
himself, to the manager. Venice Preserved was the next piece in which Mrs. 
Siddons was to appear. On her enquiring who was to represent Jaffier ? — the 
reply was — " Mr. Kean." " What ! Mr. Atkins, — surely not that horrid little 
man who destroyed the Tragedy last night ? " She was assured that Mr. Kean 
was not only perfect, in the part, but that he would, there was no doubt, per- 
form the character extremely well ; and so it proved : for on the fall of the 
curtain, she complimented him on the talent and feeli.ug he had displayed. Her 
engagement concluded with the performance of Douglas, Mr. Kean playing 
Norval, to her matchless Lady Randolph, to her entire satisfaction. 

In 1813, Dr. Drury wrote to Mr. Pascoe Grenfell, then one of the Managing 
Committee of Drury Lane Theatre, after witnessing his performance at Exeter, 
and recommending a trial of Mr. Kean's abilities ; at the same time intimating, 
that he might be the means of arresting the declining state of that Theatre. Ac- 
cordingly, Mr. Arnold, who was then Stage Manager, was sent down to Exeter, 
where he saw him play Oetavian, in the Mountaineers. So satisfied was Mr. 
Arnold of his ability as an actor, that he engaged him for three years, at an in- 



THE NEW TJABLET OF MEMORY. 475 

KEAN, EDMUND, ESQ. (concluded.) 

creasing salary of eight guineas per week for the first, ten for the second, and 
twelve for the third. The engagement of Mr. Kean, at this critical moment, 
averted the certain ruin of the Theatre, the proprietors having been losing 
for one hundred and thirty-nine nights successively ! he quickly revived their hopes, 
enraptured the metropolis, and replenished the nearly exhausted coffers of the 
treasury.' A party was at this time raised against him, in favour of Mr. Booth, 
but all their efforts were of no avail. 

During the period of his journey to the Metropolis, so diffident was he, and so 
doubtful of success, that he had nearly given up his engagement, and returned 
to the country; but meeting with a friend on the day previous to his appearance 
at Drury Lane Theatre, he succeeded in persuading him to make the attempt; 
and on the 26th of January, 1814, he appeared before a London audience in the 
character otShylock, in the Merchant of Venice, and was well received. Though 
the house was not crowded, yet there was a most respectable audience, who 
seemed to wait, in painful silence, until he uttered the words — " I will be 
assured," — " Then," to use his own expression, — " then, indeed, I felt — lknew 
" I had them with me!" From this moment, to the conclusion, the applause 
was most enthusiastic. 

His next character was Richard III. which completely stamped his fame ; 
and so great was the admiration of his abilities with the members of his profes- 
sion, that, on his performing Massinger's Jew of Malta, his brother performers 
presented him with a gold cup. 

In 1820, Mr. Kean visited America with the view of recruiting his finances, 
and performed, with great success, at New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and 
Boston ; this trip fully answered his expectations, and he returned to his native 
land. In 1825, he made a second visit, which was attended but with little ad- 
vantage. 

He was very grateful for any favour conferred in his days of adversity; and 
his reply to the Earl of Essex, who wished to separate him from the intimacy 
of that Prince of Singers, (Charles Incledon), with whom he had been seen 
walking arm-in-arm, by his Lordship, will ever redound to his goodness of 
heart: — " My Lord," said he, " Mr. Incledon was my friend in the strictest 
" sense of the word, when I scarcely had another friend in the world 5 and if 
" I could now desert him in the decline of his popularity, or the fall of his 
" fortune, I should little deserve the friendship of any man, and be quite 
" unworthy of the favourable opinion your Lordship has done me the honour 
" to entertain of me." He died at Richmond, May 16, 1833, in the 46th year 
of his age. 

KEATS, SIR RICHARD G. died April 4 1834 

He was Governor of Greenwich Hospital, and succeeded by Sir Thomas Hardy. 
He was also a shipmate of His Majesty, William IV. at the commencement of 
his naval career, had charge of his instruction, and was with him in the engage- 
ment between Rodney and Langaras, in 1780. 

KEIL, JOHN, Astronomer, born 1671 ; died 1721 

KEITH, JAMES, soldier and statesman, born 1698 ; died . 1758 

KEITH, ROBERT, historian, born 1681; died 1757 

KELLY, MISS, attempted assassination of, February 17 ... 1816 

Miss Kelly was shot at whilst ^performing at Drui y-lane Theatre, by a person of 
the name of George Barnett ; he was tried for the offence, April 8, 1816, and 
acquitted on the ground of insanity. 

KELLY, HUGH, Dramatic writer, died 1777 

KEMBLE, J, P. ESQ. died February 26 ; 1823 



476 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

KEMBLE, CHARLES, ESQ. retirement of from the 

Stage, December 23 1836 

He appeared in several successive characters, by command of Queen Victoria, 
1840. 

KEMPIS, THOMAS A, divine, bom 1380; died 1471 

KENT, THE MAID OF, executed at Tyburn........ 1534 

KENT, WILLIAM, archbishop, died 1748 

KENYON, LLOYD LORD, died 1802 

KEPLER, JOHN, Astronomer, born 1571; died 1630 

KIA KING, the Emperor, died 1820 

His successor was the Emperor Taou Kivang. 

KILDER, BISHOP, and his Lady, killed by the fall of a 

stack of chimnies, when in bed 1 703 

KILLIGREW, SIR WILLIAM, born 1605; died 1693 

KILMARNOCK, LORD, and LORD BALMERINO, 

beheaded, August 18 1746 

KIL WARDEN, LORD, murdered by the rebels, July 23 . 1803 

KING, ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD, Commander-in- 
Chief in the Medway, died August 5, (aged 61) 1834 

KINGSTON, DUCHESS OF, tried for bigamy, April 22 . 1776 

Formerly Miss Chudleigh. She was tried for having married a Mr. Harvey, a 
private gentleman; was convicted and degraded; but allowed to be Countess of 
Bristol. She died in 1788. 

KIPPIS, ANDREW, English writer, born 1724; died 1795 

KIRCH, CHRISTIAN FREDERIC, Astronomer, died ... 1740 

KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS, Astronomer, born 1601 ; died 1680 

KLEBER, GENERAL, assassinated 1800 

KNIGHT, MR. Cashier of the South-Sea Company, ab- 
sconded with £100,000. in 1720 

He afterwards compounded with the Government for £10,000. and was allowed 
to return home, in 1743 !! 

KNOX, JOHN, one of the Reformers of the Scotch Church, 

born 1515 ; died in 1572 

KOSKIUSKO, the Polish General, died in .................... . 1817 

Koskiusko, the Polish general, suffered great hardship after his country was 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 477 

KOSKIUSKO, (continued.) 

seized upon, on account of his patriotism ; but he was mean enough to employ 
his influence over his countrymen in favour of Napoleon, since which, his name 
is little thought of. 

KOTZEBUE, GENERAL, assassinated at Manheim, by a 

maniac of the' name of Sandt, March 23 1819 

KUTUZOFF, PRINCE, born 1741; died June 21 1813 

LACKINGTON, MR. the Bookseller, died November 22... 1815 

The death of Mr. Lackington, the celebrated bookseller of Finsbury-square, took 
place at his seat at Budleigh, Sullerton, Devonshire. The extensive premises, 
formerly occupied by the firm of Lackington and Co. were destroyed by fire, 
in 1841. 

LADE, SIR JOHN, died in February 1838 

LAFAYETTE, GENERAL, death of, at Paris, May 20 ... 1834 

LALLY, COUNT, French General, beheaded in ........... . 1766 

LAMARQUE, GENERAL, died in i 1832 

LAMB, DR. killed in a riot in London, June 24 1628 

LAMB, THE HON. GEORGE, died January 2 1834 

The Hon. George Lamb, Secretary of State, and brother of Lord Melbourne, died 
aged 49. He was a man of considerable literary acquirement, and author of an 
elegant translation of Catullus. 

LAMBERT, DANIEL, born 1769; died June 21..... 1809 

He weighed 52 stone, 11 lbs.; 141bs. to the stone. He was 10 stone lllbs. 
heavier than Mr. Bright, of Maiden, in Essex, (see page 420.) Mr. Lambert 
measured three yards round the body, and one yard one inch round the leg. 
His clothes cost £20. 

LANDER, MR. R. traveller, died February 2 1834 

Accounts were received of the death of this celebrated traveller, at Fernando Po, 
(May 1,) in consequence of an attack made on him and his party by the natives, 
on the Nunn river. 

LANDER, MR. JOHN, died November 1 6 ' 1839 

Brother of the«preceding, and the faithful servant and attendant of Captain 
Clapperton in his African expedition. In the year 1829, the British Govern- 
men thaving determined upon sending out an expedition to explore the course, 
and also the termination of the Niger, Richard Lander volunteered the under- 
taking, accompanied by his brother John. In 1832, an account of this expedi- 
tion was published, which excited deep interest. Soon after, the brothers were 
engaged to proceed in another expedition to the same part, which the elder 
one did not long survive. 

LANGHORNE, DR. JOHN, English writer, died 1779 

LAUD, ARCHBISHOP, born 1574; beheaded ............ 1645 

Laud possessed great influence in the councils of Charles I. and was supposed by 



478 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

LAUD, ARCHBISHOP, (continued.) 

■ his opponents to have advised many of the intemperate measures which were 
the cause of the monarch and himself being brought to the block, an occurrence 
which his enemies had long wished for. 

LASCELLES, THE HON. EDWARD, died April 1816 

LATIMER, BISHOP, burnt at Oxford, October 1555 

LAUGHER, THOMAS, born at Markley, Worcestershire 1699 

He died in St. Martin's Workhouse, London, August 28, 1813, aged 114. 

LAVALLETTE, MONSIEUR, condemned at Paris, for 

High Treason, December 21 1815 

He escaped from prison dressed in the clothes of Madame Lavallette. Major- 
General Sir Robert Wilson, Michael Bruce, Esq. and Captain J. H. Hutch- 
inson, (now Earl of Donoughmore) were convicted in Paris of having aided him 
in his escape, and were sentenced to three months imprisonment, April 24, 
1816. 

LAVATER, , the physiognomist, died 1801 

LAVOISIER, , chemist, executed 1794 

LAWLESS, MR. the Irish Orator, died August 10 1837 

LAWRENCE, DR. FRENCH died 1809 

LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS, died January 7 1830 

LAYER, COUNSELLOR, hanged for Treason, March 17, 1722 
LEACH, SIR JOHN, Vice-Chancellor, died September 14, 1834 

He was succeeded by Sir Charles Pepys. 

LEE, EDWARD, Archbishop of York, born 1432; died ... 1544 

LELAND, JOHN, Antiquarian, died (aged 45) 1552 

LEOFFRIC, the first Bishop of Exeter, died in 1073 

LEOPOLD II. Emperor of Germany, died February 29 ... 1790 

LEOPOLD, PRINCE, elected King of Belgium, by the 

Congress sitting at Brussels, June 4 « 1831 

The Belgium Congress, after a discussion which lasted nine days, adopted the 
eighteen Articles submitted to it, by a majority of 56, thereby accepting Prince 
Leopold as king of Belgium. The Commissioners arrived in town from Brus- 
sels, to communicate officially to Prince Leopold his being elected king of 
Belgium by the National Congress, July 12, 1831. On the 16th of July, 1831, 
Leopold left town for Brussels. On the 19th, Lord Grey communicated the 
contents of a letter to the House of Peers that he had received from Prince 
Leopold, whereby he had ordered his trustees, after paying certain pensions to 
faithful servants, donations to several Charities, allowed by himself and the 
Princess Charlotte, and after deducting the expense of keeping up Claremont, 
that the remainder of his pension should be paid by his trustees into the Trea- 
sury. Leopold arrived at his palace of Lacken, July 19, 1831 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 479 

LEOPOLD, PRINCE, (continued.) 

On the 8th of August, an engagement took place between the Dutch and 
Belgian troops, near Hasselt, which ended in favour of the Dutch. The 
Belgians having been taken by surprise, made a rapid and confused retreat. On 
the 9th of August, the French troops entered Belgium in three divisions. 
On the 1 1th, intelligence was received by Government that the king of Hol- 
land intended to withdraw his troops into Holland on the French army enter- 
ing Belgium, considering it an intimation that the Great Powers had adopted 
the principles of the Conference. 

LEIGH, JOHN, Dramatic writer, died 1726 

LELY, SIR PETER, painter, born 1617; died 1680 

LESTOCK, ADMIRAL, tried and acquitted, June 1746 

Admiral Lestock and Matthews were tried for suffering the French and Spanish 
Squadrons from Toulon, to escape. 

LESTRANGE, SIR ROGER, English writer, born 1617; 

died 1704 

LETTSOME, J. C. died 1815 

LETSOM, DR. died January 29 1800 

LEVER, SIR ASHTON, celebrated collector, died 1788 

LEWIS, CHARLES STEPHEN, French geometrician, died 

May 4, 1768 

LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY, died . 1818 

LEWIS, CHARLES, bookbinder, born 1786; died Jan. 8 . 1836 

LILLO, GEORGE, Author of < George Barnwell,' died... 1739 

LILLY, W T ILLIAM, Astrologer, born 1602; died 1681 

LILLY, WILLIAM, grammarian, born 1468; died 1523 

LINACRE, THOMAS, English physician, and gramma- 
rian, born 1460; died 1524 

LINDSAY, THEOPHILUS, Unitarian preacher, born in 

1713; died 1808 

LINNAEUS, CHARLES, botanist, born 1707; died 1778 

LIVERPOOL, CHARLES EARL OF, Statesman, died... 1808 

LLEWELLYN, PRINCE OF WALES, died 1282 

Llewellyn enjoyed peace till 1257, when Henry III. sent a large army, which 
however was defeated. In 1281, Llewellyn and his brother David took up arms 
against the English, but were defeated by Edmund Mortimer, in the battle of 
Bueth. In 1282, Llewellyn was killed, and his head carried in triumph 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

LLEWELLYN, (continued.) ' 

through London. Soon after, his brother being delivered up by the Welch, he 
was sent to London, and beheaded. The principality of Wales has ever since 
been subject to the crown of England, and forms the title of the king's eldest 
son. 

LLOYD, NICHOLAS, English writer, died in 1680 

LLOYD, , poet, died in 1764 

LLWYD, EDWARD, Antiquarian, died 1709 

LOBO, GERONIMO, traveller, bom 1593; died in... 1678 

LOCKE, JOHN, philosopher, born August 29, 1632 ; died in 1704 

LODGE, MR. (Clarencieux King at Arms,) died in 1839 

LOGAN, JOHN, poet and divine, died ; 1789 . 

LOLLARD, WALTER, propagated his opinions, 1315 ; 

burnt 1351 

LOMBE, SIR THOMAS, inventor of the Silk throwing • 

Machine, died, (see account of, page 166 ante,) 1739 

LONDONDERRY, MARQUIS OF, born 1768; com- 

mitted s suicide, August 12 1822 

LONG, ROGER, born 1680; died 1771 

LONGBEARD, WILLIAM FITZ OSBERT, a notorious 

ruffian, hanged at Tyburn, 1197 

LONG, ST. JOHN, MR. tried for murder, February 1831 

He surrendered himself February 16, 1831. Put upon his trial, at the Old 
Bailey, which lasted some hours. He was acquitted, February 19. 

LOPE DE VEGA, died 1635 

LORRAIN, CLAUDE LE, celebrated painter, born 1600; 

died 1678 

LORRAIN, ROBERT LE, sculptor, born 1666; died in... 1743 

LOUIS XIV. KING OF FRANCE, died 1715 

Succeeded by his grand-son, Louis XV. 

LOUIS XVI. ditto beheaded January 21 1793 

Is prevented by the people from going to St. Cloud, April 18, 1791 ; makes his 
escape (with his family), May 21 ; Arrested at Varennes, May 22 ; brought 
back to Paris, May 25; first sitting of the Legislative Assembly in France, 
October 1 ; Louis XVI. and his family conducted to the tower of the Temple, 
August 13, 1792; last sitting of the Legislative Assembly, September 19; he 
is interrogated at the bar of the Convention, December 11 ; he appears again 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 481 

LOUIS XVI. (continued.) 

at the bar of the Convention; M. de Seze pleads for him, December 26; termi- 
nation of the deliberations concerning the process of, January 7, 1793; he is 
condemned to death by the Convention ; appeals to the nation ; the Convention 
rejects the appeal, January 16; executed January 21. Maria Antoinette, 
Queen of France, executed, October 16, 1793. M. Malesherbes, and M. La- 
moignon de, the defender of Louis XVI. guilloitined, April 25, 1794. Madame 
Elizabeth, sister of Louis XVI. guilloitined, May, 12, 1794. 

LOUIS XVII. died in prison, June 8 1795 

LOUIS XVIII. born November 17,1755; died.... 1814 

Restored to the throne of Fiance, 1814; grants the Charter to the French nation, 
June 4, 1814; struck the name of Chateaubriand out of the list of Ministers 
of State for having wrote a Pamphlet against the diminution of the Chamber of 
Deputies, September 21, 1816. (See a further account of Louis XVIII. at 
page 105, ante.) 

LOVAT, SIMON LORD, beheaded on Tower Hill 1746 

At the execution of this nobleman, the scaffold built for the spectators to witness 
his decapitation fell down, when several persons were killed, and a great number 
maimed. 

LOVITT, -, dreadful murder by. of his wife, in Praed- 

street, Paddington, in a fit of jealousy, February 13 . 1839 

LOWTH, BISHOP, died 1787 

LUDLOW, EDMUND, English writer, died 1693 

LUDOLPH, JOB, Antiquarian, born 1624 ; died 1704 

LULLI, JEAN BAPTISTE, musician, born 1633; died in 1687 

LUTHER, MARTIN, Reformer, born 1483; died in 1546 

LUTTRELL, COLONEL HENRY, shot by an assassin 

in his chair, in the streets of Dublin, October 22 1717 

LYNDHURST, LORD, born 1770 

Called to the bar, 1800; practised on the Midland Circuit, and made Serjeant in 
1815 ; was counsel, with Sir C. Wetherell, for two individuals engaged in riots 
at Spa-fields, in 1817; disguised his opinions so well, as to get appointed Soli- 
citor, and after that Attorney-General. 

LYSONS, DR. DANIEL, Antiquarian, died 1800 

LYTTLETON, CHARLES, Bishop of Carlisle, Anti- 
quarian, died 1768 

LYTTLETON, THOMAS, lawyer, born 1403 ; died 1482 

MABILLON, JEAN, Antiquarian, born 1632; died in 1707 

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482 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

MACARTHY, SIR CHARLES, died 1824 

The Asliantees, a ferocious tribe of Africans, having made incursions upon the 
territory of Sierra Leone, in one of a series of actions, the Governor, Sir Charles 
Macarthy, and several British officers were killed by the barbarians. 

MACARTNEY, LORD, statesman, died 1806 

M AC ARDELL, JAMES, engraver, died . . .". 1765 

MACFARLANE, ROBERT, killed at Brentfbrd 1804 

MACKENZIE, GEORGE, English writer and lawyer, died 1691 

MACKINTOSH, SIR JAMES, died May 30 1832 

MACLIN, CHARLES, the Comedian, died July 11 1797 

MACMAHON, LORD, hanged for Treason, November 1 . 1644?" 

MACPHERSON, JAMES, historian, and translator of the 

Poems of Ossian, born 1 738 ; died 1 796 

MACQUIRE, LORD, hanged at Tyburn, February 20 ... 1645 

MADISON, JAMES, born 1750; died June 28 1836 

He framed the Constitution of the United States of America, and was afterwards 
elected President of these States. 

MADDOX, ISAAC, English writer, died 1759 

M'ADAM, the Macadamizer, died November 26 1 836 

M'CULLOCH, LIEUT. JOHN, died December 27 1793 

Lieutenant M'Culloch rendered great services to the British government during 
the American war. In 1756, he was appointed Commissary Assistant of Stores 
to the garrison of Oswego; but that garrison being taken prisoners by the 
French in the same year, he was carried to Quebec. During his stay there, 
he made a survey of the rocks and fortifications above~ the town, arid reported 
the same to General Shirley, under the idea of reducing Quebec to the British 
arms. On his return to England in 1757, there being an exchange of prisoners, 
he was introduced to General Wolfe as a fit person to assist in the reduction of 
the above place; and the General made a memorandum of his plan. Wolfe, 
however, acted differently at Montmorency, and was repulsed; but making a 
second attempt agreeblyto Mr. M'Culloch's suggestions, he was completely 
successful. He afterwards experienced great difficulties, and was compelled to 
seek a refuge in the workhouse of St. Mary-le-bone. 

MAGLIABECCHI, ANTONIO, celebrated librarian, died in 1711 

MAINTENON, MADAME, died 1719 

MAITLAND, WILLIAM, historian, died in 1757 

MALHERBE, FRANCOIS DE, poet, born 1555 ; died . 1628 
MALIBRAN, MADAME DE BERIOT, died Sept. 23 ... 1836 

Maria Felicita Garcia was born at Paris in 1808 ; her parents were Spaniards, 



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MALIBRAN, (continued.) 

and they initiated her in the Spanish language. She made her first appearance 
at the King's Theatre, as Mademoiselle Garcia, when only 16 years old. It was 
about 1824 that her great talents began to be known to the English public. In 
that year, having distinguished herself at some of the Conceits of that season, 
she made a successful debut at the Opera House, and received the engagement 
as one of the principal singers at the York Festival of the following year. At 
the end of the season, her father went to America, where he got up an Opera, 
in which Garcia appeared and electrified the Americans by her wonderful talent 
and genius. 

She afterwards married an elderly French merchant of the name of Malibran, 
who almost immediately afterwards failed, and was cast into prison; and being 
freed from the dominion of her father, and driven by necessity to exertion, she 
came over to Europe. Malibran then came to England, and was engaged at 
the King's Theatre. In Italy, Duke Visconti, proprietor of La Scala, at Milan, 
offered her £6000. per annum, a carriage, a table, lodging of the most sump- 
tuous kind, at his expense, independent of a benefit, if she would perform at 
his Theatre for three years, duriDg the season. This she accepted. Her next 
performance was at Drury-lane, in Operas, of which she was the sole attraction 
and support. 

Her second marriage, (with De Beriot), took place in the Spring of 1S36, at 
Paris, her previous union having been rendered null and void. 

Her death took place September 23, 1836; and the funeral, October 1, fol- 
lowing; the body, enclosed in an oak shell, was placed in a leaden coffin, aad 
afterwards in another of solid oak, covered with black cloth: on the lid, 

Maria Felicita 

De Beriot, 

Died September 23, 1836, 

aged 28 years. 

Six mourning coaches, with four horses each, were drawn up ; 

In the first were Mr. Macvicar, the Boroughreve of Manchester, supported by 
the Earl of Wilton, and Sir George Smart. In the second, Mr. Beale, Mr. 
Willert, Mr. Bunn, (of Drury-lane Theatre), and Mr. Brandt, the barrister, &c. 
followed by a long train of private carriages. 

' JMALLET, DAVID, Dramatic writer and poet, died in 1765 

MALMESBURY, WILLIAM OF, wrote in 1140 

MALONE, EDMUND, died 1812 

MALTHUS, REV. T. R. died December 29 1834 

MANDEVILLE, SIR JOHN, traveller, died 1372 

MANDRIN, LOUIS, famous robber, executed 1755 

MANSFIELD, WILLIAM EARL OF, lawyer, died ...... 1793 

MANUTIUS, ALDUS PIUS, celebrated printer, died ... 1515 
MANUTIUS, PAUL, printer, born 1512 ; died ........ ...J. 1572 

MANUTIUS, ALDUS, printer and author, born 1547; died 1592 
MARCH, EARL OF, hung 1330 






484 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 



MARCHANT, WILLIAM, executed for the murder of 

Elizabeth Paynter, at Pimlico, July 8 1839 

MARKHAM, ELIZABETH, murder of, March 9 1831 

Elizabeth Markham was found murdered in her own house, Elizabeth-street, 
Bethnal-green. On the discovery of the murder, a man of the name of Charles 
Clarke, and Dexter, the latter, the son of the deceased, were examined at Union 
Hall, on suspicion of being concerned in the.murder, and were remanded, but 
afterwards discharged. A Coroner's inquest sat on the body, which was ad- 
journed; and on the 11th of March, the Coroner again resumed the inquest on 
the body, when, after a long and tedious investigation, a verdict of — " Wilful 
murder against some person or persons unknown," was returned. Dexter was 
afterwards tried at the Old Bailey Sessions, on a charge of having murdered 
his mother, and acquitted. 

MARLBOROUGH, DUKE OF, died January 1 6 1722 

MARLOW, CHRISTOPHER, born about 1562; killed ... 1593 

MARMION, SHAKERLY, dramatic writer, died in 1639 

M ARMONTEL, , French writer, died in 1799 

MARR'S, dreadful Murder of the 1811 

The body of the supposed murderer, (Williams) who committed suicide, was 
afterwards drawn through the principal streets of Ratcliffe Highway. 

MARRIOT, MR. the Magistrate, died March 1 1833 

Mr. Marriot had been recently appointed Chairman of the Middlesex Sessions, in 
the room of F. Const, Esq. and died at Sydenham, where he had a short time 
before taken up his residence. 

MARTIN, JONATHAN, the lunatic ; see page 336, ante. 

MARTIN, RICHARD, ESQ. died at Boulogne, January 6 1834 

MARVEL, ANDREW, born 1620; died ".. 1678 

MARY. I. QUEEN, born February 11, 1516; diedNov.17 1558 

Proclaimed July 19, 1553, and crowned October 1, following; married Philip of 
Spain, July 25, 1554; died November 17, 1558, and buried at Westminster. 
Reigned 5 years, 4 months, and 11 days. Succeeded by her half-sister, Eliza- 
beth. 

MARY II. born April 30, 1662; died December 28 1694 

Proclaimed Queen Regent of England, (with her husband) February 13, 1689. 
Reigned 5 years, 10 months, 15 days, and buried at Westminster. 

MASON, WILLIAM, poet, died 1797 

MASSENA, ANDREW, Marshal of France, died April 4 . 1817 
MASSINGER, PHILIP, dramatic writer, born 1585 ; died 1640 
MASKELYNE, NEVILLE, Astronomer, died in . 1772 



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MAYERSBACH, , the celebrated Water Doctor died 1798 

MAZARINE, CARDINAL, died (aged 59) 1661 

MEAD, DR. RICHARD, physician, born 1673; died in . 1754 
MELMOTH, miscellaneous writer, born 1710; died in ... 1799 
MELVILLE, HENRY VISCOUNT, died 1811 

Lord Melville was impeached in 1805, for a breach of trust, in appropriating a 
vast sum of the public money, in conceit with his secretary Trotter. Acquitted 
by his Peers, in 1806. 

MEUSNIER, , tried for High Treason, December 27 . 1836 

Meusnier shot at Louis Phillippe, and was tried and convicted of high treason; 
but his punishment was commuted to banishment, by the clemency of the 
monarch. 

MIDDLETON, SIR H. projector of the New River, died . 1631 

MIDDLETON, CON YERS, D. D. died in 1750 

MIGUEL, DON, arrival of, in England, January 6 1828 

He arrived at Greenwich Hospital, and was received with due honours. The Lord 
High Admiral, Earl Mount-Charles, Sir W. H. Freemantle, (two of the prin- 
cipal officers of the King's household) the Portuguese Ambassador, &c. &c. 
welcomed him on his arrival. He was afterwards conveyed in one of the king's 
carriages to the residence of the Earl of Dudley, in Arlington-street, escorted 
by a detachment of Life Guards. Fenton's hotel, St. James's-street, had been 
prepared for the reception of His Royal Highness' suite. A grand dinner was 
given in Arlington-street, and served upon the king's service of plate. He is of 
light figure, apparently under 26 years of age 3 his countenance mild, his eyes 
and hair black; colour very sallow; nose aquiline, and he is of the middle 
height. On Monday, His Royal Highness held three Levees, and received a 
deputation of thirty Portuguese merchants. On Tuesday, a royal Stag Hunt 
was given in honour of His Royal Highness. 

MILTON, JOHN, poet, born 1608; died in 1674 

MILLAR JOHN, professor of law, died 1801 

MIRABEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE, French writer, died in . 1760 

MIST, , the printer of a Journal imprisoned, June 1721 

MISTER, -, hung for the attempted murder of Mr. 

Mackreth, a traveller, at an inn at Ludlow, April 1841 

MITFORD, JOHN, died 1832 

This most eccentric character of his day, died in St. Giles's workhouse. He was 
a respectable classic, and a man of varied attainments ; but such was his fond- 
ness for liquor, that he has been known to take off his coat in the depth of 
winter, and sell it for gin. " For fourteen years he had no where to lay his 
head;" and he has been heard to say, " if his soul was placed on one table, 
and a bottle of gin on the other, he would sell the former to taste the latter." 
He was the author of the song, " The King is a true British Sailor ;" the copy of 
which he sold to seven different publishers. 



486 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

MOLESWORTH, LADY, and her 3 children, burnt to 

death by accident 1764 

MOLIERE, JEAN, actor and dramatic writer, died 1672 

MONCRIEF, F. A. French poet, died '.. 1770 

MONK, GENERAL, born 1608; died 1671 

On the 25th of May, 1660, Charles II. was received by General Monk at Dover; 
and on the following day the latter was honoured with the Order of the Gaiter. 
Soon after he was created Duke of Albemarle. Appointed in 1666, in concert 
with Prince Rupert, to the command of the English fleet; and on the 24th of 
July they encountered the two Dntch Admirals, De Ruyter and the younger 
Van Tromp in the Downs, and in a fight which lasted two days he sunk and 
burned 20 of the enemy's ships, and killed 4000 of their men, and wounded 
3000 more. 

MONMOUTH, JEFFREY OF, historian, wrote in 1152 

MONMOUTH, JAMES DUKE OF, beheaded 1685 

MONROE, JAMES, ESQ. died July 4 1831 

MONTAGUE, LADY MARY WORTLEY, died 1762 

MONRO, ALEXANDER, physician, died. 1767 

MONRO, DR. JOHN, physician, died 1791 

MONSTRELET, ENGUERRAND, historian, died 1453 

MONTESQUIEU, BARON, French writer, died in 1755 

MONTFAUCON, BERNARD, Antiquarian, died in 1741 

MONTGOLFIER, ETIEENE, air balloon inventor, died . 1799 

MOORE, JAMES, dramatic writer, died in 1 734 

MOORE, SIR JOHN, killed in the retreat from Corunna, 

January 16 1809 

MOORE, ANN, of Tutbury, remarkable abstinence of, Nov. 1808 

This remarkable woman lived twenty months without food, at Tutbury, Staf- 
fordshire. 

MOORE, MRS. HANNAH, died September 7 1833 

She was the authoress of — Sacred Dramas ; Calebs, &c. &c. 

MORE, SIR THOMAS, (Lord Chancellor,) beheaded ... 1535 

Most readers are aware that Sir Thomas More was beheaded at the above period, 
but they are not perhaps aware that, after the execution, though the body was 
buried in the church of St. Peter, in the Tower, and afterwards in Chelsea 
church, where it now lies, yet his head was set upon a pole, on London bridge, 
and was afterwards privately bought by his daughter Margaret, which she pre- 
served in a box, and placed it in a vault in St. Dunstan's church at Canterbury. 

MORE, SIR JOHN, (Father,) died 1533 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 487 

MOREAU, GENERAL, died 1813 

General Moreau was wounded by a cannon ball, whilst talking to the Emperor of 
Russia, before Dresden, August 28, and died September 4, 1813. 

MOREL AND, THOMAS, painter, died in 1804 

MORLEY, LORD, tried for murder, in 1666 

MORI, MR. musician, died 1839 

The will of the late Mr. Mori, of Bond-street, was proved in the Prerogative Court 
of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Doctors' Commons, by George Frederick 
Anderson, and Edward Willson Duffin, the executors. The personal property 
of the deceased has been sworn under the value of £16,000. which the testator 
has bequeathed to his three daughters. The will is dated August, 1838. 

MORTON, JAMES DOUGLAS, EARL OF, beheaded . 1581 

He ruled Scotland with success, as Regent of the kingdom, but being at length 
caught in the toils of his enemies, he was convicted of being privy to the 
murder of Lord Darnley, for some years before, and was accordingly beheaded 
at Edinburgh. 

MOZART, , musical composer, born 1756; died Dec. 1792 

MUDGE, MAJOR, died ... 1820 

MULEY SOLIMAN, Emperor of Morocco, died Nov. 28 . 1822 

MULGRAVE, EARL, died at Mulgrave Castle, April 6 . 1831 

MUMFORD, MR. murder of, near Quendon, in Essex, 

by Pallett, one of his labourers, December 4 1823 

He was tried shortly after, found guilty, and executed at Chelmsford. 

MUNDEN, MR. JOSEPH, died February 6 1832 

MURRAY, EARL, REGENT OF SCOTLAND, died... 1570 

The Earl of Murray fell by the hand of an assassin, whilst riding through the 
town of Linlithgow. 

MURRAY, LADY AUGUSTA, (LADY D'ESTE), died 1830 
MURPHY, ARTHUR, died June 18 1805 

MYLN, ROBERT, who built Blackfriars bridge, died 1811 

NARES, ARCHDEACON, died March 23 „. 1829 

NASH, RICHARD, Master of Ceremonies, died Feb. 12 . 1761 
NASH, JOHN, celebrated architect, died May 13 1835 

His principal works were: — The Restoration of St. David's Cathedral; — Highgate 
Archway; — Regent-street; — the Pavilion at Brighton; — Buckingham Palace. 
The estimated cost of Regent-street, was £384,754.; the actual cost £1,535,688. 
The excess is said to have been caused, in a great measure, by alterations of 
the original plan and line of the intended street, and by an undervaluing of the 
various " good wills." 



488 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

NAYLER, SIR GEORGE, died October 27 1831 

NELSON, ADMIRAL LORD, born 1758; killed Oct. 21 1805 

The exploits of Nelson need no comment; his heroic deeds being engraven on the 
heart of every Englishman, and will remain there as long as the recollection of 

those glorious achievements of — THE NILE, COPENHAGEN, AND TRAFALGAR, 

shall remain. 

NELSON, THE REV. , brother of Lord Nelson, who 

fell at Trafalgar, died February 28 1835 

NEWAL, JOHN, (Nephew to old Parr,) bom 1634 ; died 1761 

Being born in the life-time of his uncle, they lived 278 years, viz. from 1483, to 
1761. 

NEWMAN, THOMAS, born 1390 ; died , 1542 

This man, together with Parr and Newal, lived 371 years. 

NEWTON, THOMAS, Bishop of Bristol, died 1782 

NEWTON, SIR ISAAC, born 1642; died 1727 

NEY, MARSHAL, shot August 16 1815 

NICHOL, SIR JOHN, died August 1838 

Sir John Nichol presided over the Arches, the Prerogative, and subsequently, 
over the Admiralty Court of England. 

NICHOLSON, MR. the celebrated flute player, died March 1837 

NICHOLSON, MARGARET, (who attempted to assas- 
sinate George III.) died May 14, (aged 99) 1828 

NORBURY, LORD, assassination of 1839 

Upon this extraordinary murder been made known, the Government offered a 
reward of £1000. for the apprehension of the murderer; and the noblemen and 
gentlemen of King's County, and surrounding districts, entered their names 
for various sums, the whole amount being above £3,360; to which Lord Nor- 
bury adds an annuity of £100. 

OATES, TITUS, born about 1619; died 1705 

O'BRIAN, (the Irish Giant) died September 8 1806 

The coffin of this wonderful man, which was of lead, measured 9 feet 2 inches, 
and the wooden case, 4 inches more. It was three feet across the shoulders ; 
and no hearse could be obtained sufficiently long enough to contain it; the end 
being covered by black cloth. 

OCCLAVE, THOMAS, English poet, flourished 1420 

O'CONNELL, DANIEL, ESQ. arrest of, in Dublin, Jan. 

18 1831 

Mr. O'Connell was arrested on a charge of conspiring to evade the Marquis of 

Anglesea's proclamation, and held to bail. Mr. Lawless, Mr. Steele, and Mr. 

Barrett, were also arrested, January 18. On the 19th, Mr. Redmond was also 



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O'CONNELL, DANIEL, ESQ. (continued.) 

arrested, and held to bail. On the 25th of the same month true bills of in- 
dictment were found by the Grand Jury against Messrs. O'Connell, Thomas 
Steele, John Lawless, Thomas Clooney, John Redmond, John Reynolds, Ed- 
ward Dwyer, and Richard Barret. Mr. O'Connell, Steele, &c. appeared in the 
Court of Kind's Bench, and were told they were to plead in 4 days to the 
indictment. 6a the 12th of February, in the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, 
Mr. O'Connell, and the other agitators, withdrew their plea of Not Guilty on 
14 counts, in consequence of which the Attorney-General considered himself 
bound to enter a noli -prosequi upon the 17 remaining counts. This submission 
of the Defendants it was hoped would restore peace and tranquility to Ireland. 
On the 3rd of May, in the Court of King's Bench, Dublin, the case of the 
King v. O'Connell, and Others, was called on, when Mr. Holmes, who made 
an application for delay, expressed a wish that the Court would name Tuesday 
next, or any distant day they pleased. The prosecution was considered virtu- 
ally at an end. 

ODEL, THOMAS, Dramatic writer, died 1749 

O'HARA, KEENE, Dramatic writer, died 1784 

O'KEEFE, J. ESQ. died February 4 1833 

This celebrated Dramatic author expired at his residence, Bedford Cottage, South- 
ampton. His health had heen long declining, and, as a last resource, he 
removed to Southampton in the hope of bettering his health by change of air. 
The following is a correct copy from the plate of his coffin; — " Within this 
coffin are deposited the mortal remains of John O'Keefe, a pious member of the 
Holy Catholic Church, who departed this life in the 86th year of his age. He 
was born in Dublin, Ireland, 24th of June, 1747, and died in Southampton, 
Hampshire, England, 4th of February, 1833." 

OLDCASTLE, SIR JOHN, hanged and burnt without 

Temple Bar, 1417 

He is said to have been the first Protestant martyr burnt. 

OLDENBURG, DUCHESS OF, visited England, Mar. 31 1814 

She left England with the Emperor of Russia, and king of Prussia, July 27, 1814. 
Married the Duke of Wirtemburg, January 24, 1810. She died January 9, 
1819. 

OLDFIELD, ANNE, celebrated Actress, died 1730 

OLDHAM, JOHN, poet, born 1653; died 1683 

OLDYS, WM. Antiquarian, died 1761 

ORFORD, HORACE EARL OF, died 1797 

ORLEANS, DUKE OF, assassinated at Paris, by order of 

the Duke of Burgundy, November 23 1407 

ORLEANS, PHILIPPE DUC DE, Regent of France, died 

November 22 1723 

ORLEANS, the infamous Duke of, (or Egalite), guilloitined, 

November 5 1793 

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490 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ORMOND, DUKE OF, impeached, June 21 „ 1715 

OSBORNE, (and his wife), murdered for supposed witch- 
craft 1751 

OSSIAN, the Caledonian bard, flourished in 300 

OTWAY, THOMAS, English poet, born 1652; died 1685 

OVERBURY, SIR THOMAS, born 1581 ; poisoned in the 

Tower, September 17 1613 

OWEN, ROBERT, born May 14, 1771 

OXFORD, EDWARD, tried for attempting to shoot Her 

Majesty, Queen Victoria, July 9 1840 

The applications to the Sheriffs for tickets of admission to hear this trial were 
most numerous ; and they having acted in the same manner as on the trial of 
Courvoisier, no persons were admitted, (even to the avenues leading to the 
Court,) who had not obtained the required passport. By this well-timed ar- 
rangement, the Court was filled, without confusion, to a dense, but not an in- 
convenient extent. Soon after nine, the Court was opened ; and the attendance 
of barristers was unusually numerous. The Counsel for the prosecution were, 
the Attorney and Solicitor-General, Sir F. Pollock, and Mr. Wightman; for the 
defence, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Bodkin. The prisoner's solicitor, Mr. Pelham. 

The prisoner was now ordered to be brought into Court ; when the indict- 
ment was read, and the trial proceeded with. On being called upon to plead, 
he in a distinct, and firm tone answered, — " Not guilty." The trial not being 
completed at eight o'clock in the evening of that day, the Court was adjourned 
until 9 o'clock of the following morning, the Jury being conducted to the 
London Coffee-house for the night. 

The whole of the evidence having been gone through on the following day, 
the Jury retired at a quarter past 5 o'clock, and returned into Court at a quarter 
past six, when they pronounced the following verdict: — " We find the prisoner, 
" Edward Oxford, guilty of discharging two pistols at Her Majesty ; but whether 
" they were loaded with ball is not satisfactorily or sufficiently proved, he being at the 
" time in an unsound state of mind." The verdict appeared to create a good deal 
of suspense in the Court. 

The Attorney-General here contended, that the Court ought to ask the Jury 
whether they intended by the verdict to say, that they acquitted the prisoner on 
the ground of his being insane? After great discussion, Lord Denman said it 
would be better that the Jury should retire, and re-consider their verdict; 
they did so, and in about an hour after, returned, when the foreman gave 
a verdict — " that the prisoner was guilty, being at the time insane." Baron Alder- 
son- — That is, you say that he is not guilty, on account of his being insane at 
the time the offence was committed. Foreman — That is what we mean, my 
Lord. The Attorney-General then moved the Court to order that Oxford be 
put in some place of safe custody till Her Majesty's pleasure respecting him 
should be known. (For a further account of Oxford, see page 140, ante. 

PAAS, MR. murder of, May 30 1832 

Mr. Pass waa most inhumanly murdered by a person of the name of Cook, who 
resided at Leicester. After he had accomplished the murder, he proceeded to 
saw the body in two in order to dispose of it more effectually. On the 5th of 
June, a Coroner's Inquest sat on the body, and returned a verdict, — " That the 
remains which had been the subject of their enquiry, were those of Mr. Paas, 
and that he had been murdered by James Cook." A warrant was issued for 
Cook's apprehension, and confided to the care of Cummins, an officer of 



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PAAS, MR. Murder of, (continued.) 

Leicester, who arrested him at Black Rock, Liverpool, at the time he was pro- 
ceeding in a boat to embark on board a vessel bound for America. He was ac- 
cordingly brought from Liverpool to Leicester, and lodged, heavily ironed, in 
the town gaol. On the 8th of August, he was tried at the Leicester Assizes, 
and pleaded guilty ; when he was sentenced to be executed on the 10th (which 
was carried into, effect) and his body to be hung in chains; the latter part of 
the sentence was remitted, the body being interred within the precincts of the 
prison. 

PAINE, THOMAS, born at Thetford, Norfolk, 1737; died 

at New York, North America, June 8 1809 

PAISLEY, JOSEPH, born 1732; died 1811 

This individual w&s the celebrated Gretna Green parson, and is supposed, during 
the last forty years of his life, to have drank nearly 24 tons of ardent spirits. 

PALEY, DR. WILLIAM, born 1743; died 1805 

PAMPLIN, ADMIRAL, died February 14 .. 1834 

He died at Florence. He had the command of the fleet on the Cape, and at St. 
Helena stations for three years, as one of the guardians of Bonaparte. 

PARK, THOMAS, F.S. A. died November 26 1834 

Mr. Park was a celebrated Collector of rare books. 

PARK, SIR J. A. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 

died December 8 1838 

PARK, MUNGO, celebrated traveller, died 1806 

PARKER, , the chief leader of the Mutiny, atSpithead, 

executed, June 30 1797 

Richard Parker was a supernumerary seaman on board His Majesty's ship The 
Sandwich, and was tried for mutiny, disobedience of orders, and contempt of his 
officers, on the 22nd of June, 1797, on board The Neptune, Admiral Buckner, 
commander of the fleet at the Nore ; offences which took place on board The 
Sandwich, on the 12th of May previous, when Parker presided as Chairman to 
the Delegates from the different ships composing that fleet. Parker's plea is 
best described in his letter to Admiral Buckner: — " Sir, I am commanded by 
" the Committee of the Sandwich to inform you, that they have this day taken 
** possession of, and appointed Delegates to the whole fleet ; we are universally 
" of opinion that the conduct of the Admiralty has been highly improper in 
" stopping the provisions allowed by Government to seamen; and that the 
" foolish Proclamation which we received, is only calculated to exasperate the 
" minds of a set of men, who would never be more happy than in serving their 
" country." For being a principal in this meeting, Parker was brought to trial, 
on Thursday, June 22, found guilty on the 26th, and executed on the following 
Friday, on board his own ship, at Sheerness. 

PARR, ROBERT, died at Kinver, Salop, aged 124, Sep. 21 1757 
PARR, THOMAS, lived in ten reigns, and died, aged 152 1635 

PAR, QUEEN CATHERINE, died 1543 

PARNELL, THOMAS, poet, died ... 1718 



492 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PARRY, DR. executed for a Plot against Queen Eliza- 
beth 1585 

PARRY, CAPTAIN, return of from the Arctic Seas, Oct. 23 1823 

PARROCEL, JOSEPH, painter, died 1704 

PARROCEL, PIERRE, ditto, died 1739 

PARROCEL, CHARLES, ditto, died 1752 

PARSONS, SIR WILLIAM, died 1817 

PARTRIDGE, JOHN, Astrologer, died ! 1735 

PASCAL, BLOISE, French writer, died 1662 

PASQUIER, ETIENNE, French writer, 1615' 

PATTEN, MARGARET, died near Paisley, in Scotland, 

(aged 138)..... 1739 

PATTISON, WM. poet, born 1706; died 1727 

PEARCE, ZACHARY, English writer, died 1774 

PEARCE, MARY ANNE, (alias Lady Barrymore), died 

Octobers 1832 

This unfortunate woman died in absolute want in a miserable lodging, 8, Charles 
Street, Drury-Iane. She had been at least 100 times at different Offices. 

PEASE, MR. the first Quaker admitted as M.P. to the 

House of Commons . 1833 

PEDRO, DON, died 1834 

PECK, FRANCIS, Antiquarian, died 1743 

PEEL, SIR ROBERT, born 1788 

Entered Parliament for Cashel, 1809 5 made Under Secretary for the Colonial 
department, 1810; Irish Secretary, 1812; Home Secretary, 1822; carried the 
Alien Bill; commenced his amelioration of the Penal Code, 1826; and, after 
opposing the claims of the Catholics all his life, carried the Emancipation Act, 
1829; married Julia, daughter of the late John Floyd, Esq. 1820; installed 
Lord Rector of the Glasgow University, January 11, 1837. 

PELHAM, HENRY, statesman, died 1754 

PELLERIN, JOSEPH, Antiquarian, died 1782 

PEMBERTON, HENRY, physician, died......... 1711 

PENN, ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM, born 1621; died... 1670 



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PENN, WILLIAM, settler of Pennsylvania, born 1644: died 1718 

Having petitioned the Government for a grant of land, in North America, after 
some delay, he obtained a large tract of country lying to the west of New 
Jersey, by a Charter dated March 1, 1681, and left England to take possession 
of it in the same year, accompanied by several families of his own persuasion, to 
colonize the new territory. Having entered into a treaty with the Indian 
chiefs of the neighbourhood, they assembled under an old ash tree, where the 
several Articles which he proposed to them weer explained, by means of an 
interpreter. 

PENNANT, THOMAS, the Tourist, died Dec. 16, 1798 

PENNY, MR. of Clements Inn, murdered by his servant, 

May 18 „ 1741 

PEPYS, SAMUEL, Naval Historian, died -1703 

PERCEVAL, SPENCER, assassinated, May 11 1812 

The Right Hon. Spencer Perceval, Prime Minister of England, was assassinated 
by a person of the name of Bellingham, a disappointed Russia merchant. He 
was tried, and found guilty; and executed May 18, 1812. 

PERCY, DR. THOMAS, Bishop of Dromore, English 

writer, died 1811 

PERIGORD, C. M. Cardinal and Archbishop of Paris, 

died 1820 

PERIER, M. CASIMER, President of the Council of 

Ministers in Paris, death of by Cholera, April 7 1832 

PEROUSE, J. F. DE LA, born 1741; supposed to have 

been shipwrecked „ 1788 

PERREAU, ROBERT and DANIEL, executed for for- 
gery, January 17 1775 

PERROT, MR. a bankrupt, executed in Smithfield, for con- 
cealing his effects, October 6 1761 

PETER, CZAR OF MUSCOVY, visited England 1698 

Peter the Great, Czar of Muscovy, came to England incognito, improved himself in 
the art of ship building, and was attended back to his states by many British 
artificers. 

PETER THE WILD BOY, discovery of 1725 

This extraordinary boy was found in a field, at Hanelm, entirely naked; his skin 
covered by a brownish coloured hair, and was, apparently, about twelve years 
of age, and unable to speak. He was enticed into the town, by showing him 
two apples; and was then placed in an hospital there, by order of the Burgo- 
master. The name of Peter was given him by the children of the town on his 
being brought there; at first, he was very troublesome, endeavouring to make 
his escape, either by the doors or windows. When offered any thing to eat, he 
first smelt it, and then put it in his mouth, or laid it aside, shaking his head. 

In October, 1725, this prodigy was sent for by George I. to Hanover, from 
whence he was brought to London, and committed to the care of Dr. Arbuthnct. 



494 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PETER THE WILD BOY, (continued.) 

After remaining some time under the'care of this eminent physician, it was 
found that he was an idiot; upon which he was placed with a farmer in Hert- 
fordshire, with whom he resided till his death, which took place in 1785. 

Though he could not speak, yet he had a taste for music, and would hum over 
several airs that he had often heard ; and whenever an instrumental performance 
look place, he would jump about with great delight. Peter was harmless, and 
docile. 

PHILLIPS, SIR RICHARD, died March 24 1840 

His passion for books and science, in which he was thwarted, led him at seven- 
teen to seek his own fortune, and in 1785, left his family, and embarked at 
Liverpool for Spanish America; but being deceived by a Captain, he settled as a 
schoolmaster, first at Chester, and afterwards at Leicester. At the latter place 
he opened abookseller's shop; and in 179 1 > commenced a newspaper, which be- 
came celebrated for its political independence. He was convicted of selling a 
copy of Paine's Rights of Man, for which he was sentenced to an imprisonment 
of 18 months. In 1795 his printing office was destroyed by a fire which broke 
out on the next premises, which was entirely consumed; his paper being inter- 
rupted in consequence, he removed to London, and commenced Tlw Monthly 
Magazine, which he conducted for thirty years. At this time he became an 
extensive publisher, being the originator of at least 1000 works, many of them 
by the first authors. In 1807-8, he served the office of Sheriff of London and 
Middlesex, and in the course of the year received the honour of knighthood, 
during which period he reformed the prisons, established the Sheriff's Fund, 
and wrote his " Letter to the Livery of London, which has not only been the 
guide of successive Sheriffs, but of the Legislature in numerous reforms of our 
criminal jurisprudence. After which appeared his Treatise on the Powers and 
Duties of Juries, which has been translated into various languages. This was 
followed by his Morning's Walk from London to Kew. In 1820, appeared his 
Twelve Essays on the Proximate Causes of the Universe; in 1830, his Protest ; and 
in 1835, his Century of Aphorisms. His other works were, his ' Social Philo- 
sop/ii/, or Practical Ethics ; — Tour through England; — Dictionary of the Arts of 
Life; — and Million of Facts. Sir Richard had a great abhorrence to the killing 
of animals for food from a very early period of his life, and from thence he 
lived entirely upon vegetable products. By the panic of 1825, he lost upwards 
of £40,000. which he bore with great fortitude. 

PHILPOTS, DR. made his public entry into Exeter, as 

Bishop, January 11 1831 

PHIPPEN, MR. died '. 1832 

Mr. Phippen was Secretary to the Licensed Victuallers' School upwaids of thirty- 
three years, and was in his 59th year. 

PICHEGRU, GENERAL, found dead in his prison; sup- 
posed to be privately murdered by order of Bonaparte, 
April 5 1804 

PICKET, WILLIAM, painter on glass, died H95 

PICTON, LIEUT.-GEN. SIR THOMAS, died June 18. 18J5 

In the year 1797, he was selected to discharge the duty of Governor of Trinidad, 
in which situation a charge was made against him of wanton cruelty towards a 
female slave, (Eliza Caldion) by forcing her for some offence to stand upon a 
wooden peg on her bare heel, for which he was brought to trial, and acquitted. 
He fell at the battle cf Waterloo; and on the 25th of the same month, his re- 



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PICTON, LIEUT.-GEN. SIR THOMAS, (continued.) 

mains were landed at Deal, minute-guns being fired from all the ships in the 
Downs, during the time of the body being conveyed to the beach, where all the 
military were drawn up to receive it; after which the body proceeded to Can- 
terbury, where it arrived the same evening, and was placed in the custody 
of a guard of honour. On the 3rd of July, his remains were deposited in the 
family vault, in the burial ground of St. George's, Hanover-square, attended by 
many officers of distinction. 

TILATRE, DU ROSIER FRANCOIS, aeronaut, killed . 1785 

PINNEY, CHARLES, Mayor of Bristol, trial of upon a 
charge of neglect of duty during the riot there, of 
which charge he was acquitted, November 25 1832 

PIOZZI, MRS. celebrated writer, died 1821 

PITT, MR. THOMAS, died 1726 

Mr. Pitt brought from Madras the celebrated large diamond. 

PITT, WILLIAM, EARL OF CHATHAM, (son of the 

preceding), died in May, 1788 

For a further account of the Earl of Chatham, see page 430, ante. 

PITT, RIGHT HON. WM. (son), born May 28, 1759; 

died 1806 

PLANTIN, CHRISTOPHER, printer, died 1589 

POLE, CARDINAL, died 1557 

He was the greatest obstacle to Henry VIII. th's disgraceful persecution of Queen 
Catherine; and when arguing with the King on the subject, he so powerfully 
exhorted the monarch to desist, that Henry frequently laid his hand upon his 
dagger, at the same time betraying inward feelings of revenge. Pole however 
escaped without any punishment but the loss of Henry's future favour. He 
left the kingdom soon after ; was proscribed by Henry as a traitor, and a re- 
ward offered to any one who should kill him. He was Archbishop of Canter- 
bury in thr reign of Queen Mary. 

POLE, WM. WELLESLEY LONG, committed to the 

Fleet prison, July 16, I 1831 

Mr. Pole having removed his daughter from the protection of the Guardians 
appointed by the Court of Chancery, by stratagem, and by so doing, committing 
an act of Contempt of Court, the Lord Chancellor immediately ordered Mr. 
Pole to be confined to his own house. A communication was made from the 
Lord Chancellor to the House of Commons, (Mr. Pole being a Member) that he 
had issued his warrant for the committal of Mr. Pole, for a contempt of the 
Order of the Court of Chancery; it was resolved that a Committee of Privileges 
should be appointed to inquire into the matter. On the 29th he was removed 
from his residence in Dover-street, to the Fleet prison, pursuant to an Order of 
the Lord Chancellor for Contempt of the Court of Chancery. On the 20th of 
August, Miss Wellesley was brought from France, and restored to her guardi- 
ans ; and, on the 22nd of the same month, Mr. Pole was discharged from the 
Fleet prison by an Order of the Lord Chancellor. 

POLIGNAC, CARDINAL, born 1661; died 1741 



496 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

POMPADOUR, MARCHIONESS, mistress of Louis XV. 

died 1764 

POND, MR JOHN, died April 27 1832 

Mr. Pond deliberately dropped from the railing of the steps at the Surrey side of 
the Waterloo Bridge, into a timber-yard beneath, (30 feet), and was killed on 
the spot. 

PONIATOWSKI, PRINCE, drowned in theElber, Oct. 19 1813 

Prince Poniatowski was unfortunately drowned in the Elber, in consequence of 
his horse leaping into that river in his flight from the battle of Leipsic. 

PONSONBY, RIGHT. HON. GEORGE, died June 8 ... 1817 
PONSONBY, MAJOR-GEN. SIR WM. died 1815 

He was killed at the memorable battle of Waterloo. 

POPE, ALEXANDER, the poet, born 1688; died 1744 

POPHAM, SIR HOME, born 1762; died 1820 

PORSON, RICHARD, Greek scholar, born 1759 ; died... 1808 

PORTEOUS, BEILBY, Bishop of London, bom 1731 ; died 1808 

PORTEOUS, CAPTAIN, put to death by a mob, Sept. 7, 1736 

Captain Porteous attending an execution at Edinburgh, apprehending a rescue, 
ordered the soldiers to fire, April 14, 1736 ; accused of murder, and convicted, 
but respited by Queen Caroline, June 22, 1736 ; this so exasperated the mob, 
that they broke into the place where he was confined, seized him, and hurrying 
him into the street, hung him on a dyer's pole. 

PORTER, MISS ANNA MARIA, died June 28 1832 

PORTLAND, WM. EARL OF, statesman, died 1710 

PORTLAND, WM. DUKE OF, ditto, died 1810 

POTTER, ARCHBISHOP, died 1747 

POTTER, ROBERT, poet, born 1721 ; died 1804 

POUSSIN, GASPER, painter, died 1663 

POUSSIN, NICOLAS, painter, died 1665 

POWEL, GEORGE, English actor, &c. died ..... 1714 

POWEL, SIR JOHN, (Judge,) died 1713 

POWELL, , pedestrian, wonderful performance of, 

November 27 1773 

This celebrated Pedestrian walked from London to York and back again, a dis- 
tance of above 402 miles; he performed the same again, June 20, 1788, when 
aged 57. 



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PRATT, SIR J. writer in prose and verse, born 1749; died 1814 
PRETENDER, (the Old), born June 10, 1688; died 1776 

PRETENDER, (the Young), his son, born Nov. 31, 1720; 

died January 31, without issue „. 1788 

His natural daughter assumed the title of Duchess of Albany, was born in 1763, 
and died in 1789; his brother, the Cardinal, the last male descendant of the 
royal family of Steuart, was born March 6, 1725, and died in poverty in 1807. 

PRICE, DR. RICHARD, died 1791 

He planned the present Sinking Fund for extinguishing the National Debt; he 
was also otherwise very serviceable to the public as well as to individuals, but 
his great services were never rewarded. 

PRICHARD, MRS. actress, died 1769 

PRIESTLY, DR. JOSEPH, born 1733; died February 6, 1804 
PRIDEAUX, HUMPHREY, historian, born 1648; died . 1724 

PRINGLE, SIR JOHN, physician, born 1707; died 1782 

PRIOR, MATTHEW, poet, born 1665; died September 18 1721 
PROBERT, WM. executed for horse stealing, June 20 1825 

William Serjeant, and James Harper, were executed at the same time, for a simi- 
lar offence. 

PRYNNE, WM. revolutionary lawyer, bom 1600; died ... 1669 

Tried by the Star-Chamber, 1633; stood in the pillory, May, 1634; again, 1637; 
took his seat in the Long Parliament, November 28, 1640; died October 24. 

PUFFENDORF, SAMUEL, historian, born 1631 ; died . 1694 

PULCI, LUDOVICO, poet, born 1432; died in 1487 

PULTNEY, WM. EARL OF BATH, statesman, died ... 1764 

PULTNEY, SIR WM. BART, born 1729; died 1805 

PULTNEY, SIR J. M. BART, died 1811 

PURCELL, HENRY, musician, died 1695 

PYE, HENRY JAMES, poet, born 1745 ; died August 11 1813 

He was succeeded by Mr. Southey ; (see Southey.) 

PYM, JOHN, lawyer, born 1584 ; died in 1644 

PYNSON, RICHARD, printer, died about 1529 

QUEEN ELIZABETH, born Sep. 7, 1533; died March 24 1603 

Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry VIII. by Queen Ann Boleyn, ascended the 
throne November 17, 1558, at the age of 25. Crowned at Westminster, Jan. 
No- 64- s t 



498 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

QUEEN ELIZABETH, (continued.) 

15, 1559 ; soon after which, an offer of- marriage was made to her by Philip of 
Spain, (the husband of her sister, Mary, by Catherine of Arragon), and reject- 
ed. Mary Queen of Scots having been dethroned by her nobles, fled to Eng- 
land for safety. Elizabeth, who owed her a grudge for her pretensions to the 
crown, availed herself of this opportunity of placing her in confinement, and 
after keeping her for a period of nineteen years, caused her to be beheaded at the 
Castle of Fotheringay, February 8, 1587. The Earl of Essex, the favourite of 
Elizabeth, beheaded, February 25, 1602. The Queen died at Richmond, March 
24, 1603; buried at Westminster, and succeeded by the son of Mary Queen of 
Scots, then James VI. of Scotland. She reigned 44 years, 4 months, and 7 
days. 

QUEENSBERRY, DUKE OF, died 1810 

QUEENSBERRY, MARQUIS OF, died February 11 ... 1817 

QUESNE, ABRAHAM DU, French Admiral, born 1610; 

died 1688 

QUICK, , Comedian, born 1748; died April 4, 1831 

QUIN, JAMES, ditto, born 1693; died 1766 

QUINCY, JOHN, physician, died 1723 

RADCLIFFE, DR. JOHN, born 1650; died November 1, 1714 

RAIKES, R. ESQ. the individual who planned the Sunday 

Schools, born 1735; died 1811 

RABELAIS, FRANCOIS, French writer, died 1553 

RAINE, MATTHEW, D. D. Master of the Charter House 

School, born 1760; died in October 1810 

RALEIGH, SIR WALTER, beheaded Oct 29 (aged 65) . 1618 

The beheading of this venerable individual, will for ever stain the page of history, 
and the character of James I. His life was taken, not on a charge of treason 
some years before imputed to him, but because he was feared by the then king 
of Spain. Sir Francis Gawdy, one of the Judges at the trial in 1603, and when 
upon his death-bed, is said to have declared to his physician, (Dr. Turner,) — 
that never was justice before so degraded and injured as by the death of Sir 
Walter Raleigh. For near fourteen years after his conviction, (1603) he was 
confined a close prisoner in the Tower; and, during his confinement, devoted 
the greater part of his time to hard study : so that, he more resembled a student 
than a prisoner. His principal work, The History of the World, was written 
during his imprisonment: — 

Explored the vast extent of ages past, 

And with his prison hours enrich'd the world ; 

Yet found no times in all the long research 

So glorious or so base as those he proved, 

In which he conqu&r'd and in which he bled." — Thomson. 

Raleigh was certainly one of the most eminent men of the age in which he 
lived ; an age enlightened by his talents, and improved by his example. 



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RALPH, JAMES, historian and poet, died 1762 

RAMSAY, ALLEN, Scotch poet, born 1685 ; died 1754 

RAMSAY, WILLIAM, born 1732; died 1807 

Mr. Ramsay, by his industry and attention to business, was admitted a partner 
in an eminent Banker's, became in time principal of that house, and died worth 
£800,000. 

RAMUS, PIERRE, French writer, born 1515; died... 1753 

He reformed the pronunciation of the Latin tongue, there being in his time no 
difference in pronouncing the u and v — i and j ; q was sounded like k, — as 
kiskis in place of quisquis. 

RAPHAEL, a Roman Catholic, sworn into office as Sheriff 

of London 1 834 

RAPIN, RENE, died 1687 

RAPIN DE THOYRAS, PAUL, historian, 1661; died . 1725 

RAVAILLAC, FRANCOIS, who assassinated HENRY 

IV. of France, executed 1610 

RAWLINSON, DR. RICHARD, Antiquary, died 1755 

RAYNAL, ABB^l, historian, died March 1796 

READ, ALDERMAN, sent as a common soldier, for re- 
fusing the King an arbitrary benevolence 1544 

RE AY, MISS, shot by Hackman, April 7 1779 

Miss Reay, a young lady of great accomplishments, was under the protection of 
the Earl of Sandwich. Hackman having seen Miss Reay, he was so struck by 
her appearance that he formed an immediate attachment for hor. He commu- 
nicated to the Earl his regard for the young lady, and requested permission to 
■wait upon her; but his attentions were rejected by that nobleman. In conse- 
quence of this, Hackman formed the dreadful resolution of destroying the 
unfortunate young lady. Having obtained information of the Earl's intention of 
visiting Covent Garden Theatre, in which he was to be accompanied by Miss 
Reay, he waited till the close of the performance. Observing the Earl and 
Miss Reay in their progress to his Lordship's carriage, Hackman discharged a 
pistol at her, and shot her dead. 

REES, DR. Editor of the' Cyclopaedia Britannica^ died . 1825 

REICHSTADT, son of Napoleon Bonaparte, died 1832 

REMBRANDT, VAN RYN, celebrated engraver, died ... 1668 

RENAUD, MRS. (formerly MRS. POWELL), died in 

Janu ary 1 832 

She made her first appearance in London at the Haymarket Theatre, as Alicia, in 
Jane Shore, in 1787, and was then about twenty-four years of age. Not being 
engaged at the winter theatres, she went to Liverpool, where she married Mr. 
Powell (the prompter), and was shortly after engaged at Drury-laue. In 1814, 
she married a provincial actor of the name of Renaud, from whom she shortly 



500 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

RENAUD, MRS. (continued.) 

afterwards parted. She then went to the Edinburgh theatre. On the occasi°n 
of the visit of George IV. to that house, (in 1822) she performed Helen Mac- 
gregor. On her entrance, His Majesty rose and bowed to her, the lady having 
in early years been an especial favourite of the Sbvereign. Although her 
powers were fast declining, and her circumstances approaching to indigence, 
she did not experience the Royal bounty, 

RENNIE, JAMES, engineer, died 1821 

REPTON, HENRY, died 1818 

RETZ, CARDINAL, born 1613; died ! 1679 

REYNOLDS, SIR JOSHUA, died February 1792 

RICARDO, DAVID, died 1823 

RICCOBONI, MADAME, novellist, died 1792 

RICE, MR. appearance of in London 1837 

Re-appeared at the Adelphi Theatre, on Monday, December 10, in the cele- 
brated character of ' Jim Crow, ' 1838. 

RICHARD OF CIRENCESTER, historian, died 1401 

RICHARD I. born 1157; died April 6 1199 

Crowned at London, September 3, 1189. Released the king and people of Scot- 
land from the oaths of homage they had taken to his father for 10,000 marks, 
December 5, 1189. Embarked at Dover, December 11. Set out on the crusade, 
and joined Philip of France on the plains of Vezelay, June 29, 1190. Took 
Messina the latter end of the year. Married Berengera, daughter of the king 
of Navarre, May 12, 1 191. Defeated the Cyprians, and took their king prisoner, 
1191. Taken prisoner near Vienna, on his return home, by Leopold, Duke of 
Austria, December 20, 1192. Ransomed for £40,000. and set at liberty at 
Mentz, February 4, 1194. Returned to England, March 20, following. 
Wounded by an arrow at Chaluz, near Limoges, in Normandy, and died April 
6, 1199. Buried at Fonteverard, and succeeded by his brother John. Reigned 
9 years, 7 months, and 3 days. 

RICHARD II. born at Bourdeaux, January 6, 1367; said 

to have been murdered in Pomfret Castle, Feb. 13... 1400 

Made guardian of the kingdom, August 30, 1372. Created Prince of Wales, 
1376. Succeeded his grandfather, Edward III. June 21, 1377, when not seven 
years old, and was crowned at Westminster, July 16 following. The rebellion 
of Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, 1378. Married Ann, sister to the Emperor of 
Germany and king of Bohemia, January, 1382, who died without issue at 
Shene, and was buried at Westminster Abbey, August 3, 1395. Married Isa- 
bella, daughter of the king of France, November 1, 1396. He was taken 
prisoner by Henry Duke of Lancaster, his cousin, and sent to the Tower, Sep- 
tember 1, 1399. Resigned his crown, September 29 following, and was suc- 
ceeded by Henry IV. Richard II. reigned 22 years, 3 months, and 7 days. 
Buried at Langley, but removed to Westminster. 



The writers of the early annals of England have most of them been in one story 
respecting the death of this monarch ; and many of our later historians have 
continued in the same train, without the least examination as to the probability 



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RICHARD II. (continued.) 

of the narrative of — " his having been murdered in Pomfret Castle by Sir Piers 
of Exton, and his assistants; but not until he had made a noble resistance, and 
laying four of his assailants dead at his feet." 

This story has been continued to be narrated in most of our school books to 
the present time; but within these few years, the ingenious Mr. Tytler, in his 
History of Scotland, has inserted a very different version of this affair, and 
maintains — " That Richard contrived to effect his escape from Pomfret Castle; 
" that he travelled in disguise to the Scottish Isles; and that he was there dis- 
" covered in the kitchen of Donald, the Lord of the Isles, by a Jester who had 
" been bred up at his court; that Donald, Lord of the Isles, sent him under the 
" charge of the Lord Montgomery to Robert III. king of Scotland, by whom 
" he was supported as became his rank, so long as that monarch lived ; that he 
" was, after the death of the king, delivered to the Duke cf Albany, the 
" governor of the kingdom, by whom he was honourably treated; and that he 
" died in the castle of Stirling, in the year 1419, and was buried on the north 
" side of the altar, in the church of the preaching friars, in the town of that 
" name." 

All contemporary historians of the death of Richard II. give a totally different 
account from the preceding. Of these, Thomas of Walsingham, Thomas Otter- 
bourne, the Monk of Evesham, who wrote the life of Richard, and the conti- 
nuator of the Chronicle of Croyland, all relate " that Richard voluntarily starved 
himself to death, in a fit of dispair, in his prison at Pomfret." And to these may 
be added, the testimony of Gower the poet to the same effect, who was not only 
a contemporary, but had been himself patronized by Richard. 

The last sentence is extracted from an interesting' paper read by Lord Dover 
before the Royal Society of Literature. By comparing the different authorities, 
Lord Dover has clearly proved the incorrectness of the story; and though evi- 
dence is wanting to substantiate the fact, that Richard was not " for -hungered," 
or starved to death by his keepers, " the probabilities of the case would appear 
to be very strongly in favour of his voluntary starvation." 

RICHARD III. born 1453 ; killed at the battle of Bosworth, 

August 22 1485 

Took Prince Edward, son of Henry VI. prisoner at Tewkesbury, and helped to 
murder him in cold blood (whose widow he afterwards married), 1471 ; made 
Protector of England, May 27, 1473; ordered the two young princes, the sons 
of his brother, (Edward IV.) to be smothered in the Tower, 1483; elected 
king, June 20, and crowned on the 26th following, 1483; lost his Queen, 
March 6, 1485; slain at the battle of Bosworth, August 22, 1485. 

King Richard III. reigned two years, one month, and twenty-six days ; was 
buried at Leicester, and succeeded by Henry VII. This battle put an end to 
the Civil Wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, after a contest of 
thirty years, and the loss of 100,000 men. 

RICHARDSON, MR. the showman, died November 14 ... 1836 

Mr. Richardson amassed the great sum of £20,000. 

RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, English writer, died 1761 

RICHARDSON, , Steward to Mr. Perkins, of Bleck- 

ingley, murdered on Epsom Downs, February 26 1834 

A reward of £300. was offered for the apprehension of the murderer. 

RICHELIEU, CARDINAL, born 1585; died 1642 

RICHELIEU, DUC DE, French General, died 1788 



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RICHMOND, CHARLES, THIRD DUKE OF, died ... 1806 

RICHMOND, FRANCES THERESA, DUCHESS OF, 

died 1702 

This lady was idolized by king Charles II. who caused her portrait to be painted, 
representing her in the character of Minerva; it was afterwards copied upon a 
gold medal which he had struck, and is the origin of the figure of Britannia on 
the copper coin of this realm. 

RICKMAN, PROFESSOR, killed August 6 1753 

Professor Hickman, of St. Petersburgh, was killed by a stroke from an electrical 
apparatus. Being present at a meeting of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, he 
heard the sound of distant thunder, and hastened home, accompanied by M. 
Sokolow. On examining the electrometer, which was attached to his apparatus, 
Rickman remarked that the thread pointed to four degrees on the quadrant, 
and described to M. Sokolow the dangerous consequences that might ensue if 
the electricity should increase to 45° or more. At this moment, Mr. Rickman 
(who was in a stooping posture) received the stroke which terminated his life. 

RIDLEY, NICHOLAS, Bishop of London, burnt at Ox- 
ford, October 16 1555 

Ridley fell a victim to the malice of Queen Mary, from her Popish opinions, and 
was sacrificed with his friend Latimer. They both suffered at the same stake, 
at Oxford. 

RIEGO, , Spanish patriot, executed 1823 

RIOU, STEPHEN, died March 1780 

This gentleman, who was a captain of horse, and had served in Flanders in 1741, 
distinguished himself by the publication of a splendid work, on the Grecian 
Orders of Architecture, explained by delineations of Antiquities of Athens, 
made during his travels into Greece. 

RIOU, CAPT. E. killed April 2 1801 

Captain Edward Riou, of H. M.S. Amazon, who so nobly distinguished himself at 
Copenhagen, April 2, 1801, under Lord Nelson, was killed by a cannon shot, 
in the 3Sth year of his age. In commemoration of his services, the British Par- 
liament voted a monument to be erected to his memory in St. Paul's Cathedral. 

RITSON, JOSEPH, Antiquary, born 1752; killed Mar. 9 1566 
RIZZIO, DAVID, murdered, March 9 1566 

The assassination of Rizzio, took place in the presence of Mary Queen of Scots, at 
Holyrood House. Rizzio, (or more properly Riccio), was secretary to Mary, 
and in consequence had frequent opportunities of seeing her. Lord Ruthven, 
in conjunction with other conspirators, and instigated by her husband, suddenly 
forced their way into the room, and, deaf to the intreaties of the Queen to spare 
him, murdered him on the spot. 

ROBERTSON, WILLIAM, Historian, born 1721; died . 1793 
ROBIN HOOD, died 1247 

ROBERTSON, , of Hopetown Hall, near Edinburgh, 

died, aged 137 1793 



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ROBINSON, MARY, poetess, bovn 1758; died 1800 

ROBISPIERRE, MAXIMILIAN, Revolutionist, bom in 

1759; guillotined 1796 

ROCHEFOUCAULT, DUKE OF, died 1C80 

ROCHESTER, WM. EARL OF, born 1647; died 1680 

ROCKINGHAM, CHARLES MARQUIS OF : died July 1 1782 

RODNEY, ADMIRAL LORD, died 1792 

Defeated the Spanish fleet, off St. Vincent, January, 8, 17S0; again defeated the 
Spanish fleet, off Cadiz, under the command of Don Juan de Langara, and took 
5 ships of the line, one being driven on shore, and another blown up, January 
16, 1780. Obtained a complete victorv over the Count de Grasse, near Domi- 
nica, in the West Indies, April 12, 1782. 

ROE, MR. appointment of to tlie Magistracv of Bow-street, 

May 30 ". 1832 

Resigned it* in 1839. 

ROGERS, CAPTAIN, navigator, died 1732 

ROGERS, MR. Magistrate at Hatton Garden, sudden death 

of, November 20 1838 

ROLLIN, CHARLES, French writer and historian, died... 1741 

ROMANA, MARQUIS DE LA, Spanish General and 

Patriot, died January 23 1811 

ROMILLY, SIR SAMUEL, born 1757; commmitted sui- 
cide whilst labouring under brain fever, November 2 . 1818 

ROMNEY, GEORGE, died 1802 

RONSARD, PIERRE DE, French poet, died 1585 

ROOKE, SIR GEORGE, died 1708 

ROSAMOND, FAIR, mistress of Henry II. died about ... 1177 

ROSCOMMON, EARL OF, poet, died 1684 

ROSE, RT. HON. GEORGE, statesman, born 1744; died 1818 

ROSS, CAPTAIN, return of from an expedition to the 

North Pole, after an absence of four years 1833 

Captain Ross, with the aid of a munificent friend, equipped the steam-vessel 
Victory, at a very great expense, and left England in the summer of 1829, ac- 
companied by his nephew, Commander Ross with a crew of eighteen able seamen, 
with an intent to complete the discovery of the North-West Passage. In cross- 
ing the Atlantic the Victory was dismasted by a storm ; but the damage being 
repaired from the wreck of a whaler, she wintered on the west coast of Green- 
land. 



504 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

ROSS, GENERAL, killed September 12 1814 

General Ross was unfortunately killed in an unsuccessful attack on Baltimore, by 
the British. 

ROTHSCHILD, M. N. died 1S36 

ROUBILIAC, , sculptor, died January 11 1762 

ROUSSEAU, JOHN JAMES, French poet, died July 2 . 1778 

ROUSSEAU, JOHN BAPTIST, born 1659; died 1741 

ROWAN, ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, died November 1 1834 

He was well known, for the part he took in the Irish Rebellion. He was 84 
years of age. 

ROWE, NICHOLAS, died December 6, 1718 

Made Poet Laureat, August 11, 1715. 

ROWE, ELIZABETH, died February 20, 1737 

ROXBURGHE, JOHN DUKE OF, statesman, died ...... 1804 

RUBENS, SIR PETER PAUL, born June 28, 1577 ; died 

May 30 1640 

This celebrated painter was born at Cologne. A chemist having made him an 
offer of a share in his laboratory, to be derived from a proposed scheme, the 
painter took him into his study, at the same time telling him that his offer came 
20 years too late; — " for it is just so long," said he, " since I found the art of 
making gold with my palette and pencil." 

RUMFORD, COUNT, born 1753; died August 19 1814 

RUNNINGTON, CHARLES, lawyer, died 1821 

RUPERT, PRINCE, died November 29 1682 

He was nephew of Charles I. : and at the early age of 21, had the command of the 
royal army. He fought, with varied success, during the Civil War. After the 
restoration, he commanded the fleet, with great skill, and to the benefit of his 
country. 

RUSH WORTH, JOHN, historian, born 1607; died 1690 

RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM, beheaded July 21 1683 

Historians and biogiaphers have written variously on the life of this celebrated 
nobleman ; some by extoling him, whilst others have given vent to their bitterest 
enmity by defaming his character. 

RUSSELL, LADY RACHAEL, died 1723 

She displayed great heroism in her attendance upon the trial of her Lord. 

RUSSELL, WILLIAM, FIRST DUKE OF BEDFORD, 

died 1700 

Father of William Lord Russell, beheaded in the reign of Charles II. King 
James IL. who had been Lord William's chief enemy, and who, previous to his 
abdicating the throne, when soliciting the assistance of this peer, then Earl of 



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RUSSELL, WILLIAM, (continued.) 

Bedford, received the following catting reproof, — " Alas, Sire, lam old and 
useless, but I once had a son who might have served your Majesty on this 
occasion." 

RUSSELL, JOHN, FIRST EARL OF BEDFORD, died 1555 

He rendered great service to his country in the French wars, and was the first 
■who was advanced to the honour of the Peerage. 

RUSSELL, FRANCIS, FOURTH EARL OF BED- 
FORD, died in 1641 

The projector of that stupendous undertaking, named the ' Bedford Level.' 

RUSSIA, PETER III. EMPEROR OF, raised to the 

throne, January 5 1762 

Deposed July, 1762; died in July, 1762 

, CATHERINE II. EMPRESS OF, raised to 

the throne, July 9 1762 

Armed neutrality of the Northern Powers against England, commenced under the 
Empress Catherine, 1780. She died November 17, 1796. 

, PAUL EMPEROR OF, died suddenly, Mar. 23 1801 

5 ALEXANDER, EMPEROR OF, March 23... 1801 

Raised to the throne on the death of his father, Paul. Visited England, accom- 
panied by the king of Prussia, Prince Blucher, &c. &c. June 6, 1814. Alex- 
ander died at Takanzog, December 1825. 

~ — ■, NICHOLAS, EMPEROR OF, raised to the 

throne, 1825 

Born July 7, 1796. Succeeded his brother Alexander, 1825. Married July 13, 
1817, Louisa Charlotte, Princess of Prussia. 

RUST, GEORGE, BISHOP OF DROMORE, died 1670 

RUYTER, MICHAEL ADRIAN DE, Dutch Admiral, 

died :-. 1676 

RYDER, RT. HON. RICHARD, died 1832 

R YL AND, WILLI AM, executed for forgery 1783 

Tyburn has been the place of execution of a vast number of individuals: it was at 
this spot that Felton.who stabbed the Duke of Buckingham, (for an account of 
which see page 422, ante); the Perreaus, for forgery; the Rev. Dr. Dodd, for a 
similar offence on the Earl of Chesterfield ; the Rev. James Hackman, for 
shooting Miss Reay ; and the infamous Catherine Hayes, for the murder of her 
husband, paid the last forfeit of their offences. The latter criminal suffered the 
utmost severity of her sentence; being literally burnt alive, in consequence of 
the indignation of the populace, who would not suffer the executioner to 
strangle her, (as was usual), before the fire was kindled. 

The gallows was of a triangular form, and stood on a small eminence at the 
corner of the Edgeware road, near the Turnpike. When Tyburn ceased to be 
the place of execution, the gallows was purchased by a carpenter, 'who con- 
verted it into stands for beer-butts, in the cellars of a public house in the 
neighbourhood, viz. The Carpenter's Arms, in Adam-street. 

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506 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

RYLAND, WILLIAM, (continued.) 

After the execution of Ryland, (who was the last individual that suffered 
here), Newgate was appointed to be the place in future for the punishment 
of malefactors. The first criminal executed here, was by a machine, (then 
newly invented), and called the New Drop, on December 9, 1783. To show the 
prevailing extent of crime at this period, it is only necessary to observe, that 
fifteen persons were executed June 23, 1784; and from February to December, 
in 1785, no less than ninety-six individuals suffered at Newgate by this new 
machine. 



SACHEVERAL, REV. DR. silenced, March 23 1710 

Preached his seditious sermon at St. Paul's, November 5, 1709. He died in 
1724. An alarming riot took place in consequence of Dr. Sacheveral's trial ; 
several Dissenting Meeting Houses were broke open ; the pulpit of one pulled 
down; and, with the pews, burnt in Lincoln's Inn-fields. 

SACKVILLE, THOMAS, EARL OF DORSET, Sates- 

man and poet, born 1527 ; died 1608 

SACKVILLE, EDW. FOURTH EARL OF DORSET, 

died 1652 

The Earl cf Dorset attended Charles I. to the field, and at the battle of Edge Hill, 
behaved with the greatest bravery, leading on the troops that retook the royal 
standard, which the enemy had taken when Sir Edward Verney was killed. 

, His duel with Lord Bruce of Kinloss, by whom he was challenged, is perhaps 
the most harrowing recital of a personal quarrel on record. He took so much to 
heart the murder of Charles I. that he never after went out of his house. 

SADLER, MR. Jun. thrown from his balloon, and killed, 

October 5 1824 

SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, EARL OF, died 1612 

SALMON, NATHANIEL, historian, died 1740 

SALMON, DAVID, who sailed round the World with Lord 

Anson, born 1703; died 1809 

SANCROFT, WILLIAM, ARCHBISHOP OF CAN- 
TERBURY, bora 1616 

Committed tu the Tower, tried and acquitted, 1688; deprived, 1689; died No- 
vember 26, 1693. 

SANDERSON, ROBERT, born 1587; died 1662 

SANDERSON, ROBERT, Antiquary, born 1660; died . 1741 
SANDWICH, ADMIRAL THE EARL OF, died May 21 1672 

Admiral Sandwich's ship was blown up in an engagement with the French, in 
Southwold Bay. 

SANDYS, SIR EDWIN, born 1561; died 1629 

SANDYS, GEORGE, traveller, died in 1643 



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SANQUIR, LORD, hanged for killing a fencing master ... 1612 

SANTRY, LORD, condemned for murder in Ireland, 1739 

SARMAN, MR. R. died August 30, 1837 

Mr. Sarman was aged 1G0 years, and 3 months, and was blind the last 26 years of 
his life. 

SAUNDERS, SIR EDMUND, (judge), died 1682 

SAUNDERS, WM. physician, born 1743; died 1817 

SAVAGE, RICHARD, poet, born 1698; died.. 1743 

He was deprived of his birthright, and afterwards of his fortune, by his own 
mother; condemned for a murder, on false evidence, occasioned by a coffee- 
house quarrel, 1727; pardoned, 1728; and died in jail, 1743. 

SAVILLE, SIR HENRY, born 1540; died...., 1622 

SAVILLE, GEORGE, born 1630; died 1695 

SAWTREE, SIR WM. the first person burnt in England, 

on account of religion 1401 

SAXE, MAURICE COUNT, celebrated general, died ... 1750 

SCALES, LORD, murdered by a ferryman, August 19 1460 

SCALCKEN, GODFREY, painter, born 1643; died 1706 

SCALIGER, JULIUS CESAR, Italian physician and 

writer, born 1484 ; died 1558 

SCALIGER, JOSEPH, (son), French writer, died in 1609 

SCANDERBERG, , (alias GEORGE CASTRIOT), 

warrior, born 1404 ; died in 1467 

SCHILLER, FREDERICK, German poet, born No- 
vember 10, 1789 ; died May 9 .„ 1805 

SCHOEFFER, PETER ; see Printing. 

SCHOMBERG, DUKE OF, warrior, born 1608; killed in 1690 

Landed in Ireland, August 13, 1689; killed at the battle of the Boyne, 1690. 

SCHOMBERG, ISAAC, physician, died in 1780 

SCHRIMSHAW, MRS. JANE, died, December 6 1711 

She died in Rosemary-lane Workhouse, Tower-hill, aged 127. 

SCHWARTZ, BERTH, the discoverer of gunpowder, died 1340 
SCOTT, REGINALD, English writer, died 1599 



508 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SCOTT, SIR WALTER, poet, born August 15, 1771 ; 

died September 21 1832 

He entered the University of Edinburgh in October, 1783; and on the 10th of 
July, 1792, and previous to his completing his 21st year, he passed Advocate 
at the Scottish bar, after the usual examinations. In 1792, he obtained from 
the Crown, through the friendship of the Duke of Buccleugh, the appointment 
of Sheriff of Selkirkshire, to which was attached a salary of £200. per year. 

In 1805 appeared his Lay of the last Minstrel; in 1810, The Lady of the Lake ; 
in 1811, Don Roderick; in 1813, Rokehy ; and in 1814, The Lord of the Isles; 
The Waverley Novels. The Bridal of Triermain, and Harold the Dauntless, ap- 
peared anonymously, the former in 1813, and the latter in 1817. 

From 1826 to 1831, Sir Walter continued his literary labours; and during 
this period, (besides several other works), produced his Life of Napoleon, in 9 
vols. A History of Scotland, in 2. Tales of a Grandfather, in 9 small ditto. 
Letters on Demonology. Malagrowther's Letters, and several smaller productions. 

In 1820, his health had greatly declined; and during the summer of 183J, 
he continued to grow considerably worse; so much so, that his medical atten- 
dants forbade all mental exertion. In the autumn of this year, a visit to Italy 
was recommended, to which he was with great difficulty prevailed on to accede; 
but after much intreaty, gave his assent, and accordingly set sail in October, 
accompanied by his eldest son, and an unmarried daughter. His health 
in consequence seemed improved by the voyage ; but being desirous of return- 
ing to Scotland, he hurried homeward with such rapidity that, on his reaching 
London, he was in a most pitiable condition. On the 11th of July, 1832, he 
arrived at his house at Abbctsford ; but mortification, which, had been pro- 
gressing for some time previous, now took place, and he expired without a 
struggle. 

SCOTT, RT. HON. SIR WILLIAM, created BARON 

STOWELL, July 1821 

SCOTT, SAMUEL, the American Diver, died January 11 . 1841 

Great sensation and interest was excited by the melancholy fate of this individual. 
Scott was a native of Philadelphia, in the United States : and at an early age, 
entered the American navy, during which period he distinguished himself by 
exhibiting various daring feats as a diver, by leaping- from the yard-arms, or 
top-masts of the vessels there into the sea. He possessed a wonderful power of 
holding his breath ; and his courage as a diver having rendered him very 
popular, he quitted the naval service, and travelled into different parts of the 
Union, in which he exhibited his wonderful performances. He also visited 
Canada, and there excited the wonder of its inhabitants, by leaping from the 
banks of the river St. Lawrence, and several other places there. 

Pie came to this country about twelve months ago, during- which he visited 
some of our principal sea-ports. Two of his most surprising leaps have been 
taken in the Isle of Wight, and at Pembroke Dock-Yard. But the greatest of 
all his feats was his wonderful flying leap from a precipice below the Falls of 
Niagara, where, according to his own statement, and description of the spot, he 
leaped 495 feet into the river beneath, without injury or inconvenience! Some 
persons, most likely, will doubt the truth of this ; but they should remember, 
(however strange the circumstance may appear), that the same feat was pel- 
formed some years since, by Samuel Patch, who at length lost his life by an 
accident in the attempt. Scott solemnly averred that he had done it, and was 
willing to do it again in this country, provided a proper spot and contrivance 
could be pointed out, with sufficient height for the leap. 

On his first appearance in London, he made several leaps from the main-top 
gallant-mast of a Collier brig moored off the Town Pier at Gravesend. He 
afterwards exhibited at Deptford, when he jumped from the mast-head of a 
large American ship; and here a similar accident nearly befel him, to the fatal 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 509 

SCOTT, SAMUEL, (continued.) 

one which lately closed his dangerous career. In going through Bis usual 
tricks, with which he amused the spectators previous to his leap, the rope 
slipped from its position, and he was in danger of his life. The spectators, 
who saw it afar off, imagining it to be one of his feats, began to applaud; but a 
brother tar, who fortunately had taken his station in the rigging, and who per- 
ceived Sam to grow .black in' the face, immediately made his way to the spot, 
where he was suspended, in order to render him assistance; at this moment 
Scott making a desperate effort to release himself, he was caught hold of by 
the sailor, who instantly loosened the rope, and drew out his head. 

He was accidentally strangled, during the repetition of his extraordinary per- 
formances, on Waterloo Bridge, Monday, January 11, 1841. 

SEATON, THOMAS, who instituted the Prize Poems at 

Cambridge, born 1 684 ; died in 1 750 

SECKER, DR. THOMAS, ARCHBISHOP OF CAN- 
TERBURY, born 1693; died 1768 

SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES, poet, born 1636; died in 1720 

SEES, JOHN DOMINICK, died in January 1793 

SEFTON, LORD, died November 20 1838 

The noble Earl was in the 67th year of his age, having been born on September 
18, 1772. He was a warm, enlightened, and consistent friend of the cause of 
the people, and that in " the worst of times, when," as has been truly ob- 
served, " mens' souls are tried." During the terrific proceedings of 1817 and 
1819, when there was a reign of terror, with the infamous King Castlereagh and 
Co. for sovereign power; and when the forty -parson force of persecution was ap- 
plied to crush Hone and his parodies, the truly noble Molyneux defied outcry, 
and did his duty by countenancing principle, and all those who defended prin- 
ciple. During Mr. Hone's memorable three days' trial, Lord Sefton was no 
inactive spectator. After the acquittal, he wrote with his own hand, although 
on a sick bed, a letter to Mr. Hone, congratulating him on the escape from the 
monstrous persecutions against him, and inclosing a cheque for £100. at the 
same time expressing the very high satisfaction he felt at having lived long 
enough to make such acknowledgment, and to forward such cheque. 

SELDEN, JOHN, born 1584; died October 30 165^ 

SELLON, MR. SERJEANT, a Magistrate of Hatton 

Garden, died August 19 1835 

SENNEFELDER, , the inventor of lithography, died 

at Munich 1834 

SERVETUS, MIGUEL, born 1509; burnt 1553 

Burnt by Calvin twenty two years after the publication of his book on the Trinity, 
which was the ostensible cause of it. 

SEVIGNE, MARCHIONESS DE, born 1626; died 1696 

SEWARD, ANNA, poetess, born 1747; died 1809 

SEWELL, DR. GEORGE, died February 8 ... f 1727 



510 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SEYMOUR, QUEEN JANE, died 1537 

SHAD WELL, THOMAS, ESQ. Poet Laureat, died 1692 

SHAFTESBURY, EARL OF, statesman, born 1671 ; died 1713 
SHAKSPEARE, WM. poet, born 1564 ;" died hi 1616 

He was born at Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire; and is supposed to have 
produced his first dramatic composition (the First Part of Henry VI.) so early 
as 1589, when he was only 25 years of age. It is certain, however, that some of 
his productions, viz. his Romeo and Juliet, his Richard II. and his Richard III. 
were printed in 1597. He continued to write for the Stage for a number of 
years, and occasionally appeared as a performer. At length having secured by 
his exertions a handsome competence, and achieved vast fame, Shakspeare, at 
the very early age of 49, resolved to give up all personal attendance on the 
Theatre, and retired to his estate at New Place. Here he busied himself with 
the management of his lands; and it was probably now that he planted with 
his own hand the mulberry tree which was so long an object of reverent admi- 
ration. 

It had been hoped that he would have lived to old age; but he had hardly 
retired from public life three years, ere he was called away from the world he 
had so adorned, on his 52nd birth-day. A monument was erected to his 
memory in Westminster Abbey, 1741. The Stratford Jubilee, given in honour 
of Shakspeare, took place in 1769. 

SHARP, ARCHBISHOP, born 1618; murdered in his 

coach, May 3 1679 

SHARP, GRANVILLE, died 1813 

SHAW, DR. THOMAS, traveller and antiquarian, died .1751 

SHELDON, GILBERT, Archbishop of Canterbury, died . 1677 

SHELLIE, JAMES, Irishman, died aged 136, June 1759 

SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE, drowned August 8 1822 

SHENSTONE, WM. poet, born 1714; died 1763 

SHEEN, WM. trial of, July 14 1827 

William Sheen was arraigned for the murder of his infant child, by cutting off its 
head. He was acquitted at the previous Sessions, on the ground that the child's 
name was not correctly set forth in the indictment, the infant being born before 
the father's marriage; the father ought to have been indicted for murdering a 
child named Bedale, the mother's surname, and not Sheen, the father's. Ac- 
quitted. He was afterwards imprisoned, for want of bail, for threatening the 
life of an old woman, who was a neighbour of his. 

SHEPERY, JOHN, poet, born 1509; died 1542 

SHEPHERD, MR. H. C. murder of, December 1832 

SHERRARD, WM. founder of the Professorship of Botany, 

at Oxford, died s . ...".. 1728 



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SHERBURNE, SIR E. killed in a meeting at Oxford, 

June 12 1646 

SHERIDAN, R. B. born October 1751 ; died July 7, and 

funeral of, July 18, 1816 

SHERLOCK, THOMAS, Bishop of Bangor, died 1749 

SHERLOCK, THOMAS, Bishop of London, died 1761 

SHIPLEY, WM. projector of the Society of Arts, &c. died. 1804 

SHIRLEY, JAMES, born 1594; died 1666 

SHORE, JANE, mistress of Edward IV. did penance in ... 1483 

Her husband was executed for coining, 1496. 

SHOVEL, SIR. C. lost on the rocks of Scilly, October 22, 1707 

His ship, The Association, struck on the rocks of Scilly, called, The Bishop and His 
Clerks, and perished with every person on board. This was likewise the fate 
of The Eagle and The Romney : Tlie Firebrand was dashed in pieces on the 
rocks ; but the captain and four and twenty men saved themselves in the 
boat : The Phoenix was driven on shore, and all the crew preserved : The Royal 
Anne was saved by the presence of mind and uncommon dexterity of Sir 
George Byng and his men; The St. George, commanded by Lord Dursley, was 
driven on the same rock which had proved so fatal to the Admiral; and the 
same wave which beat out The Association's lights, set TIte St. George afloat. 

His body being cast ashore, was stripped by the country people, and buried 
in the sand ; but was afterwards discovered and brought into Plymouth, from 
whence itwas conveyed to London, and interred in Westminster Abbey, where 
a noble monument was erected to the memory of this gallant officer, as a mark 
of gratitude for the signal services which he performed to his country. 

SHUTER, EDWARD, the Comedian, died November 17 . 1776 

SIDDONS, MR. died 1802 

SIDDONS, MRS. retirement of from the Stage 1812 

Mrs. Siddons' last appearance was in Lady Macbeth. In 1813 she performed the 
same character for the benefit of her brother Charles. In 1816, Queen Catherine, 
for the same object. On the 8th of June, in the same year, she performed 
Lady Macbeth to gratify Charlotte and Cobourg. She died at her house, June 8, 
1831, aged 76; and was interred in Mary-le-bone church, on the 13th of the 
same month. 

SIDNEY, SIR P. warrior, born 1554; killed 1586 

Killed at the battle of Zutphen. 

SIDNEY, ALGERNON, born 1620; beheaded Dec. 7 ... 1683 

Beheaded for his participation in the Rye House Plot, of which, although there 
was no reasonable doubt of his guilt, yet he suffered under an unjust sentence, 
and an imperfect administration of the law. 

SIGISMUND, THE EMPEROR, visited England, 1419; 

and died in 1438 



512 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SILVESTRE, ISRAEL, celebrated engraver, died 1691 

SIMARY, ANNE, French woman, born 1640; died 1767 

SIMON, RICHARD, French writer, born 1638; died ... 1712 

SIMONNEA, CHARLES, engraver, died 1728 

SIMMONS, DR. S. Physician to St, Luke's Hospital, born 

March 17, 1750; died in June 1813 

SIMNEL, LAMBERT, crowned king in Ireland 14S7 

SIMSON, THOMAS, mathematician, died 1765 

SKELTON, JOHN, poet, died in 1589 

SKINNER, STEPHEN, physician and antiquarian, died... 1667 

SLIGO, MARQUIS OF, trial of 1812 

He was sentenced to a fine of £5000. and 4 months imprisonment, for enticing a 
seaman to desert. 

SLINGSBY, SIR HENRY, Governor of Hull, and Dr. 

Hewett, beheaded on Tower-hill, June 8 1 G58 

SLOANE, SIR HANS, physician, died January 11 1752 

SMALLBRIDGE, GEORGE, BISHOP OF BRISTOL, 

poet and writer, died 1719 

SMART, CHRISTOPHER, poet, died in 1770 

SMEATON, JOHN, engineer, died 1792 

SMELLIE, WILLIAM, anatomist died in 1763 

SMELLIE, WILLIAM, printer and writer, died in 1795 

SMITH, ADAM, celebrated writer, died 1790 

SMITH, EDMUND, poet, born 1669; died in 1710 

SMITH, SIR THOMAS, historian, born 1514; died 1577 

SMITH, RENATUS, mezzotinto scraper, died 1715 

SMITH, JOHN, engraver, died at the end of the 17th cen- 
tury. 

SMITH, THOMAS, biographer, born 1638; died 1710 

SMITH, ROBERT, born 1666, died 1768 



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SMITH, SIR SIDNEY, born 1764; died May 1840 

Took the island of St. Mavcou, on the coast of France, July, 1795. Defeated 
Bonaparte at the siege of Acre, 1799. Re-took the island of Joppa from Bona- 
parte, June 22, 1799. Sword voted to by the Corporation of London, Decem- 
ber 17, 1801. Attacked the French flotilla at Boulogne, August 31, 1805. 
Portuguese fleet escorted to the Brazils by, 1807. 

This gallant officer expired at his residence, No. 9, Rue d'Augessau, the 
latter end of May, 1840. On the 30th the body was taken from his late resi- 
dence, and interred in the Cemetery of Pere la Chaise, in Paris, and attended 
by many of the principal English residents in Paris. The introductory part of 
the service was performed in the church by the Right Reverend Bishop, Lus- 
comb, and the body was then borne to the cemetery, attended by a long train of 
mourning and private carriages. At the conclusion of the burial service, which 
was impressively read by Bishop Luscomb, three Orations were delivered, the 
first by M. Raoul, Avocat of the Court of Cessation, who, after pronouncing a 
general panegyric on the character of the deceased as a warrior, proceeded to 
eulogise him for his active and generous exertion for promoting' the objects of 
several Philanthropic Societies, of which he was a Member, and to which his 
advice, his poetical and scientific acquirements, and his invention, were so inva- 
luable. 

M. Julien gave a short but comprehensive recapitulation of the services of 
Sir Sidney, from his first entering the British navy at the age of 13, and also 
expatiated largely on his amiable qualities. 

The third gentleman, whose name is not mentioned, proceeded in a similar 
strain of eulogium of the character of Sir Sidney, as a citizen of the world, ever 
ready to aid the cause of humanity. No stronger testimony to his worth could 
be shown than to hear his eulogium pronounced solely by members of a nation, 
against which, in his career of arms, he had so gloriously fought. 

SMITHERS', MR. dreadful fire at, May 28 1832 

By this unfortunate circumstance, Miss Eliza Twamley, of the Opera House, was 
burnt to death, and a little boy so dreadfully injured by falling from the window 
of Smithers' house, that he died in two or three days afterwards. On the 1st 
of June a Coroner's jury sat on the bodies of Miss Twamley, and the little boy 
Charles Napoleon Flang-o, when they returned a verdict of — " Wilful murder 
against Smithers, by setting his house on fire. On the 7th of June, Smithers was, 
(at 3 o'clock in the morning, after a trial of fifteen hours), found guilty of the 
murder of Eliza Twamley, and Charles Napoleon Flango. He was sentenced 
to he executed on the 9th of June, and his body delivered to the surgeons. 

SMOLLETT, DR. TOBIAS, poet and historian, died 1771 

SNELL, HANNAH, female soldier, had a pension granted 1730 

SOIBESKI, JOHN, KING OF POLAND, died 1696 

SOLANDER, DR. DANIEL, naturalist, born 1736; died 1782 

SOLOMONS, IKEY, (the notorious,) sentenced to 14 years 

transportation, May 13 1831 

SOMERS, JOHN LORD, statesman, born 1660; died ... 1716 

This eminent individual successively filled the important stations of Solicitor and 
Attorney-General, Keeper of the Great Seal, and Lord High Chancellor. But 
the great feature of his life was his plan for the uniting of the kingdoms of 
England and Scotland, which was eventually completed by the Council, of 
which he was President. 

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SOMERSET, BLANCH, BARONESS ARUNDEL, died 1649 

Lady Arundel, in the Great Rebellion, and during the absence of her Lord, in his 
attendance upon the king at Oxford, when his castle at Wardour was surrounded 
by the Parliament's forces, amounting to 1300 men, commanded by Colonel 
Strode ; and although her means of defence consisted of no more than fifty 
servants, out of whom there were but 25 fighting men, she replied, on being 
summonsed to surrender, — " that she had a command from her lord, to keep it, 
" and would obey that command." After sustaining a severe bombardment, 
and worn by continual watching, she capitulated, but not until the enemy had 
applied petards to the castle gate. 

SOMERVILLE, WM. English poet, born 1692; died 1743 

SOMNER, WILLIAM, the antiquary, born 1598; died in 1669 

SOUTHCOTT, JOANNA, pretended prophetess, died 

December 27, (aged 65) 1814 

This notorious impostor was a native of Exeter, and, in conjunction with others, 
had long practised on the credulity of the lower class by her pretended prophe- 
cies. It was lamentable that so many persons, some of them of the greatest 
respectability, should have been deluded by her impious predictions. Her 
corpse, after having been examined by the surgeons, was deposited at an 
undertakers in Oxford-street, where it remained up to the time of the funeral, 
which took place on the 3rd of January following, in the New Cemetery, at St. 
John's Wood chapel, on the west side, where is the following inscription : — 

In Memory of 

Joanna Southcott, 

Who departed this life December 27, 1814, 

aged 65. 

" While through all thy wondrous days 
Heaven and Earth enraptui'd gaz'd. 
While vain Sages think they know, 
Secrets, thou alone canst show, 
Time alone will tell what hour, 
Thou'lt appear in " Greater" power." — Sabineus. 

On a black marble tablet, let into the wall, opposite to the above spot, is the 
following inscription, in gilt letters, in addition to the above. 

" Behold the time shall come, that these tokens which I have told thee, shall come 
to pass, and the Bride shall appear, and She coming forth, shall be seen, that now is 
within from the earth." — 2d of EsdrAS, Chap. 7th ver 26. 

" For the Vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and 
Not Lie, though it tarry, Wait far it; Because it will Surely Come, it will not 
tarry." — Habakkuk, Chap. 2, ver. 3rd. 

" And whosoever is delivered from the Foresaid evils, shall see My Wonders" 

2d Esdbas, Chap. 7, ver. 27th. 

This Tablet was erected 

By the sincere Friends of the above, 

Anno Domini, 182S. 

The burial of the deceased was conducted with such secrecy, that the 
Minister who read the service, nor any of the attendants connected with the 
chapel knew the real name of the person who was about to be consigned to its 
last place till the funeral arrived, the name of Goddard having been registered. 

SOUTHERN, THOMAS, dramatist, died May 26 1746 



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SOUTHEY, MR. appointed Poet Laureat, in the room of 

Sir James Henry Pye, deceased, November 11 1813 

SPAIN, FERDINAND VII. KING OF, born Oct. 14 ... 1784 

Succeeded his father, Charles IV. (who was born November 11, 1748,) on his 
resignation of the crown at Bayonne, March 19, 1808. Ferdinand married first 
the Infanta Maria Isabella of Portugal, September 19, 1816, who died Decem- 
ber 26, 1818; and secondly, the Princess Josephine Maria of Saxony, in Sep- 
tember, 1819. 

SPEED, JOHN, historian, bom 1553; died 1629 

SPELMAN, SIR HENRY, antiquarian, born 1561; died 1641 
SPENCE, THOMAS, political enthusiast, died in October 1814 

He devised and published a plan by which human kind could be provided with 
sustenance, without pauperism. 

SPENCER, , execution of. 1320 

The preceding individual was hanged at Bristol, aged 90; the son underwent the 
like punishment at Hereford, November 24 following; and the grandson was 
beheaded at Bristol, in 1400. 

SPENCER, HENRY, E. OF SUNDERLAND, killed . 1643 

He fell at the battle of Newbury, a volunteer in king Charles' army, 

SPENCER, EARL, died November 10 1834 

Earl Spencer was First Lord of the Admiralty under Mr. Pitt's Administration, 
from 1794, to 1801, and retired when Mr. Addington became Prime Minister. 

SPENSER, EDWARD, the poet, born 1510; died in 1598 

SPOONER, MR. of Tamworth, died April 30, (aged 57)... 1775 

Mr. Spooner weighed 40 st. 9 lb. ; and measured 4 ft. 3 in. across the shoulders. 

SPOTTISWOODE, MR. R. died at Carlisle, August 30 . 1832 

SPOTSWOOD, ARCHBISHOP OF ST. ANDREWS, 

born 1565; died 1639 

SPRAT, DR. THOMAS, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER, 

historian, born 1635; died 1713 

STACKHOUSE, THOMAS, English Divine, &c. died in . 1752 

STAEL, MADAME DE, died in June 1817 

STANHOPE, CHARLES EARL, died December 15 ... 1816 



STANHOPE, PHILIP, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD, 

born 1694; died 1773 

STANHOPE, DR. GEORGE, born 1660; died 1728 

STANHOPE, JAMES EARL OF, Gen. born 1673; died 1721 



516 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

STANISLAUS, KING OF POLAND, died February 6 . 1768 

Stanislaus, the abdicated King of Poland, was unfortunately burnt to death, in 
the 89th year of his age. 

STANISLAUS, PONIATOWSKY, died February 11 ... 1798 

He was the last King of Poland; was deprived of his kingdom in 1795, and died 
at St. Petersburgh, aged 65. 

STANLEY, GEORGE, born 1568; died aged 150 years . 1719 

STANLEY, MR. JOHN, musician, born 1713; died 1786 

STANLEY, JAMES, SEVENTH EARL OF DERBY, 

beheaded in 165 1 

He possessed the most heroic courage, fully evinced in a sanguinary conflict with 
the Parliament troops at Wigan, consisting of 3000 men, to oppose whom, he 
had but 200 horse, mostly officers and gentlemen. In this unequal conflict he 
received five wounds on his arms and shoulders, seven shot in his breast-plate, 
thirteen cuts on his beaver, and had two horses killed under him. He had the 
good fortune to escape from this dreadful encounter; but soon after was taken 
by the enemy, who beheaded him. 

STAPLETON, WALTER, Bishop of Exeter, murdered . 1326 
STAPLETON, SIR ROBERT, dramatic writer died in ... 1669 
STAUNTON, SIR GEORGE, died 1801 

This gentleman was Secretary to Lord Macartney in his Embassy to China, and 
was a Member of the Royal Institution. He published an account of the Em- 
bassy. He died at his house, in Devonshire street, Portland-place, January 31. 

STEBBING, HENRY, Divine died 1763 

STEDMAN, CAPT. JOHN, historian, born 1745; died . 1797 
STEELE, SIR RICHARD, born 1676 ; died September 1 1729 
STEELE, MR. murder of, November 6 1802 

Mr. Steele was a lavender distiller, in a very extensive way of business. The 
perpetrators of this horrid deed were two labourers, Holloway and Haggerty, 
who having obtained information of Mr. Steele's frequently passing to and from 
Hounslow, they formed the plan of way-laying the unfortunate gentleman. 
One of the murderers, had, at the time of his apprehension, Mr. Steele's gold 
■watch concealed about his person. They were accordingly tried, found guilty, 
and sentenced to be executed. On the morning of the execution, a dreadful 
loss of life took place, occasioned by the dense crowd collected to witness 
their exit; many were pushed down, and "being unable to rise, they were una- 
voidably trod to death. Thirty bodies were taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital 
to be owned. 

STEEVENS, GEORGE, commentator, born 1736; died in 1800 

STEPHENS, HENRY, printer, born 1470; died 1520 

STEPHENS, ROBERT, printer, born 1503; died ]559 

STEPHENS, HENRY, printer and lexicographer, born 

1528; died 1598 



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STEPHEN, KING OF ENGLAND, born 1105; died ... 1154 

Crowned December 2, 1135; taken prisoner at Lincoln by the Earl of Glouces- 
ter, Maude's half brother, February, 1141, and put in irons at Bristol, but re- 
leased in exchange for the Earl of Gloucester, taken at Winchester. Matilda, 
Stephen's Queen, was crowned on Easter-Day, 1136; died May 3, 1151, at 
Henningham castle, Essex, and was buried in a monastery at Feversham. 

Stephen reigned 18 years, 10 months; was buried at Feversham, and suc- 
ceeded by Henry, son of Maude. 

STEPHENSON, SIR BENJ. one of the Commissioners 

of Woods and Forests, died June 10 1839 

STEPNEY, GEORGE, Dramatist and Statesman, born 

1683; died in 1707 

STERNE, LAWRENCE, English writer, died 1768 

In 1759, appeared the first and second volume of his Tristam Shandy, which com- 
pletely established his fame as an author; and the suceeding volumes were 
anxiously looked for, but which, however, did not appear till 1761, when the 
third and 4th came before the public. These were followed by the fifth and 
sixth, in 1762; the seventh and eighth, in 1764; and in 1766, by the 9th, and 
last. Soon after the conclusion of this work, his health being- on the decline, he 
was advised to travel ; and he accordingly proceeded with his family to Fiance. 
From France, he proceeded to Italy ; and during his sojourn there, he wrote his 
Sentimental Journey, which appeared in 1768; but, a few weeks after, (about 
the middle of March), the author expired at his lodgings in Bond-street, 
London, aged 54. In 1760, he also published, under the name of Yorick, two 
volumes of Sermons; and two more in 1766. After his death, the whole of his 
works appeared in 10 vols, containing his Essays, Letters, and other miscella- 
neous productions. 

STERNHOLD, THOMAS, poet, died 1549 

STEWART, , (the celebrated walking), died 1822 

John Stewart, better known as Walking Stewart, had seen much of the world, 
having performed a tour through some of the principal countries known. On 
his return to London, he paraded the streets in an Armenian dress, and thereby 
attracted great attention. He recovered a sum of money, on the settling of 
the debts of the Nabob of Arcot, due for his services in India, upon which he 
commenced a series of entertainments, which were held at his house every 
evening. On Sundays, he had select dinner parties ; and in the evening, a 
performance of Sacred Music, chiefly from the compositions of Handel, to which 
he was particularly partial, and concluding with the Dead March in Saul, which 
was always considered by the company as a signal for their departure. Towards 
the latter part of his life he was to be seen sitting on a bench in St. James's 
Park, or in one of the recesses of Westminster bridge: and, in the evenings, 
between Somerset House and St. James', buttoned up to the throat, and shuf- 
fling along at a pace of about a mile an hour. 

STILLINGFLEET, EDWARD, BISHOP OF WOR- 
CESTER, born 1635; died 1699 

STILLINGFLEET, BENJAMIN, Naturalist, born 1702; 

died 1771 

STIRLING, THOMAS, ESQ. Coroner for Middlesex, died 1839 



518 THE NELW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

STORACE, STEPHEN, died in March 1796 

An eminent composer, and author of the music of The Haunted Tower, and Siege 
of Belgrade. His last work was the music of the Doctor and Apothecary, for 
Drury-lane. 

STOTHARD, THOMAS, R.A. the celebrated historical 

painter, died April 27 1834 

STOWE, JOHN, the historian, died April 5, (aged 80), ... 1605 

STRACHAN, ANDREW, King's Printer, died, Aug. 25. 1831 

Mr. Strachan is said to have left property to the amount of £1,000,000. amongst 
his relatives and friends. 

STRAFFORD, WM. WENTWORTH, EARL OF, be- 
headed, May 12 1641 

History cannot furnish another instance of so many adverse circumstances con- 
curring to effect the ruin of one man as those which surrounded Strafford. Pur- 
sued by the hatred of the whole nation of Scotland for his loyalty to his master; 
by that of the Irish nobility, whose power he had curbed ; and most of all by 
the party at home, which he had justly abandoned. Misrepresented to the 
people of England; disliked by the Queen, whose influence he had wisely 
opposed; and scarcely'considered by his ministerial colleagues, whose envy and 
jealousy of his favour with the King, subsided into indifference. Charles was 
compelled to sign the order for sending his faithful servant, to the block, and 
he was beheaded on Tower Hill in 1641. 

STRAIGHT, JOHN, English divine and poet, died 1740 

STRANGE, SIR ROBERT, engraver, died 1792 

STRYPE, JOHN, historian, born 1643; died in December 1737 

STUART, DR. GILBERT, historian, born 1742; died 

August 13 1786 

STUART, SIR JOHN; see page 387. 

STUART, MARY; see " Queen Elizabeth," page 498. 

STUART, JAMES, architect, (called Athenian Stuart,) 

died 1783 

STUKELEY, DR. Antiquary, born 1687; died 1765 

STULZ, MR. (the tailor), died November 17 1832 

Mr. Stulz was an eminent tailor in Clifford-street, Bond-street; retired to France 
a few years before his death, and was created Baron Stulz. He died at his 
estate, called Aaires, in the south of Fiance after an illness of nine days. 
This estate cost him upwards of £100,000. He had another large estate near 
Baden, on the Rhine. A year previous to his death, he sent the Emperor of 
Austria a present of £40,000. to do as he pleased with, for which he received, 
in return, the Order of Maria Theresa, and the patent as Count Gothenburg. 
The Baron had also great wealth in the Bank of Vienna, (Rothschild's.) His 
property, besides these estates, exceeded £40,000. 



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SUCKLING, SIR JOHN, Dramatic writer, born 1609; 

died 1641 

SUGG, LE, the celebrated ventriloquist, died October 18 . 1831 

SULLY, DUC DE, born 1559; died 1641 

SURRY, EARL OF, beheaded 1547 

SUTTON, THOMAS, Founder of the Charter House, died 1611 

SUTTON, RT. HON. MANNERS, re-elected Speaker of 

the House of Commons, June 14 1831 

SUWARROW, MARSHAL, born 1730; died in 1800 

Defeated the French under Moreau, near Alexandria, May 17, 1799- Under 
Macdonald, June 19, when the French lost 18,268 men, 7 pieces of cannon, and 
8 standards, 1799. Defeated the French, in forcing the passage of the Adda, 
May 23, 1799. Defeated Macdonald near Parma, with the loss of 10,000 men, 
and 4 Generals, July 12, 1799. Defeated General Moreau, July 13, 1799. De- 
feated Marshal Joubert, August 15, 1799, at Novi, when Joubert was killed, 
and his army defeated with the loss of 10,000 killed, 4000 prisoner, and all his 
artillery. 

SUSSEX, HIS R. H. THE DUKE OF, appointed by His 
Majesty (George IV.) Chief Ranger of St. James's, 
and Hyde Parks, January 26 1831 

SWEDENBORG, EMANUEL, born Jan. 29, 1689 ; died 

in London, March 29 1772 

SWEDEN, KING OF, shot March 16 1792 

John James Ankarstroem, the assassin of Gustavus III., was originally in the 
king's guards as an ensign, but had left the service, having obtained a captaincy 
in the army. It would appear that Ankarstroem had been for a length of time 
dissatisfied with Gustavus, on account of the change effected by that monarch 
in the constitution of the country. At the Diet of 1772, the king curtailed the 
power of the nobility, who were till then possessed of an unlimited authority, 
in which he was supported by the citizens and peasants, and Ankarstroem was 
accused of having spoken against the king. Although the charge could not be 
proved against him, he was confined in the castle of Wisby, in the island of 
Gothland, from which he was removed to other fortresses, and, finally, set at 
liberty. In 1789, the king having suppressed the Senate, and arrested the 
most refractory members of the nobility, Ankarstroem spoke with the most bitter 
invective, and during the presence of the king, of the violation practised by him 
against the constitution, which made a great impression on the Assembly. It 
was soon after this, that Ankarstroem formed the resolution of taking away the 
life of Gustavus, and also without being connected with any other individual ; 
but falling in with several of the discontented nobles, amongst whom were the 
Counts, Horn and Ribbing, he made a communication to them of his intentions; 
and they, in return, encouraged him in his determination. The first act of this 
conspiracy was, to seize the king at Gefla, where he had convoked the Diet of 
1792; but being disappointed in their attempt, they determined to effect their 
purpose at a masked ball, at which they knew the king was to be present on 
the 16th of March, 1792. It was further agreed, that Count Horn should 
point out the King to Ankarstroem. 



520 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SWEDEN, THE KING OF, (continued.) 

Gustavus had in the mean time received an anonymous note, informing him 
of the intended plot, and warning him not to be present ; but he disregarded the 
advice, and appeared there in a domino dress. On passing down the hall, lean- 
ing on the arm of Count Ersen, Horn, followed by Ankarstroem, accosted the 
king, saying, " Good day, fair mask." These words being the appointed signal, 
Ankarstroem fired his pistol, loaded with two balls, and dangerously wounded 
the king in the thigh. He retired from the hall unmolested. After the 
assembly had dispersed, a pistol and a dagger were found on the floor. The 
armourer, whose name was on them, deposed that he had lately sold them to 
Ankarstroem, upon which he was arrested. On his first examination he was 
subjected to the torture: but afterwards tried by the ordinary tribunal. He ac- 
knowledged his crime, but denied that he had any accomplices; although he 
confessed that several persons knew of it. He was condemned to be publicly 
whipped with rods for three successive days, and then to be beheaded, after 
having his right hand cut off. The king expired a few days after receiving his 
wound. Ankarstroem went to the scaffold with resignation, aged only thirty- 
three years. Several persons were arrested, and tried ; two destroyed them- 
selves, but none were executed. Counts Horn and Ribbing, and Colonel 
Lilientholm, were banished for life. 

SWIFT, , DEAN OF ST. PATRICK, died Oct. ... 1745 

Took orders in 1694; obtained the Deanery of St. Patrick, 1713; published his 
Drapier's Letters, in exposure of a scandalous job of a Patent granted by the 
Government to a person named Wood for the coinage of Irish halfpence and 
farthings from debased metal, for which he obtained great popularity. In 
1726, he published his celebrated Gulliver's Travels. 

SYLVA, JOA DA, Portuguese, born 1623; died 1744 

SYNGE, EDWARD, Archbishop of Tuam, born 1659; 

died , 1741 

SYDNEY, VISCOUNT, Ranger of St. James's and Hyde 

Parks, died 1831 



TALBOT, JOHN LORD, warrior and statesman born 

1373; died 1453 

TALLARD, MARSHAL, born 1652; taken prisoner by 

the English, 1704; and died in 1728 

TALLEYRAND, ELIE, CARDINAL PERIGORD, 

born 1301; died 1364 

TALLEYRAND, PRINCE, born 1754; died 1840 

Excommunicated by the Pope for his immorality, whilst Bishop of Autun; became 
the accredited agent in England of the French Republic in 1793; fled to Ame- 
rica to escape the vengeance of Robispierre; returned to France, and was 
made Foreign Secretary; re-joined Bonaparte, andseeingthe imperial fortunes 
on the wrong side, plotted for the restoration of the Bourbons; was created a 
Prince under Louis XVIII. for whom he went to Vienna as plenipotentiary; 
and made Ambassador to England, by Louis Philippe. 



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TANNER, THOMAS, Antiquarian, died 1735 

TASSIE, JAMES, gem and wax modeller, died 1799 

TASSO, ANDREA, painter, born 1215; died 1281 

TASSO, BERNARDO, poet, died 1575 

TASSO, TORQUATO, born 1544 > died 1595 

TASSONI, ALEXANDRO, poet, born 1565; died 1635 

TATE, NAHUM, Poet Laureat, died 1716 

TAVERNIER, JEAN BAPTISTE, traveller, born 1605 ; 

died 1689 

TAYLOR, JEREMY, BISHOP OF DOWNE, born 1613; 

died August 13 1667 

TAYLOR, SIR HERBERT, died 1839 

TAYLOR, REV. R. trial of for blasphemy, July 4 1831 

The Rev. R. Taylor was convicted at the Surrey Assizes of blasphemy, and was 
sentenced to two years imprisonment in the County jail, and to find security 
for his good behaviour for the next five years. 

Action against for breach of promise of marriage, and a verdict given for Plaintiff, 
£250. damages, November 27, 1834. 

TAYLOR, , the Water Poet, died 1654 

TAYLOR, , Divine and Civilian, born 1704; died ... 1766 

TAYLOR, , the Journalist, died 1832 

TAYLOR, M. A. ESQ. died July 17, (aged 77) .. 1834 

TEIGNMOUTH, LORD, died February 14, (aged 83) ... 1834 

Lord Teignmouth was formerly Governor-General of India, and the author of 
The Life of Sir William Jones. 

TELL, WM. shot Grisler, the Austrian Governor, 1307 

TELFORD, MR. born 1757; died 1835 

He died at his house in Abingdon-street. He had intended that the parish church, 
of St. Margaret, Westminster, should be his final resting place; but the Insti- 
tution of Civil Engineers urged upon his executors the propriety of depositing 
his remains in Westminster Abbey, to which place they were in a few days 
after consigned. (For a further account of this celebiated artist, see page 183.) 

TEMPLE, SIR WM. born 1628; died 1700 

TEMPLE, RICHARD EARL, died 1779 

TEMPLEMAN, MR. (see Gould, page 458.) 

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522 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

TENIERS, DAVID, Sen. painter, died 1649 

TENIERS, DAVID, Jun. painter, died 1694 

TENISON, DR. THOMAS, ARCHBISHOP OF CAN- 
TERBURY, born 1636; died 1715 

TENTERDEN, LORD, died November 4 1832 

Lord Tenterden was elevated to the Peerage in 1816 ; and succeeded Sir Simon 
Le Blanc, who died in that year. In 1818, Lord Ellenborough resigned the 
office of Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, where he had presided 
from April, 1802. He was succeeded by Lord Tenterden, then Sir Charles 
Abbot; was sworn into office on the 4th of November, and took his seat as 
Lord Chief Justice on the first day of Michaelmas Term. The remains of Lord 
Tenterden were interred in the vault of the Foundling Hospital, November 10, 
1832. The funeral was entirely private. His Lordship was in the 71st year of 
his age. His Lady died at her house in Russell-square, December 20, 1832, 
accelerated by the recent loss of her husband. 

THELWELL, MR. JOHN, died February 16 1834 

Mr. Thelwell was one of those indicted with Hardy, and others, (see page 462,) 
in 1794, on a charge of High Treason. He died at Bath; and was the last of 
the individuals accused on that memorable event. 

THEOBALD, LEWIS, English Dramatic writer, died 1744 

THEODORE, KING OF CORSICA, abdicated his king- 
dom in 1737 

He died in an obscure lodging, Soho, London, 1756. 

THEVENOT, MELCHISIDEC, the French traveller, 

born 1621 ; died 1692 

THEVENOT, JOHN, traveller, died 1667 

THISTLEWOOD, WATSON, PRESTON, & HOOPER, 

tried on a charge of High Treason, June 9 1817 

On Monday, June 9, 1817, the prisoners were escorted from the Tower by a 
strong guard; and about twenty minutes before nine, Watson, whose trial was 
arranged to come on first, was ushered into Court. At nine, the Attorney- 
General entered the Court; and, at a quarter past nine, Lord Ellenborough, 
Mr. Justice Bayley, Mr. Justice Abbott, and Mr. Justice Holroyd, upon which, 
after Mr. Serjeant Copley had addressed the Judges, the indictment, in which 
there were five Counts, charging them with compassing and imagining the death 
of the king, and to subvert and alter the legislature, rule and government, &c. 
was read. It charged James Watson the elder, late of Bloomsbury, surgeon; 
James Watson the younger, Arthur Thistlewood mariner, Thomas Preston, 
cordwainer, and John Hooper, labourer, with having in the month of November 
last traitorously conspired, &c. 

The Attorney-General said, he understood that the prisoners intended to 
challenge several of the panel; he should, on the part of the Crown, claim that 
the prisoners be tried separately; and he should now state, that he should first 
put Mr. James Watson the elder on his trial. 

On the closing of the examination of the witnesses, Mr. Wetherell addressed 
the Judges, and also the Jury. The prisoners were all acquitted. 



After the attack on Mr. Beckwith's shop, the younger Watson contrived to 



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THISTLEWOOD, &c. &c. (continued.) 

make his escape, although a large reward was offered for his apprehension. He 
was ultimately secreted in the house of a respectable shoemaker in the neigh- 
bourhood of Newgate-street, where he underwent a deliberate preparation for 
his re-appearance among those most anxious to seize him. His hair was cut 
and dressed in a particular way, and his forehead and face were burnt with 
caustic to give him a scrofulous appearance. Clothes in the Quaker fashion 
were prepared for him, and they were so made and stuffed as to make him, when 
dressed in them look very corpulent, and shoes of an ingenious make were 
contrived to deceive all observers as to his real height; when on his feet, the 
shoes seemed to be made with double soles and heels, as if for the purpose of 
elevating a person of very short stature, whereas they had in reality scarcely 
any sole or heel at all, and by this clever contrivance those who knew him 
well, would suppose the person who stood before them to be much shorter than 
he really was. 

All these precautionary steps being taken, a passage to America was engaged 
for him on board the Venus, and it was considered prudent for him to apply 
personally, in his new character of the Quaker Pearson (the name assumed by 
him) for his passport. He accordingly repaired to Gravesend where the vessel 
lay, accompanied by a friend ; and left town at seven in the morning. In his 
departure from thence he experienced extraordinary good fortune, the police 
having received a hint of the place of his concealment, and who had actually 
visited and searched it within an hour or two after he had left it, but they ob- 
tained no clue whatever of the road taken. 

At Gravesend he applied at the Alien Office for, and received, personally, his 
passport; he then went on board the ship, which remained in the Thames from 
Tuesday to Saturday, during which time it was searched by three different 
parties of Magistrates and Police Officers, accompanied by persons who knew 
him well, yet he never once lost his self-possession, always made himself con- 
spicuous to the visitors, and had the good fortune to be passed over without 
exciting the least suspicion. He repeatedly entered into conversation with the 
passengers about himself and his escape, in which he affected so blunt a style, 
as to obtain the name of the 'Proud Farmer, by which he was known during the 
remainder of the voyage. 

On his arrival in America, he wrote a letter to his mother, which was received 
by her in July, 1817. In the following October, a Mr. Fearon, who visited 
America at that period, " found him sunk to the lowest depth of wretchedness 
and contempt, a loathsome sot, murdering his time in miserable drinking houses, 
alike shunned by, and shunning all respectable society and social intercourse." 
This gentleman's is the last account we have of this intemperate, misguided, 
and guilty young man. 

Thus ended these extraordinary State Trials, and it may truly be said, that 
the accused parties owed their lives to the infamous character of their accuser, 
the wretch Castles; and, but for this, they never could have heard the verdict 
of — Not Guilty, pronounced from so enlightened and intelligent a Jury as that 
by which the elder Watson was tried. 

THOMAS, JOHN, executed at Lancaster for the murder of 

Mary Bancroft, at Everton, near Liverpool, Mar. 12 . 1832 

THOMASSIN, , engraver, born 1688; died 1741 

THOMSON, JAMES, poet and dramatic writer, born Sep- 
tember 11, 1700; died August 24 ■ 1748 

Sold his poem of Winter to Millar, the bookspller, which appeared in March, 
1726. In the following year he published his Summer, and also his Britannia, 
and his verses to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton. The year following, his 
Spring, and finally, in 1730, The Seasons, completed by the addition of Autumn 3 



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and tlie eloquent and noble Hymn which closes the work. In 1729 appeared 
his Sophonisba; and in 1746, his admirable Castle of Indolence, a clever produc- 
tion. His remains lie in Richmond churchward ; but a monument was erected 
to his memory some years after his death, in Westminster Abbey. 

THORNHILL, MR. of Stilton, celebrated match of, Ap. 29 1745 

Mr. Thornhill accomplished the task of riding two hundred and fifteen miles in 
twelve hours and seventeen minutes. 

THORNHILL, SIR JAMES, painter, died 1732 

THORNTON, ABRAHAM, trial of, August 8 1817 

Abraham Thornton was tried at the Warwick Assizes, for rape and murder com- 
mitted on Mary Ashford, the particulars of which reached the remotest parts of 
the kingdom with almost electric force, and excited feelings of deep regret for 
the poor girl, and indignation and disgust at the crime of her fiendish destroyer. 

The deceased was a young woman of the most fascinating manners, of lovely 
person, and in the bloom of life, being but 20 years of age at the time of the 
perpetration of the crime, and had borne an irreproachable character. 

On the 25th of May, 1817, she went to the market at Birmingham, and on 
her way called on an intimate friend, when it was arranged that she should be 
back soon from thence in order to be piesent at a dance at Tyburn, which took 
place thereat the conclusion of an annual feast, of a Friendly Society. 

Thornton, the prisoner, was there, and was so captivated with her figure, that 
he enquired after her friends, and being informed who they were, he was heard 
to say, " 1 have been intimate with her sister, and will with her, or die by it I " and 
this speech was proved on the trial to have been privately uttered by him to 
two of his acquaintances. He however danced with the ill-fated girl, paying 
her the greatest attention, accompanying her from the dance homewards, and 
was seen with her at a stile, on the side of the high road, at three quarters past 
two in the morning. Before four she called on her friend, and was perfectly 
calm, in good health and spirits, and composure of mind; she left her friend 
about four o'clock. 

On her leaving her friend at Erdington, at this time, between four and five 
in the morning of the 27th of May, 1817, in her way across the fields to Lang- 
ley, about a mile distant from Erdington, the acts were perpetrated; for, a short 
time afterwards, her body was found in a pit near Peen's mill, in the parish of 
Ashton, in such a situation as proved that she must have been thrown in whilst 
in a state of insensibility, her clothes being covered with dirt and blood, which 
led to an examination, from which resulted the dreadful fact, that she had been 
violated by brutal force, before being thrown into the pit. 

Upon examining the ground around the pit, traces of a man's footsteps, and 
also those of a woman were discovered ; and, on a careful inspection, traces were 
to be seen, where the parties had run, walked, and dodged. The footsteps of 
the woman were ascertained to be those of Mary Ashford, from a comparison 
with her shoes, which, with a small bundle she had with her, were found lying 
on the brink of the pit ; and the footsteps of the man were remarkable from 
the peculiar manner in which the soles of the shoes were nailed, and the loss of 
certain nails from each shoe. In addition to this, a track of blood marked 
the immediate circuit of the pit ; but gradually increasing in quantity, led the 
observers to the foot of a tree, at some distance, where the ground was marked 
with the impression of a human figure, the arms and legs extended, and marks 
corresponding with the knees and toes of a man in contact therewith. Near the 
centre of this mark was a very considerable mass of coagulated blood, and from 
other impressions on the ground, it was clearly perceived that the ravisher, 
having accomplished his purpose, had taken his victim in his arms, and that 
from her body had dropped those streams of blood which were traced to the 
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traces of the man's footsteps, while there was a total absence of those of the 
woman; 2nd so evident was it that but one person had gone this way, and by 
the path only, that the dew was not brushed from the grass over which the 
blood had dripped, which, to use the words of one of the witnesses, must have 
been the case, had only a frog or a mouse passed over it. 

These discoveries made, the most active steps were taken to detect and bring 
to justice the perpetrator of this dreadful ci'ime ; and from the well-known 
looseness of his character — his having been seen with her in the fields within 
a short time of her death — and. above all, from the scandalous declaration of 
a determination to be intimate with her, he was unequivocally pointed out as 
the ravisher and murderer of Mary Ashford. 

The prisoner was the son of a bricklayer at Castle Bromwich, in the county 
of Warwick, and had from his infancy up to the time of the dreadful occur- 
rence, worked with his father as an assistant in his business. He was about 
25 years of age, of ferocious and forbidding aspect, uncommon bulk, and rather 
approaching to deformity; swollen face, and shining; neck very short ; and ac- 
counted one of the strongest men in the county. He was a great adept in the 
Gymnastic games; and so athletic was his form, that his arm-pits did not pos- 
sess the usual cavities, but were fortified with powerful ligaments. 

Thornton having been taken into custody, on examining his clothes, marks 
of blood were found upon them ; his shoes were compared with the traces of 
footsteps in the fields, and found to correspond exactly therewith, beyond a 
shadow of doubt; he artfully confessed, that he had been connected with her, 
and by her own consent ; this declaration was discredited ; it could not be 
believed that 

***** Such as ] ie 

Could feel one glimpse of love's divinity; 

But mark'd her for his victim : there lay all 

The charms for him ; charms that could never pall, 

As long as lust within his heart could stir 

(Or one faint trace, of chastity in her) 

To work an angel's ruin ! — to behold 

As white a page as e'er deck'd virtue's roll 

Blacken — beneath his touch — ; into a scroll 

Of damning sin ! — This was his triumph ! 

The prisoner having been examined on the 27th of May, before Wm. Bedford, 
Esq. the foregoing facts were fully proved, and the prisoner was committed to 
take his trial. 

On the 8th of August, 1817. a true bill was found against him; and scarcely 
any trial upon record ever excited so great an interest as this. By six o'clock 
in the morning, a vast number of persons had assembled before the gates of the 
County Hall, using every endeavour to gain admittance; and by eight o'clock, 
the time fixed for the trial to begin, the press at the doors was alarmingly great, 
it being with the utmost difficulty that a way could be made by the javelin 
men, for the entrance of the witnesses and others subpoened, for the prose- 
cution or defence. Soon after nine the doors were thrown open for admit- 
tance into the hall indiscriminately, and the Court became crowded in every part 
to excess. The Judge having arrived, the names were called over for the pur- 
pose of forming the Jury; and the jurors having- answered to their names, and 
entered the box, the prisoner, who had been previously brought into Court, 
was informed, that they were the persons who were to try him, at the same 
time, that that was the proper time to object to any one of them before being 
sworn; but one only was challenged by the prisoner, and the trial proceeded. 

The indictment, which consisted of two counts, was now read. The first was, 
that the prisoner, having on the 27th of May, 1817, in the royal town, manor, 
and lordship of Sutton Coldfield, in the County of Warwick, not having the 
fear of God before his eyes, but being moved by the instigation of the devil, 
v/ilfully mur-dered Mary Ashford, by throwing her into a pit of water. 



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He was then asked by the Officer, Abraham Thornton, are you guilty of tnis 
murder, or not? — To which he replied, — ' Not guilty.' — Officer: God send you 
a good deliverance. 

The Officer then read over the second Count, which charged the prisoner 
with having, on the morning aforesaid, committed a rape upon the body of the 
said Mary Ashford, when he was again addressed by the Officer, as before. 

Counsel for the Crown — Mr. Clarke, Mr. Serjeant Copley, and Mr. Perkins ; 
for the Prioner, Mr. Reader, and Mr. Reynolds. — The leading Counsel for the 
prosecution, Mr. Clarke, who addressed the Jury as follows : — 

Gentlemen of the Jury — " The deceased was a young woman of engaging 
manners, — handsome in her person, — and of unblemished character. She was 
the daughter of poor parents, but had been residing at her uncle's, a farmer at 
Langley, where she was still living, when she met her death. 

" Gentlemen, — It will also be proved to you, that the deceased, on the 
evening of the 26th of May, the night preceding the murder, went in company 
with her friend, to a dance at a public house, in the neighbourhood of Castle 
Bromwich, called Tyburn House. The prisoner was one of the company — and 
it was at this house, and at this tifti.3, I believe, that the deceased first saw, or 
at least knew, the prisoner at the bar. The prisoner, it seems, when the de- 
ceased first entered the house, enquired her name, and who she was. On 
being told by one of the company, that it was old Ashford's daughter, he replied 
— " I have been connected with her sister, and I will with her, or I'll die by 
it." The prisoner after this, went into the dancing room — introduced himself 
into her company, and, as I am informed, went down a dance or two with her. 
About twelve o'clock, the deceased and the prisoner left the house together. 
The deceased, it appeared, left for the purpose of returning home. Her friend, 
who accompanied her to Tyburn-house, saw them together after they had left 
the house, and went part of the wav home with them. Another witness that 
will be called, will tell you that he also saw them together at the same time. 
From this time, till three o'clock, we have no account of them. At three o'clock, 
another of our witnesses, saw them sitting on a stile, in the road between Ty- 
burn-house, and a friend's of the deceased, where deceased had changed her 
clothes, previous to her going to the dance on the evening before. This was 
about three o'clock in the morning of the 27th. After this we hear no more of 
the deceased till about four o'clock, when she called at her friend's house to 
change her dress, and put on the clothes she had worn on the preceding day. 
The deceased called up her friend, who let her in, when she appeared in good 
spirits, and as cheerful as usual, 

" Now, gentlemen, it will be shown, that deceased left this house between 
four and five in the morning of the 27th ; and between that time and the time 
when the body was found in the pit, or rather, the clothes were seen, which 
led one of the witnesses to suppose, that some person had been drowned in the 
pit, which was about half-past six in the morning, the horrid crime must have 
been perpetrated. Other witnesses will describe to you the appearance of a 
fallow field, which had been recently harrowed. In this field wer plainly traced 
the footsteps of a man and a woman. The footsteps led from a path in this field, 
towards Langley, which I before observed to you, was the place where the 
uncle of the deceased resided, and to where she was going when she left her 
friend's house. It will likewise be shewn to you, that the deceased was seen, 
by several persons, on her way towards this place. It will be stated, too, that 
these foot-marks had been made by two persons who had been both walking and 
running; and as if two persons had been struggling together. In following 
the traces of these footsteps, they led to a spot where there was an impression 
of a human figure extended on the ground. In the middle of this impression 
there was a quantity of blood, — at the bottom of the figure there was a still 
larger quantity, and in the same place, were seen the marks of a man's knees 
and toes. From that spot the blood was distinctly traced for a considerable 
space on the grass, by the side of the pathway, towards the pit, where the body 



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was found; but along with this blood no footstep was traced. There was dew 
upon the grass, consequently, had any foot gone along there, the dew would have 
been brushed away. It appeared plainly as if a man had walked along the foot- 
way carrying a body, from the extremity of which the blood dropped upon the 
grass. At the edge of the pit, her shoes, bonnet, and bundle, were found, but 
only one footstep could be seen there, and that was a man's. It was deeply 
impressed, and seemed to be that of a man who had thrust one foot forward to 
heave the body he had in his arms into the pit. 

" When her body was examined, there were marks of laceration upon it, 
and both her arms had the visible marks of hands, as if they had been pressed 
with violence to the ground; in her stomach some duck-weed was found, 
which proved she breathed after she had been thrown into the water, but the 
small quantity there shows that she had not previously been quite dead. The 
evidence of a skilful surgeon will show that, down to this violence, she had 
been a virgin. It is therefore natural to suppose, that the violent agitation 
and outrageous injury of such an assault, stunned and deprived her of anima- 
tion for a moment: — that, in this state she was thrown into the water; and 
that the animation restored to her for a moment, was instantly cut off by 
drowning. 

" You will not only find him with her at three o'clock, but you will also find, 
by his own admission, that he was with her at four. You will find marks of the 
man's shoes in the running and struggling coriespond exactly with his. You 
will find by his own admission, that he was intimate with her, and this admis- 
sion made, not before the magistrate, nor until the evident proofs were disco- 
vered on his clothes; her clothes too, afford most powerful evidence as to that 
fact. 

" At her friend's, at four o'clock in the morning, she put off her dancing 
dress, and put on the dress in which she had gone to Birmingham the day be- 
fore. The clothes she put on there, and which she had on at the time of her 
death, were all over blood and covered with dirt. The surgeon will tell you 
that the coagulated blood could not have proceeded except from violence. 
Therefore, the case appears to have been, that the prisoner had paid her the 
greatest attention during the night — shown, perhaps those attentions which she 
might naturally have been pleased with, and particularly one her superior in 
life; but that, afterwards, he waited for her on her return, and first forcibly 
violated her, and then threw her apparently lifeless body into the pit. 

" It will be attempted to show you, that he returned home, and that some 
other person must have met her, and brought her to the dismal end she met 
with — but, gentlemen, as footsteps were traced through the harrowed field to a 
stile leading to his father's by the very course he took, and he admits an inti- 
macy with her, that is a circumstance of the utmost importance, and you will 
bear in your mind that he did not admit this until proofs were adduced against 
him. 

" Gentlemen, the evidence will be laid before you. From it you will form 
your judgment, and I desire you to lay out of view every thing that I may have 
said, unless it shall be confirmed by the learned Judge who presides at this 
trial." 

The learned Counsel sat down, when the Counsel for the prosecution pro- 
ceeded to examine evidence to substantiate the charge against the prisoner. 

The several witnesses having given their evidence against the prisoner, the 
last of whom was the surgeon, which closed the case for the prosecution, the 
learned Judge addressed the prisoner, informing him that the period had now 
arrived for him to make his defence, and that the Court and Jury would listen 
with attention to any thing he had to say. His Counsel had done all they 
could for him in the cross-examination of the witnesses for the prosecution: 
they could not address the Jury in his behalf. The prisoner declined saying 
any thing in his defence, stating that he would leave every thing to his Counsel} 
who accordingly proceeded to call witnesses for the Defence. 



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The Defence being concluded, a pause ensued, and an awful silence pervaded 
the Court : — 

Then, Mr. Justice Holroyd, talcing a Plan of the fields and neighbourhood, 
in his hand, proceeded in the most solemn manner, to deliver his Charge to the 
Jury, commenting on the evidence of the respective witnesses, in the most per- 
spicuous manner, and continually referring the Jury in his comments on the 
evidence, to the Plan ; pointing out to them different roads and situations as 
they were incidentally alluded to by the witnesses. His Lordship concluded an 
elaborate address, with the following impressive sentence : — " This is one of 
those mysterious transactions, in which justice cannot be done, but by compa- 
ring, most carefully, all the facts and circumstances for, as well as those 
against the accused. 

" Before they could convict the prisoner, they must be fully satisfied that he 
was guilty of the murder. If any fair and reasonable doubt arose in their minds, 
as to his guilt, the prisoner was entitled to the benefit of those doubts. But, 
if they were convinced that the evidence was satisfactory, and that the crime 
■was fully proved against the prisoner, they were, in justice, bound to pronounce 
him guilty. Yet, in coming to this conclusion, it was' their duty well to consi- 
der, whether it was possible for the pursuit to have taken place, and all the 
circumstances connected with it, and for the prisoner to have reached Holden's 
house, a distance of neaily three miles and a half, in the very short space of 
time, which, if the statements of all the witnesses were correct, would have 
been allowed him. 

" Finally, that the whole of the evidence lay before them — and by that evi- 
dence only they were to be guided in their decision. It were better that the 
murderer, with all the weight of his crime upon his head, should escape punishment 
than that another person should suffer death, without being guilty." 

The learned Judge having concluded his Charge, the Jury consulted for a 
few minutes, and then, to the utter astonishment of all who had taken an 
interest in this awful case, pronounced a verdict of — NOT GUILTY! ! ! — 
which the prisoner received with a smile of silent approbation, and an unsuc- 
cessful attempt at concealment of the violent apprehensions as to his fate, by 
which he had been inwardly agitated. 

He was then arraigned pro forma, for the rape, but the Counsel for the pro- 
secution stated, that they should decline offering evidence on this indictment, 
and the prisoner was discharged. The trial occupied upwards of twelve hours 
and a half; the examination of witnesses on the part of the Crown, nearly 
eight and a half; the Defence two hours ; and the Charge two hours. 

Thus ended, for the present, the proceedings cf this trial; but the public at 
large, and most particularly the inhabitants of the neighbourhood in which it 
had been committed, were far from concurring in the verdict of acquittal; and 
reverential as is the natural feeling entertained by every Englishman for the 
solemn verdict of a Jury of his countrymen, the present decision was canvassed 
with a freedom hitherto unknown, and the press, in every part of the kingdom, 
teemed with strictures on the whole proceeding, which failed not to excite the 
most active inquiries as to every particular connected with the mysterious event. 

The following fact was discovered after the trial: — That Dale, the police 
officer, had withheld from the examination of the Court, the breeches, &c. of 
Thornton, which were in his possession, and which bore marks of his guilt. 

So strong was the moral conviction of his guilt upon the public mind, that 
measurements of the ground were taken afresh, subscriptions to defray the ex- 
pense of a new prosecution were entered into, and the evidence laid before the 
Secretary of State, who, upon an investigation of the whole affair, granted his 
Warrant to the Sheriff of Warwick, to take Thornton into custody on an Appeal 
of Murder, to be prosecuted by William Ashford, the brother and heir-at-law 
of the deceased. 

An Appeal of Murder is a very ancient, and now obsolete law, by which the 
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trial of the party accused of the murder, in cases where, from a deficiency of 
evidence, or other cause, the prisoner may have been acquitted on the first trial, 
provided strong and reasonable ground of suspicion against the party accused 
still remains. The person so appealed of murder, may, however, on his part, if 
so advised, claim the right of Trial by Wager of Battle, which the Appellant is 
bound by law' to grant him in his own person. 

Accordingly, Thornton was again arrested, and lodged in Warwick gaol, from 
whence he was removed by a Writ of Habeus Corpus, as the proceedings on the 
Writ of Appeal were to be held in the Court of King's Bench, in Westminster 
Hall, London. 

On Thursday, November 6, William Ashford appeared in the Court of King's 
Bench as Plaintiff Appellant, and Messrs. Clarke, Gurney, Chitty, and Richard-' 
son, as his Counsel. Mr. Clarke moved that the Sheriff for the County of 
Warwick be called in to make a return to the Writ of Habeas Corpus, and he 
accordingly appeared with his prisoner. 

The Counsel for Thornton, having stated that they had not had time suffi- 
cient to prepare for going into the case, begged allowance of the same. The 
time was accordingly fixed for November 17, when the prisoner was committed 
to the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsea. 

On the 17th the Court having met, the proceeding's were resumed. The 
prisoner, as before mentioned, was possessed of great muscular power, and had 
determined on availing himself of a barbarous privilege extended to him, and 
demanded the Trial by Wager of Battle, conscious of the decided advantage 
in point of strength, over the delicate frame of the Appellant Ashford. Where- 
fore, upon being asked by the Court, " are you guilty, or not guilty of the said 
felony and murder whereof you stand so appealed ? 

Mr. Reader, one of his Counsel, then put into the prisoner's hand a slip of 
paper, from which he read, — " Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same 
with my body. 

When the privilege of Triad by Battle is claimed by the Appellee, the Judges 
have to consider whether, under all the circumstances, he is entitled to the 
exercise of such privilege; and his claim thereto being admitted, they fix a day 
and place for the combat. 

A piece of ground is set out, of sixty feet square, enclosed with lists, and on 
one side a court erected for the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, who attend 
there in their scarlet robes; also a bar is prepared for the learned Serjeants at 
Law. The Court being assembled, proclamation is made for the parties, who 
are introduced in the area by the proper officers, armed with a baton, of an ell 
long, tipped with horn, and bearing a four-cornered leather target for defence. 
The combatants are bare-headed and bare-footed, the Appellee with his head 
shaved, and both dressed alike. The Appellee pleads not guilty, and throws 
down his glove, declaring he will defend the same by his body; the Appellant 
takes up his glove, and replies that he is ready to make good the appeal, body 
for body. Thereupon the Appellee, taking the Bible in his right hand, and 
in his left the rig-ht hand of his antagonist, swears to this effect: — " Hear 
this, O man, whom I hold by the hand, who callest thyself ["John], by the 
name of baptism, that I, who call myself [Thomas] by the name of baptism, did 
not feloniously murder thy father, [William] by name, nor am any way guilty 
of the said felony. So help me God, and the Saints; and this I will defend 
against thee by my body, as this Court shall award." The Appellant replies, 
holding the Bible and his antagonist's hand, in the like manner, adding the 
following — " That thou art perjured, because that thou feloniously didst 
" murder my father, [William] by name. So help me God, and the Saints; 
" and this 1 will prove against thee by my body, as this Court shall award." 
After which, an oath against sorcery and enchantment, is taken by both the 
combatants, in this or a similar form, " Hear this, ye Justices, that I have this 
day neither eat, drank, nor have upon me, neither bone, stone, nor grass; nor 

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any enchantment, sorcery, or witchcraft, whereby the law of God maybe abased, 
or the law of the devil exalted. So help me God, and his Saints." 

The battle is then begun, and the combatants bound to fight till the stars 
appear in the evening. 

If the Appellee be so far vanquished that he cannot or will not fight any 
longer, he shall be adjudged to be hanged immediately : and then, as well as if 
he be killed in battle, Providence is deemed to have determined in favour of 
the truth, and his blood shall be attainted. But if he kills the Appellant, or 
can maintain the fight from sun-rising till the stars appear in the evening, he 
shall be acquitted. So also, if the Appellant becomes recreant, and pronounces 
the word craven, he shall lose his liberam legem, and become infamous ; and the 
Appellee shall recover his damages, and shall be for ever quit, not only of the 
appeal, but of all indictments likewise of the same offence. There are cases 
where the Appellant may counterplead, and oust the Appellee from his trial by 
battle ; these are vehement presumption or sufficient proof that the appeal is 
true; or where the Appellant is under fourteen, or above sixty years of age, or 
is a woman, or a priest, or a peer, or, lastly, a citizen of London, because the 
peaceful habits of the citizens of London were supposed to unfit them for 
battle. 

The folly which on the face of this proceeding must be obvious to every 
reader, viz : — that " right should follow might," are absurdities which must 
tend to make it unpalatable to an enlightened age. 

Mr. Reader having handed Thornton a pair of large gauntlets, or gloves, one 
of which he put on, and the other, in pursuance of the old form, he threw down 
for the Appellant to take up : but not being taken up, Mr. Reader moved that 
it should be kept in the custody of the officer of the Court. 

Clerk of the Crown Office. — Prisoner, your plea is, that you are not guilty, and 
that you are ready to defend the said plea with your body ? 
Prisoner — It is. 

Lord Ellenborough — Is the Appellant in Court. 
Mr. Clarice — He is, my Lord, 

The Usher then called — " William Ashford, come into Court." (The Ap- 
pellant stood up in front of Mr. Clarke.) 

Lord Ellenborough — What have you got to say, Mr. Clarke ? 
Mr. Clarke — My Lord, I did not expect at this time of day, that this sort of 
demand would have been made. I must confess I am surprised that the charge 
against the prisoner should be put to issue in this way. The Trial by Battle is 
an obsolete practice, which has long since been out of use; and it would appear 
to me extraordinary indeed, if the person who has murdered the sister should, 
as the law exists in these enlightened times, be allowed to prove his innocence 
by murdering the brother also, or at least, by an attempt to do so. 

Lord Ellenborough — It is the law of England, Mr. Clarke, we mnst not call 
it murder. 

Mr. Clarke — I may have used too strong an expression, in saying murdering 
the brother; but at all events, it is no less than killing. The Court, will no 
doubt look to the person of the Appellant, and seeing that he is weak of body, 
and by no means capable of combating in battle with the Appellee, they will, 
perhaps, not put it to the issue. 

A discussion arising as to the authority for refusing the right of the Appel- 
lee to the Trial by Wager of Battle, the further hearing of the case was put off 
till the 22nd of of November, in order to enable the Appellant to put in a 
counter-plea. 

On the 22nd of November it was again brought on in the Court of King's 
Bench, before the Lord Chief Justice, to enable the Counsel for the Appellant 
to put in a counter-plea, to the Appellee's demand of Trial by Battle, which was 
accordingly done ; it recited the circumstances of the violation and murder of 
the deceased ; and concluded by stating, that the marks on the prisoner's linen, 
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him of the privilege of Trial by Battle, and the Appellant prayed the judgment 
of the Court against him. 

To this counter-plea the Appellee's Counsel acknowledged themselves then 
unprepared to reply ; but it was finally agreed, by consent of all parties, that 
the further proceedings, on account of the lateness of the Term, be postponed 
till the second- day of the following Term. The prisoner was then conveyed to 
the King's Bench prison, instead of the Marshalsea, as on the former days. 

January 23, Term commenced; and on the 24th, the case was again brought 
before the Judges. The day was principally occupied by a consideration of 
the Appellee's reply to the Appellant's counter-plea; the Appellant replied as ' 
well as he could, to the charges furnished in evidence on the trial, and recapi- 
tulated in the Appellant's counter-plea; and concluded by quoting the former 
trial and acquittal as a proof of his innocence, and demanding his right to Trial 
by Battle. 

To enable the Appellant's Counsel to reply, the proceedings were put off till 
the following Thursday, January 29, on which day the Appellant's answer was 
put in; this answer was a general demurrer, upon the point of law to be deter- 
mined by the Judges, denying that the Appellee's replication was sufficient in 
point of law to compel him to answer, and praying that the Appellee might not 
be permitted to wage battle in the appeal. Upon this the prisoner put in a 
written paper, insisting that his replication was good in matter of law, and re- 
peating his prayer to be allowed to wager battle with Appellant. 

The case was again adjourned to the 6th of February, on which day Mr. 
Chitty, for the Appellant, contended in a learned, ingenious, and admirable 
speech, which occupied more than four hours in the delivery, that the replica- 
tion to the counter-plea was insufficient, and that the Defendant ought not to 
be admitted to wage battle, but submit to the constitutional trial of the charge 
by a Jury of his countrymen. 

On the following day, Mr. Tyndal, as Counsel for the Appellee, was heard 
in reply in an elaborate and masterly speech, in which he combatted the argu- 
ments of Mr. Chitty, and finally submitted that, barbarous as was the practice 
of Wager of Battle, the Defendant was fully entitled to the privilege, or that 
the appeal should be altogether discontinued, and the Defendant set at liberty. 
The lateness of the hour at which Mr. Tyndal concluded, not allowing suffi- 
cient time for Mr. Chitty to reply, the case was again adjourned to the following 
Term, and on the 16th of April, was re-commenced, when Mr. Chitty again 
contended that the proofs against the Defendant were sufficiently violent to 
deprive him of his Wager of Battle, and ultimately left the casein the hands of 
the Court to decide upon the point of law. 

The learned Judges, Lord Chief Justice Ellenborough, Mr. Justice Bayley, 
Mr. Justice Abbott, and Mr. Justice Holroyd, accordingly entered ir>to a con- 
sultation, which lasted about a quarter of an hour, and then delivered their 
opinions seriatim; the substance of which was, that sitting there, in their judi- 
cial capacities, to administer the law, as they found it, and not as they wished 
it to be, they considered that nothing had been brought forward by the learned 
Counsel for the Appellant, which they could consider calculated to oust the 
Defendant from his right to claim Trial by Wager of Battle, and Lord Ellen- 
borough accordingly proceeded to pronounce the decision of the Court — " That 
there be Trial by Battle, unless the Appellant shew reason why the Defendant should 
not depart without day" 

Mr. Gurney then, on the Part of the Appellant, craved time to consider the 
propriety of applying for the judgment of the Court upon this point, and at his 
request, time was given till the Wowing Monday, April 20, 1818; on which 
day he informed their Lordships that as the Court had decreed the Appellee's 
right to Wager of Battle, he had nothing further to pray. 

Mr. Reader, for the Defendant, then said, my Lord, I submit the Appellant 
must be called; and that he must accept the Wager of Battle, or consent that 
the Defendant be permitted to go free without day. 



531 



532 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

THORNTON, ABRAHAM, (continued.) 

"Lord, Ellenborough — Very well, let him be called. 

Mr. Gurney said, the Appellant did appear in Court, though he did not pray 
any thing, but left his case with their Lordships, who he (Mr. Gurney) under- 
stood had to consider whether any and what effect would attach to him for not 
praying judgment in consequence of any future proceeding on the part of the 
Defendant. 

Mr. Richardson — My Lord, it cannot be considered that we abandon the 
appeal; the Appellant is in Court, though he does not pray any thing. 

Mr. Reader — Mr. Gurney, do you consent, on the part of the Appellant, 
that the Defendant be discharged, and allowed to go free without day ? 

Mr. Gurney — I do, on the part of the Appellant, give such consent. 

Mr. Reader — Then I have only to pray the Court that he be so discharged. 

Mr. Justice Bayley — I conceive the course now to be pursued is this. The 
Appellant, piays nothing. The Defendant, therefore, as far as the Appellant 
is concerned, goes free; but he must now be arraigned at the suit of the Crown ; 
so that you will plead the trial and acquittal which has already taken place, but 
of which, upon the present proceedings, the Crown must be supposed ignorant, 
although it is a fact well known to the parties. 

Lord Ellenborough — This is a proceeding between individuals of which the 
Court knows nothing. He must be arraigned at the suit of the Crown, to which 
he may plead the record of his former acquittal. The Attorney-General will, 
perhaps, give his assent to this plea. 

The prisoner was then arraigned — " Prisoner at the bar, Abraham Thornton, 
hold up your hand. You the prisoner at the bar, stand appealed by the name 
and description of Abraham Thornton, late of Castle Bromwich, in the. county 
of Warwick, labourer, for that you, not having the fear of God before your eyes, 
but being moved and instigated by the devil, did on the 27th of May, in the 
57th year of the reign of his Majesty, in the parish of Sutton-Cofield, in the 
county of Warwick, in and upon the body of Mary Ashford, make an assault, 
and her, the said Mary Ashford, throw into a certain pit of water, wherein she 
was suffocated and drowned," — how say you, are you guilty of the felony and 
murder charged on you by the said appeal, or not guilty? — Appellee — not guilty. 

Mr. Reader put in a copy of the record of the trial and acquittal of his client 
on this charge, before Mr. Justice Holroyd, at Warwick, on the 8th of August ; 
and upon that record the learned Counsel prayed their Lordships' judgment, 
that the Defendant might be discharged. 

Lord Ellenborough — Then the judgment of the Court is — That the Defendant 
be discharged from this Appeal, and that he be allowed, to go forth without bail. 

Thus did the rigid application of the letter of the law, a second time snatch 
this wretch from the punishment, which, even on his own admission of guilt, 
he had so fully incurred; but nothing could remove from the public mind, the 
conviction of his atrocity, so deeply impressed by the very first narration of 
the dreadful tale, and which even his own conduct, and gloomy broodings, after 
he was set at liberty, served to strengthen and confirm. A wretched outcast, 
shunned and dreaded by all who knew him, and even his very name become an 
object of dread and terror in the neighbourhood of his family, he, a few months 
after his liberation, attempted to proceed to America, but the sailors of the 
vessel in which he was about to take his passage, refused to proceed to sea with 
such a character on board; disguising himself, he succeeded in a subsequent 
attempt in procuring a passage, and thus relieved this country from as great a 
load of moral crime as ever disgraced and oppressed it in the form of a human 
being. 

Epitaph on a tombstone in the church-yard of Sutton- Cofield, over the remains of 

the unfortunate Mary Ashford. By the Rev. Luke Booker. 

Inscription, 

As a warning to female virtue, and a humble monument to female chastity 

This stone marks the grave of 

MARY ASHFORD 



THE NEW TABLET OP MEMORY. 533 

THORNTON, ABRAHAM, &c. (concluded.) 

Who in the 20th year of her age, 

Having incautiously repairer! to a 

Scene of amusement, without proper protection, 

Was brutally violated and murdered 

On the 27 of May, 1817. 

Lovely and chaste, as is the primrose pale 
Killed of virgin sweetness by the gale, 
Mary ! — the wretch who thee remorseless slew, 
Avenging wrath, which sleeps not, will pursue: 
For tho' the deed of blood be veil'd in night, 
" Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?" 
Fair blighted flower, the Muse, that weeps thy doom 
Bears o'er thy murdered form — this warning tomb. 

THORPE, JOHN, Antiquarian, born 1714; died 1793 

THOU, JACQUES, historian, bom 1553; died 1617 

THURLOE, JOHN, statesman, born 1616; died 1668 

THURLOW, LORD, died September 12, (aged 74) 1806 

THURTELL, JOHN, murdered Mr. Weare, October 24 . 1822 

He was executed on the 9th of January, 1823. 

THYNNE, THOMAS, shot in Pall-Mali, February 12 ... 1682 

TICKELL, THOMAS, English poet, born 1686; died 1740 

TICKELL, RICHARD, wit and poet, committed suicide . 1793 

TIERNEY, RT. HON. GEORGE, died January 25 1830 

TILLOTSON, JOHN, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER- 
BURY, born October 3, 1630 ; died November 24... 1694 

He obtained great distinction as a pulpit orator, and was chosen to the honour- 
able office of preacher to the Society of Lincoln's Inn, from which so many 
eminent men have rose to the highest preferments in the church. On the 
deposition of Archbishop Sancroft, in 1691, for refusing to take the oaths of 
allegiance to the new Sovereign, Tillotson was reluctantly prevailed upon to 
accept the See of Canterbury. This elevation exposed him to a great deal of 
bitter acrimony from the high-church party. He died as above, after an illness 
of five days, having held the primacy but three years, during which short period 
he experienced great care and trouble. His Sermons are still very popular. 

TILLY, COUNT, warrior, killed 1632 

TINDAL, MATTHEW, English writer, born 1657; died. 1733 

TINTORET, GIACOMO, painter, bom 1512; died 1594 

TINTORET, MARIA, (daughter), painter, born 1560; died 1590 
TIPPOO SULTAUN, killed at Seringapatam, 1799 



534 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

TOBIN, JOHN, dramatist, bom 1770; died 1804 

TOFTS, MARY, the rabbit woman, imposture of on the 

Public 1729 

This singular woman pretended that she bred rabbits within her, and so far im- 
posed upon Mr. John Howard, surgeon, at Guildford, and Mr. Andre, surgeon 
to the King, as to prevail on them to espouse her cause. She even drew the 
attention of His Majesty himself, who sent down Sir Richard Manningham, 
one of his physicians, to enquire into it, when he soon discovered it to be an 
imposture. 

TOLAND, JOHN, English writer, born 1670; died 1722 

TOOKE, ANDREW, English divine and writer, born 1673; 

died 1731 

TOOKE, JOHN HORNE, born 1736; died March 18 ... 1812 

TOOKE, WILLIAM, historian, born 1744; died 1820 

TOPHAM, EDWARD, eccentric character, died 1820 

TOURLOIRE, CARDINAL, murdered . 1786 

Cardinal Tourloire, High Inquisitor of Rome, was dragged from his carriage by a 
mob, and hanged on a gibbet fifty feet high. 

TOURNEFORT, JOSEPH PITTON DE, botanist, bora 

1656; died 1708 

TOWNLEY, JOHN, the translator of ' Hudibras' into 

French, born 1697; died 1782 

TOWNLEY, JAMES, divine and dramatist, born 1715; 

died 1778 

TOWNSEND, JOSEPH, divine and writer, died 1816 

TOWNSEND, JOHN, the celebrated officer, died after a 

few hours illness, July 9 1832 

TOWNSEND, LORD JOHN, died February 25, (aged 76) 1832 

TRAPP, JOSEPH, poet, born 1679; died 1747 

TREMOUILLE, CHARLOTTE DE LA, COUNTESS 

OF DERBY, died in 1663 

She was the wife of James Stanley, Eai I of Derby, in whose absence upon a 
command in the royal army, she defended Latham House, the ancient seat of 
the Stanleys, with distinguished gallantry against the Parliament's army under 
Fairfax, sustaining a siege of more than three months, and ultimately defeat- 
ing them. To Fairfax's summons for capitulation, the Countess answered, — 
" She had not forgotten what she owed to the Church of England, to her 
Prince, and to her Lord; and that till she had lost her honour or her life, she 
would defend that place." 

TRENCK, BARON DE, executed 1796 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 535 

TREVOR, SIR JOHN, who was employed by KING 

WM. to bribe Members of Parliament, flourished ... 1690 

TRIGAULT, NICOLAS, Jesuit and traveller, died......... 1623 

TRIMMER, MRS. born 1740; died February 1810 

TRISSINO, GIOVANNI GIORGIO, poet, born 1478; 

died 1550 

TROxMP, VAN, the celebrated Dutch Admiral, born 1597; 

killed July 29 1653 

TROTTER, ALEXANDER, burnt his books . 1805 

Alexander Trolter was secretary to Lord Melville, who was tried in 1806. (See 
" Melville, Lord," page 485.) 

TRUCHET, JEAN, a Carmelite, and great mechanic, born 

1657; died 1729 

TRURO, L. born 1615; died 1780 

This individual, Mr. T. Edwards, and Mr. T. Newman, lived from 1390 to 1780, 
being 390 years, or 130 each, exclusive of the time they lived together, which 
is not taken into account. 

TRUSLER, DR. JOHN, compiler, born 1735; died 1820 

TSCHIRNAUS, ERNFROY WALTER DE, mathema- 
tician, traveller, and Author of many useful establish- 
ments in Germany, born 1651; died 1708 

TUBERO, LEWIS, historian, flourished 1520 

TUBERVILLE, GEORGE, born about 1530; died 1600 

TUCKER, JOSEPH, English writer, died 1797 

TULL, JETHRO, celebrated writer on husbandry, died ... 1741 

TURGOT, MICHEL ETIENNE, a friend of humanity, 

born 1699; died 1751 

TURENNE, MARSHAL, born 1611; killed 1675 

TURNER, DR. WM. the first English botanist, died about 1568. 

TURNER, MR. THOMAS, died May 19, 182X 

" Mr. Turner was a reader in the office of William Bulmer, Esq. of Cleveland- 
row, St. James's, which situation he filled for thirty-four years with credit to 
himself, and to the satisfaction of his employer. He was intimately acquainted 
with the Oriental languages, which were acquired by intense assiduity and 
study, and many Authors have acknowledged the assistance they have derived 
from his great learning; and though last, not least, the late Mr. Gifford, the 
Editor of The Quarterly Review, has acknowledged himself indebted to Mr. 
Turner." 



536 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

TURNER, EDWARD, the Pugilist, trial of 1815 

Tried for murder, but found guilty of manslaughter; from the favourable testi- 
timony given as to his general character, he was earnestly recommended to 
mercy by the Jury. Sentenced to — two months imprisonment in Newgate. 

TYLER, WAT, the rebel, killed 1381 

TYNDALS, WM. Reformer, born 1500; put to death 1536 

TYRWHITT, THOMAS, English writer, born 1730; died 1786 

TYRWHITT, SIR THOMAS, Usher of the Black Rod to 

the House of Commons, died at Paris, February 26 . 1833 

TYSON, EDWARD, physician, died 1708 

TYTLER, WM. historical writer, born 1711 ; died 1792 

ULLOA, ANTONIO, Spanish traveller and writer, who 

flourished in 1 747 

ULLUG BEG, a Persian Prince and astronomer, killed by 

his son 1449 

URSATUS, SERTORIUS, Italian writer, born 1617; died 1678 

USHER, JAMES, born 1720; died 1772 

USHER, JAMES, ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH, 

learned writer, born 1580 ; died 1656 

VADE, JEAN JOSEPH, French poet, born 1720; died . 1757 

VALETTE-PARISOT, JEAN DE LA, grand master of 

Malta, born 1557 

VALLA, LORENZO, Italian poet, born 1415; died 1465 

VALOIS, ADRIEN DE, French writer, born 1612; died . 1692 

VALOIS, HENRI DE, French writer, born 1694 

VALLIANT, JEAN FOI, French writer and antiquarian, 

born 1632; died 1706 

VALLIERE, LOUISE DE LA BAUME LE BLANC, 
DUCHESSE DE LA, mistress of Louis XIV. born 
1644; died 1710 

VALLISNIERI, ANTONIO, natural historian, born 1661 ; 

died 1730 

VANBURGH, SIR JOHN, architect and writer, died ... 1726 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 537 

VANDEN VELDE, ISAIAH, painter, flourished 1630 

VANDEN VELDE, WILLEM, marine painter, died 1693 

VANDERMEER, JAN, painter, born 1628; died 1690 

VANDERMEEREN, JAN, ditto, born 1627; died 1690 

VANDERMEULEN, ANTONI FRANTS^ painter, died . 1690 

VANDERNEER, EGLON, painter, died..." 1697 

VANDYK, SIR ANTHONY, ditto, died 1641 

VAN FIUYSUM, JAN, painter, born 1682; died 1749 

VANINI, LUCILIA, a freethinker, born 1585; burnt 1619 

VANLOO, JEAN BAPTISTE, painter, born 1684; died 1745 

VANLOO, CHARLES ANDRE, ditto, born 1705 ; died . 1765 

VANNIO FRANCESCO, ditto, born 1563 ; died 1609 

VAN OBSTAL, GERARD, sculptor, born 1595; died ... 1668 

VAN OSTADE, A DRLAN, painter and engraver, born 

1610; died 1685 

VAN OSTADE, ISAAC, ditto, his brother, flourished in 
the 17th century. 

VAN SWIETEN, GERARD, physician, born 1700; 

died 1772 

VARENIUS, BERNARD, geographer, flourished in the 

17th century. 
VARGAS, FRANCISCO, Spanish writer, died 1560 

VARILLAS, ANTONIO, French historian, born 1624; 

died 1696 

VASARI, GIORGIO, painter, born 1514; died 1578 

VASCONCELLOS, MIGUEL, statesman, killed 1640 

VAUBAN, SEBASTIAN LE PRESTRE, celebrated en- 
gineer, born 1633 ; died 1707 

VAUC ANSON, French mechanist, born 1709; died 1782 

VAUGELAUS, CLAUDE, French writer, born 1584; died 1650 
VAUGHAN, , (Judge), died .'. 1839 

The late Mr. Justice Vaughah, was brother to Sir Henry Halford, and known in 
his younger days as Dr. Vaughan; married December 20, 1803, the Honour- 
able Augusta St. John, second daughter of Henry, 12th Lord St. John, of 
No. 69- ^ B 



538 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

VAUGHAN, , (continued.) 

Bletsoe, by whom he had issue 5 and after whose death, he re-married, August 
4, 1823, the Dowager Lady St. John. The late Judge was made one of the 
Barons of the Exchequer, and subsequently one of the Judges of the Court of 
Common Pleas. 

VEGA, GARCILASSO DE LA, Spanish poet and histo- 
rian, born 1500 ; died 1536 

VEGA CARPIO, LOPE FELIX DE, Spanish writer, 

born 1562; died 1635 

He wrote three hundred Plays. 

VELASQUEZ, DON DIEGO DE SYLVA, painter, born 

1594; died 1660 

VENABLES, ALDERMAN, died 1840 

VENDOME, DUC DE, warrior, born 1654 ; died 1712 

VENETIANO, DOMENICO, painter, introduced the use 

of oil colours into Venice^ born 1720; died 1746 

VENETTE, NICOLAS, French physician and writer, born 

1633; died 1698 

VENIERO, DOMENICO, Italian poet, died 1501 

VERGENNES, CHARLES GRAVIER, COMTE DE, 

statesman, born 1719 ; died 1787 

VERGERIO, PIETRO PAULO, Italian bishop and writer, 

died 1565 

VERMANDER, CARL, poet and painter, born 1548; died 1607 

VERNET, , celebrated landscape painter, born 1699 ; 

died 1790 

VERNEY, GUICHARD JOSEPH DU, anatomist, born 

1647; died .-. 1730 

VERNON, ADMIRAL, born 1684; died 1757 

VERONESE, PAULO CAGLIARI, painter, bom 1532; 

died 15S3 

VEROCHIO, ANDREA, painter, born 1432; died 1488 

VIC, DOMINIQUE DE, governor of Amiens, died 1610 

VICTORIA QUEEN, born May 24 1819 

Born May 24, 1819; ascended the throne June 20, 1837; took possession of the 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. .539 

VICTORIA, QUEEN, (continued.) 

New Palace in St. James's Park, July 13, 1837 ; closed the last Parliament of 
William IV. July 17, 1837; took possession of Windsor Castle, August 22, 
1837 ; invited (with her Royal Mother), to the Civic Eanquet at Guildhall, Nov. 
9, 1837 ; crowned June 28, IS38, which was attended by Extraordinary and dis- 
tinguished Ambassadors not only from the European, but Asiatic and Ame- 
rican powers; the ceremony was attended by the greatest crowds ever known 
in London, and Hyde Park was erected into a fair for the extra entertainment 
of the vast concourse. 

Expenses of Queen Victoria's Coronation, viz: — £. s - ^« 

Lord Chamberlain's Department 1 4,024 12 

Master of the Horse 2,800 

Mistress of the Robes .• 3,163 12 6 

Earl Marshal's Department 1,685 9 

Heralds' Fees 507 

Master of the Mint for Gold and Silver Medals 5,000 

Commissioners of Woods, &c. for fitting up Westmin-'J 

.ter Abbey &c. ......... 30,213 2 6 f - 31 tfj 19 

Expenses of Illuminating Public Bull- * 

dings S04 16 6) 

Opening Theatres, and other Amusements 3,110 6 

Fireworks 1,492 8 3 



£. 62.801 6 9 



Arrival of Prince Albert of Saxe Gotha in England, February 8, 1840 ; married 
Prince Albeit, February 10, 1840; attempted assassination of, and her royal 
Consort, by Edward Oxford ; (for a further account of, see page 490,) June 10, 
1840; the Queen gave birth to a Princess, November, 1840, who was chris- 
tened February 10, 1841. 

VIGNOLES, ALPHONSE DE, French writer, died 1744 

VILLARS, MARSHAL, French General, born 1653 ; died 1734 
VILLIERS, HON. GEORGE, defalcation of 1809 

He embezzled nearly £300,000. of public money as paymaster of marines ; was 
never punished, but dismissed from his office. 

VILLIERS, GEORGE, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM ■ 
see account of at page 422, ante. 

VINCENT, ST. EARL OF ; see Rodney. 

VINCENT, ST. FERRIER, bom 1357; died ..' 1419 

VINCENT, ST. DE PAULA, bom 1576; died 1660 

VINCENT, WM. D. D. Head Master of Westminster 

School, born 1739; died December 21 1811 

VINCI, LEONARDO DA, painter, poet, musician, archi- 
tect, and general scholar, died 1520 

VIRGIL, POLYDORO, historian, bom 1473; died 1553 



540 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

VISDELOU, CLAUDE DE, missionary, born 1656; died 1737 

VOITURE, VINCENT, French writer, born 1598; died . 1648 

VOLNEY, COUNT DE, born 1757; died 1820 

VOLTAIRE, MARIE FRANCOIS A. DE, French 

writer, born 1694; died 1778 

VONDEL, JUST, Dutch poet, born 1587; died 1679 

VOSSIUS, GERARD JAN, German writer, born 1577 ; 

died 1649 

VOS, MARTIN, painter, born 1520; died 1604 

VOSTERMAN, LUCAS, engraver, nourished 1626 

VOUET, SIMON, painter, born 1582; died 1641 

VOYER DE PAULMY, MARC PIERRE, COMTE 

D'ARGENSON, Lieut-Gen, of Police, ;. 1664 

WADE, MARSHAL, born 1673; died 1748 

WAGER, SIR CHARLES, ADMIRAL, born 1666; died 1743 

WAGSTAFFE, THOMAS, English writer, died 1712 

WAITHMAN, R. ESQ. died February 6 1833 

Mr. Waithman died at his house, Woburn-place, aged 70. He was interred at 
St. Bride's church. The funeral was a most splendid one; upwards of 60 
Members of the Court of Common Council following' in the procession, which 
was closed by twenty-seven private carriages. 

WAKEFIELD, GILBERT, critic, born 1756; died 1801 

WAKEFIELDS, (The) committal of, 1827 

E. G. Wakefield, and William Wakefield, his brother, weie tried for the abduc- 
tion of Miss Turner. E. G. Wakefield was sentenced to three years imprison- 
ment in Newgate ; and the like term of imprisonment was awarded to W. Wake- 
field, in Lancaster castle. After the trial of the Wakefields, Miss Turner was 
married to T. F. Legh, Esq. M. P. of Lyme Hall, Cheshire; and died in Berke- 
ley-square, January 17, 1831. 

WAKELEY, WILLIAM, born 1590; died 1714 

WAKLEY, Mr. opposition of, to Mr. Baker, at the Election 

of Coroner for Middlesex 1830 

The following is the State of the Poll on the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, (and last) 
Day of that Severe contest: — viz,: 

Sixth Day. For Mr. Baker, 251 2 

Wakley, . . 2232 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORV, 541 

WAKLEY, MR. (continued.) 

Seventh Day. For Mr. Baiter, 2763 

Wakley 2529 

Eighth Day. For Mr. Baker 2978 

Wakley 2732 

Ninth Day. For Mr. Baker 3249 

Wakley 2990 

Tenth Day. For Mr. Baker, (at 12 o'clock), 3404 

Wakley, 3145 

The number of Votes at the close of the Poll on the 10th, (and last) Day, of the 
Election, stood thus : — 

For Mr. Baker 3<i70 

Wakley, .-. 3534 

making <he total number of persons who polled in that arduous and expensive 
contest — 7,204. 



On the death of Mr. Stirling, the late Coroner, Mr. Wakley again stood forward 
for the purpose of contesting the office of Coroner of Middlesex, in opposition 
to Mr. Adey, which commenced February 14, 1839, (Nomination Day). On 
the following day, the polling commenced at eight o'clock, and proceeded stea- 
dily until three in the afternoon, when an effort was made in favour of the 
opposing Candidate by his friends. The poll closed at Four, when the numbers 
were announced as follows : — 

First Day. For Mr. Wakley 1413 

Adey, 310 

Second Day. For Mr. Wakley 1392 

Adey,' 308 

Third Day. For Mr. Wakley, 10 

Adey 3 

Fourth Day. For Mr. Wakley, 2 

Adey 2 

Fifth Day. For Mr. Wakley 2 

Adey, ' 2 

Sixth Day, For Mr. Wakley, 1 

Adey 1 

WALE, SAMUEL, painter, died 1785 

WALKER, JAMES, tried January 1, 1831 

James Walker was found guilty at the Kingston Assizes of setting fire to the 
flour mill of Mr. John Bestell, at East Moulsey, and received sentence of death. 

WALL, GOVERNOR, tried, and executed for murder, Jan. 1812 

Joseph Wall, Esq. formerly Governor of the island of Goree, was executed at the 
Old Bailey, for having murdered a Serjeant of marines, named Armstrong, 
twenty years before, by excessive flogging. But the most remarkable circum- 
stance attached to this case is, that upon the trial, a part of the rope with which, 
the punishment was inflicted should be produced on the trial. 

WALLACE, SIR WILLIAM, eminent Scotch general, 

born 1276; killed 1305 

WALLER, EDMUND, poet, died 1687 

The books and paintings originally belonging to the poet Waller, were sold on 



542 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WALLER, EDMUND, (continued.) 

the 17th and 18th of August, 18S2, by Mr. Squibb and Mr. Everett, at Hall 
Barn, near Beaconsfield. 

WALLER, SIR WM. general, bom 1597; died 1668 

WALLIS, JOHN, mathematician, born 1616; died 1703 

WALPOLE, SIR ROBERT, EARL OF ORFORD,bom 

1676; died 1745 

It has been justly remarked that the history of Sir Robert Walpole is the history 
of England for half a century, and must be read there ; his private life was 
amiable and benevolent; and his good temper was admired even by his political 
enemies. Pope, who was no friend to Walpole, says 

Seen him I have, but in his happier hour 
Of social pleasure, ill exchanged with pow'r. 
Seen him, uncumber'd with the venal tribe, 
Smile without art, and win without a bribe. 

Committed to the Tower, 1712; took his seat in the House of Peers, February 
11, 1741-2. 

WALPOLE, HORATIO LORD, born 1718; died 1757 

Younger brother of the Minister, during the whole of whose long administration 
he was not only assiduous in fulfilling the duties of his own official appoint- 
ments, but had a share in directing every negotiation, and superintended the 
whole system of foreign police. He was always consulted by his brother, and 
often by the King, on the current of affairs; and took an active share in those 
debates which related to foreign transactions. 

WALSH, WILLIAM, poet, born 1659; died 1708 

WALSINGHAM, THOMAS, historian, flourished 1454 

WALSINGHAM, FRANCIS, statesman, died 1590 

WALSINGHAM, LORD, died April 27 1831 

At the above period, about two o'clock in the morning, the house of Lord 
Walsingham was discovered to be on fire. His Lordship was unfortunately 
burnt to death in his bed-chamber; and Lady Walsingham, in her fright, pre- 
cipitated herself out of the window of her room, in the two pair; but although 
every attention was paid her, she expired in consequence of the injuries she had 
received. 

WALSTEIN, ALBERT, a great warrior, born 1584; died 1634 
WALTERS, JOHN NICHOLLS, trial of, January 6 1832 

Walters was tried at the Middlesex Sessions for attempting to persuade and ex- 
cite one Richard James Pye Steele to set fire to a certain building in Totten- 
ham-couit-road, with intent to defraud Charles Pole, Esq. the Treasurer of the 
Sun Fire Office. The prisoner was, after a trial of five hours, found guilty, and 
sentenced to eighteen calendar months confinement in the House of Cor- 
rection. 

WALTHER, , mathematician, flourished in the 16th 

century. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 543 

WALTON, ISAAC, born 1593; died 1683 

WALTON, BRIAN, BISHOP OF CHESTER, born in 

1600; died 1661 

WALWORTH, SIR WILLIAM, Lord Mavor of London, 

flourished ' ." 1381 

WANLEY, HUMPHREY, F.R.S. died July 6 1726 

He was an eminent antiquary, and librarian to Robert and Edward, Earls of 
Oxford. Several of his letters are in the British Museum, as also a portrait of 
him; there is another in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. 

WARBECK, PERKIN, executed 1499 

WARBURTON, WM. Bishop of Gloucester, died 1779 

WARD, JOHN, of Hackney, expelled the House of 

Commons for Forgery, May 16 1726 

WARD, SETH, born 1616; died in 1689 

WARDLE, MR. Member for Okehampton, charges pre- 
ferred by against the Duke of York, January 28 1809 

This examination took place before a Committee of the whole House of Commons, 
February 1, 1809, and successive days. In 1804, the late Duke of York, pro- 
vided Mrs. Clark with a very expensive establishment in Gloucester place, 
with house, carriages, &c. She had also another at Weybridge. From this 
time she regularly got into the way of procuring Commissions, and situations 
for bribe, within the influence of the Commander-in-Chief. 

On the 28th of January, 1809, Colonel Wardle rose to bring his charges 
against the Commander-in-Chief. The sale of Commissions was for the sole 
purpose of defraying the charges of the half-pay list, for the support of veteran 
officers, and increasing the Compassionate Fund, for the aid of the widows of 
officers, or orphans, and therefore, any Commissions that fell by deaths or pro- 
motions, the Commander-in-Chief had no right to sell for his own private 
emolument, nor any difference arising from change. The motion was seconded 
by Sir Francis Burdett. 
Original charge of Commissions. £. s. d. Mrs. Clarke's charge, £■ 

A majority 2,900 I A Majority 900 

A Captaincy 1,700 | A Captaincy ■...„.. 700 

A Lieutenancy 550 I A Lieutenancy .... 400 

An Ensigncy 400 | An Eusigncy 200 

Brought an action against Mrs. Clarke and the Wrights, for a conspiracy, which 
he lost, December 11, 1810. He died at Florence, November 30, 1834, in the 
72nd year of his age. 

WARE, SIR JAMES, historian, born 1666 

WARREN, SIR J. B. Admiral died 1822 

WARREN, SIR PETER, English Admiral died 1752 

WARHAM, WILLIAM, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER- 
BURY, died 1532 

The antagonist and rival of Wolsey, and the friend and patron of Erasmus. 



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WARHAM, WILLIAM, (continued.) 

Though in his habits singularly abstemious, he was in his public character so 
liberal and disinterested, that he found on his death-bed that he possessed but 
thirty pounds in the world — " Enough, however," he said, " for the journey 
I am going." 

WARNER, JAMES, execution of, January 10 1831 

James Warner was convicted at the Kingston Assizes on a charge of arson, and 
executed at Horsemonger-lane. 

WARTON, JOSEPH, poet, died 1803 

WARTON, THOMAS, poet and critic, bom 1728; died . 1790 

WARWICK, EARL OF, the king maker, died 1441 

WARRINGTON CAPTAIN, Court Martial on, Jan. 17 . 1832 

Captain Warring-ton was charged with not having done his duty in endeavouring 
to suppress the riots at Bristol. 

WASHINGTON, GENERAL, died March 19 1799 

The following is an account of the last moments of this great man, extracted from 
his Life, latelv published by Mr. Colburn: — 

" About half-past four o'clock he desired Mr. Lear to call Mrs. Washington, 
which he having done, the General requested her to take from his desk two 
wills; having- looked at them, he gave her one, and desired her to burn the 
other. This done, Dr. Craik came into the room, and upon g-oing to the bed- 
side, the General said to him, Doctor, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I 
believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive. My breath cannot last 
long.' The D ictor pressed his hand, but could not utter a word. He retired 
from the bed-side, and sat by the fire absorbed in grief. Between five and six 
o'clock, Dr. Dick and Dr Brown came into the room, and with Dr. Craik went 
to the bed, when Dr. Craik asked him if he could sit up in bed. He held out 
his hand, and I raised him up. He then said to the physicians, ' I feel myself 
going ; I thank you for your attentions ; but I pray you to take no more trouble 
about me. Let me go off quietly. I cannot last long.' They found that all 
which had been done was without effect. He lay down again, and all retired 
except Dr. Craik. He continued in the same situation, uneasy and restless, 
but without complaining ; frequently asking what hour it was. When I helped 
him to move at this time, he did net speak, but looked at me with strong expres- 
sions of gratitude. 

" About ten o' clock he made several attempts to speak to me before he could 
effect it. At length he said, ' I am just going. Have me decently buried; 
and do not let my body be put into the vault in less than three days after I am 
dead.' I bowed assent, for I could not speak. He then looked at me again 
and said, — ' Do you understand me?' I replied, ' Yes.' ' 'Tis well,' said he. 
About ten minutes before he expired, (which was between ten and eleven 
o'clock) his breathing became easier. He lay quietly; he withdrew his hand 
from mine, and felt his own pulse. I saw his countenance change. I spoke to 
Dr. Craik. The General's hand fell from his wrist. I took it in mine, and 
pressed it to my bosom. Dr. Craik put his hands over his eyes, and he expired 
without a struggle or a sigh. 

WATT, JAMES, born 1736; died 1819 

A public meeting took place in London, on the 18th of June, 1824, at which the 
the late Lord Liverpool, then Prime Minister presided, to determine on the 
erection of a statue to the memory of this eminent artist, which was one of the 



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WATT, JAMES, (continued.) 

most interesting ever held in the Metropolis. A Resolution was proposed by 
Mr. Brougham, and seconded by Mr. Peel, — " That a monument should be 
erected in Westminster Abbey to the memory of the late Mr. Watt. 

WATTEAU, ANTONI, engraver and painter, born 1684; 

died 1721 

WATERLO, ANTHONI, engraver and painter, flourished . 1600 
WATTS, DR. ISAAC, born July 17, 1674; died 1748 

The first edition of his Hymns printed in 17*07-; Psalms, 1719; published the 
first volume of his Sermons, 1721 ; second volume of ditto, 1723; and the third 
ditto, 1734. 

WATSON, JAMES, trial of, for assaulting a Patrol with 
a sword, on the night preceding the Spa-fields riot, upon 

which charge he was acquitted, January 21 1817 

WATSON, CHARLES, Admiral, died 1757 

WA YNFLETE, WM. Prelate, &c. died 1486 

WEBER, , the celebrated musical composer, died 

June 5, 1826 

WEBSTER, DR. ALEXANDER, born 1707; died 1784 

This individual was the Author of the calculations for the Establishment of the 
Minister's Widows' Fund: he had also a principal hand in projecting the ex- 
tended royalty of Edinburgh. 

WEDDERBURN, ALEXANDER, EARL OF ROSS- 

LYN, lawyer, died 1805 

WEDGETT, GEORGE, executed in the Old Bailey, 

May 25 1831 

George Wedgett, who was convicted at the Old Bailey Sessions of sheep stealing, 
was executed with John Broach, aged 30, of stealing in a dwelling-house. 

WEDGWOOD, JOSIAH, the celebrated potter, born 1730 ; 

died January 3 1795 

WEIL, LEVI, WEIL, ASHER, JACOB LAZARUS, 

and SOLOMON PORTER, executed 1771 

These men formed part of a desperate Jewish gang, and were executed at 
Tyburn, for a daring burglary and cruel murder, in the house of the widow 
Hutchings, at Chelsea. 

The robbery was no sooner known, than a reward was offered from the 
Secretary of State's Office, for the apprehension of the offenders ; to which was 
added a considerable reward from the City of London. Isaacs, one of the gang, 
being greatly reduced by poverty, was tempted, by the great reward, to inform 
against his accomplices, six of whom were soon apprehened; the other made his 
escape, and was never after heard of. 

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WEIL, LEVI, &c. (continued.) 

The prisoners, in order to disguise their appearance as much as possible, 
had, previous to being apprehended, shaved themselves, and altered their dress ; 
but notwithstanding, the prosecutrix was enabled to identify them. 

They were in consequence committed to take their trial, at the Old Bailey, 
■when Levi Weil, Asher Weil, Marcus Harlagh, Jacob Lazarus, Solomon Porter, 
Lazarus Harry, and Abraham Linevill, (the individual who made his escape), 
were indicted for the felony and murder; when the Weills, Lazarus, and 
Porter were capitally convicted; and Hartagh and Lazarus Harry acquitted. 

Previous to their execution, one of the Rabbies went to them in the press- 
yard of Newgate, and gave to each of them a Hebrew book ; but declined to at- 
\ tend them to the place of execution, and also to pray with them at the time of 
visiting them. After being- suspended the usual period, their bodies were con- 
veyed to Surgeons' Hall, where the skeletons of the Weills are hung up, near 
to that of the notorious Mrs. Brovvnrigg, and over the jaws of each is cemented 
a black bushy beard. 

WELLINGTON, DUKE OF, born 1769 

Defeated the Mahrattas, September 23, 1803; the French, at Roleia, August 17, 
1808; the French at Vimeira, under Junot, August 21, 1808; the French at 
Oporto, May 11, 1809; Again at Talavera, July 27, 1809; Olivenza surren- 
dered to the allied army,. April 15, 1811 ; defeated the French at Almeida, 
May 11, 1811; stormed Ciudad Rodrigo, September 25, 1811 ; again in Janu- 
ary, 1812; defeated the French at Salamanca, with great slaughter, July 22, 
1812; stormed the fortress of Badajoz, April 6, 1812; abandoned the siege of 
Burgos, October 20, 1812; Defeated the French at Vittoria, June 21, 1813; 
Defeated the French in the Pyrenees, under Marshal Soult, with immense 
slaughter, July 28, 1813; crossed the river Bidasoa, and entered France, Oc- 
tober 7, 1813 ; Defeated the French, under Marshal Soult, at St. Jean de Luz, 
November 10, 1813; Defeated the French at Orthes, February 25, 1814; de- 
feated the French at Tarbes, under Marshal Soult, March 20, 1814; defeated 
the French at Toulouse, under Marshal Soult, April 10, 1814; entered Bour- 
deaux, March 12, 1815; defeated the French at Quatre Bras, June 16, 1815; 
defeated the French at the battle of Waterloo, under Bonaparte, June 18, 1815; 
appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army, on the death of the Duke of York, 
January 22, 1827; resigned it, April 11, ditto; re-accepted it, August 17, 
ditto; appointed First Lord of the Treasury, and formed a new Administration, 
January 25, 1828; again resigned the office of Commander-in-Chief, February 
15, 1828; fought a duel with the Earl of Winchelsea, 1829; the Duke fired 
first, and the Earl of Winchelsea discharged his pistol in the air. The quarrel 
arose from some pointed remarks of the bigoted Earl relative to the motives of 
the Duke in granting Catholic Emancipation. Again appointed First Lord of 
the Treasury on the resignation of Earl Grey. Appointed Chancellor of the 
University of Oxford, 1834. 

WESLEY, REV. JOHN, born June, 1703; died Mar. 2, 1791 

This celebrated preacher was the founder of that extensive religious sect, the 
Methodists. He was the second son of the Rev. Samuel Wesley, Rector of 
Epworth, in Lincolnshire. 

WEST, GILBERT, poet, died ; 1755 

WEST, BENJAMIN, artist, bom 1738; died March 10 ... 1820 

His g-enius exhibited itself at the early age of six, when he made a pen and ink 
sketch of his sister's infant, while it was sleeping in its cradle. Though en- 
tirely destitute of the requisite materials, yet he triumphed over every obstacle 
that fortune had placed in the way of the indulgence of his favourite pursuit. 
Having obtained some red and yellow colours from the Indians, and some 
indigo from his mother, he supplied himself with a pencil, by plucking the 



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WEST, BENJAMIN, (continued.) 

hairs from a cat's back. After struggling with innumerable difficulties, he was 
at last permitted by his friends to yield himself to the impulse of his genius. 
At the age of fifteen he painted portraits. He visited Rome when in his 22nd 
year, for the purpose of studying the works of Raphael and Michael Angelo. 
He was here patronised by Lord Grantham, whose portrait he painted, which 
was submitted to many artists and connoissieurs, and had the honour to be 
taken for one of the best coloured pieces of Mengs. He now visited Bologna, 
Mantua, Parma, Venice, and Verona, and made himself acquainted with the 
style of the best masters of the Italian School. In 1763, he came to England, 
arrived in London, June 20, and shortly after took lodgings in Bedford-street, 
Covent Garden, where he set up his easel. The first pictures he exhibited, 
were Angelica and Meclora ; Cimon and Iphigenia ; and a portrait of General 
MoncJcton. These productions were well received, and he obtained the patro- 
nage of many dignitaries of the church, and especially of Dr, Drummond, Arch- 
bishop of York. Mr. West was married in September, 1765, at the church of 
St. Martin-in-ihe-Fields to Miss Shewell, daughter of a respectable merchant at 
Philadelphia, to whom he had formed an attachment previous to his visit to 
Rome, who came over accompanied by a relation, that the ceremony might be 
performed, without impeding his studies. The Archbishop of York now intro- 
duced Mr. West to the King, who commanded him to paint the subject of the 
Departure of Regnlus ; the production of this picture gained him the personal 
confidence of His Majesty, which was rendered eminently serviceable in the 
establishment of the Royal Academy, founded in 1768. He now devoted him- 
self entirely to historical compositions, which are exceedingly numerous; his 
later productions were — Christ Rejected, and Death on the Pale Horse ; the 
latter was painted when the artist was nearly eighty years of age. Mr. West 
succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds, as President of the Royal Academy in 1792, 
and held it till his death, with the exception of the year 1806, when Mr. 
Wyatt filled that office. He died at his house, Newman-street. 

WERNER, , born 1750 

WESTWOOD, MR. the Chronometer-maker, mysterious 

murder of 1839 

WESTMINSTER, MATTHEW OF, historian, died 1380 

WESTALL, , (the painter,) died December 4 1836 

WHARTON, PHILIP DUKE OF, born about 1699; de- 
clared a traitor, April 3, 1729 ; died March 31 1731 

WHARTON, JOHN, historian and writer, died 1694 

WHEATLEY, FRANCIS, ESQ. R. A. died June 1801 

Mr. Wheatley was an artist of eminence, and gained considerable reputation by 
his picture of the Irish House of Commons, taken at the time of Mr. Grattan's 
motion for the repeal of Poijning's Act. 

WHISTON, WILLIAM, astronomer, born 1667 ; died ... 1752 

WHITBREAD, MR. died in June 1796 

WHITBREAD, SAMUEL, statesman, died July 7 1815 



548 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WHITE, HENRY, Jun. trial of, for a libel on H. R. II. 

the Duke of Cumberland, March 5 1813 

The information filed by the Attorney-General, arose from the publication of a 
letter in the Independent Whig, of which the Defendant was the Editor, and 
which imputed to His Royal Highness a guilty knowledge of the murderer of 
Sellis his valet, by various questions, the first of which was respecting the diffi- 
culty of procuring a Jury to say that Sellis was his own executioner? Secondly, 
was not the razor, with which it was supposed to have been completed, found 
at a great distance from the body? Thirdly, was not the coat of the deceased, 
and drenched with blood, found on a chair at a considerable distance from the 
body? Fourthly, whether the bason was not placed deliberately at the side of 
the bed, evidently for the purpose of catching the blood? Fifthly, whether the 
body was not nearly cold when found? Sixthly, whether Sellis was not trou- 
bled with such an asthmatic cough that it would have been impossible for him 
to conceal himself for more than half an hour without betraying himself? 
Seventhly, as to the situation of the slippers in the closet in which it was 
supposed that he concealed himself? Eighthly, was not the neckcloth cut in 
pieces in such a way, as militated strongly against the idea of his having cut 
. his throat. 

Mr. Scarlett having addressed the Court in behalf of the Defendant, Lord 
Ellenborough summed up, and the Jury almost immediately returned a verdict 
of — guilty. 

On the 24th of May the Defendant was again brought before the Court, to 
receive sentence, which was, that the Defendant should be imprisoned in His 
Majesty's jail of Newgate fifteen calendar months, pay a fine to the king of 
£200. and be imprisoned till such fine be paid. 

WHITE, HUFFEY, executed for robbing the Leeds mail, 1813 

Huffey White and Richard Kendall, in concert with another accomplice, were tried 
for the above offence, when, after a trial of upwards of fourteen hours, their 
guilt was fully established by the evidence of forty witnesses. 

WHITE, SIR THOMAS, born 1492; died 1566 

He was the founder of St. John's College, Cambridge. 

WHITE, THOMAS, Founder of Sion College, died 1623 

WHITE, HENRY KIRKE, died October 19 (aged 21) ... 1806 

He died at Cambridge in 1806, and not in 1816 as has lately appeared, in conse- 
quence of too much exertion in the pursuit of studies, that " would have 
matured a mind which disease and poverty could not impair, and which death 
itself destroyed rather than subdued. His Poems abound with such beauties, 
as must impress the reader with the liveliest regret that so short a period was 
allotted to talents which would have dignified even the sacred functions he was 
destined to assume. 

No marble marks thy couch of lowly sleep, 
But living statues there are seen to weep: 
Affliction's semblance bends not o'er thy tomb, 
Affliction's self deplore's thy youthful doom. — BYRON. 

WHITEHEAD, MISS, (called the Bank Nun,) died No- 
vember 9 1837 

This singular individual was to be frequently seen in the neighbourhood of the 
Bank of England 5 and the gentlemen of that Institution, were well acquainted 
with her person, many of whom have been frequently known to contribute to 
the wants of the unfortunate lunatic. 

The circumstance that gave rise to her repeated visits to this Establishment 
is said to have been occasioned by the following melancholy occurrence. 



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WHITEHEAD, MISS, (continued.) 

Her brother held a situation in the Bank of England, which he filled for some 
years, much to the satisfaction of his employers ; but being too high-minded for 
his income, he commenced d.abbling in the Stocks, hopiug thereby to increase 
his means, if not make a splendid foitune. 

This proceeding having reached the ears of the Directors, they, instead of 
enforcing the penalty of the infringement of their rules, only rebuked him, 
though at the same time assuring him, that if further persisted in, his dis- 
charge would be certain. This threat was 'too much for his lofty spirit to 
bear ; and a few weeks after, he tendered his resignation. This act of impru- 
dence gave great offence to his friends. He still continued to carry on the 
Stock-jobbing mania, in which he was, for a time, very fortunate ; but though 
success had hitherto followed success, it eventually proved his ruin. 

He now associated himself with a person named 1 Roberts, who raised heavy 
sums of money among the Jews in the Metropolis, by representing himself as 
the heir of Northumberland, and by which romantic representation, he actu- 
ally effected a mortgage on the Duke's estate; and to this might be added many 
other frauds, which were never brought against him. He at length committed 
a forgery, to a large amount, in the Old Navy Fives. The discovery was made 
through the house of Robarts and Co. He was accordingly prosecuted at the 
Old Bailey, and found guilty. 

His former spirit, now broken by his degraded situation, he sought by 
prayer and repentance that solace no longer to be found in the pleasures of the 
world. Alderman Birch, who was Sheriff at that period, was unremitting in 
his attentions to him; and supported him to the fatal drop, through the 
Debtors' door of Newgate. 

The whole affair was carefully concealed from his unfortunate sister, she 
being removed to the house of a friend in Wine Office-court, Fleet-street, 
during the painful proceedings. 

Unable to account for his continued absence, and fancying he had formed a 
matrimonial alliance, she one day proceeded to the Bank to satisfy her suspi- 
cions, when a fellow-clerk informed her of the crime he had committed, and its 
dreadful result. The intelligence was too much for his unfortunate sister ; — 
she spoke not a word — shed not a tear, but stood motionless. The shock com- 
pletely overthrew her mind. 

From that time, in a dress of sable, painted lips and face, and head encircled 
by a sort of coronet, decorated with black crape, and a reticule on her arm, she 
daily loitered about the Bank for hours, believing that her brother was still 
employed there. The Governors of the Bank frequently gave her money, out 
of compassion to her misfortunes; and the clerks there, were equally as feeling 
towards her. Having imbibed a notion, that the Directors of the bank kept her 
out of her right, she frequently demanded the same in an abusive manner, and 
during the hours of business, which eventually obliged them to forbid her ad- 
mission to any part of the building; but this prohibition did not continue long. 
She on one occasion attacked Baron Rothschild upon the Stock Exchange ; and 
after applying the names of villain, robber, &c. at the same time telling him he 
had defrauded her of her fortune, demanded the £2000. still owing her. After 
surveying her for a few moments with a look of compassion, he took from his 
waistcoat pocket a half crown, and. presenting it to her, said, — " There, then s 
take that, and dont bother me now, I'll give you the other half to-morrow " — 
upon which she thanked him, and went away. 

Her bodily powers now began to give way ; and she still continued to paint 
her face with the rouge. On the day of Her Majesty's (Queen Victoria), visit 
to the Civic Banquet, on Thursday, November 9, 1837, this poor maniac had 
persuaded herself that she was to be one of the Lord Mayor's guests — but on 
the close of that memorable day — she breathed her last! 

As no satisfactory account could be obtained by the parochial authorities re- 
lative to her place of abode, Mr. Payne, the city Coroner, was informed of the 
same, when a highly respectable Jury was, on the following Saturday, empa- 



550 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WHITEHEAD, MISS, (continued.) 

nelled, at the King's Arms Tavern, Old Kent Road, when the following evidence 
was given : — the summonsing Officer, said he had applied at the Bank of Eng- 
land, in order to find out the relatives of the deceased, but that he had not 
succeeded. He saw there a porter, who had been employed at the Establish- 
ment for the last forty years, but he was unacquainted with her christian name. 

A Mrs. Butler, landlady of the Eagle Coffee-house, said she had known the 
deceased for the last forty years, taking her meals daily at her house, for which 
she regularly paid. On the Thursday she was in the Coffee-room some hours, 
when she complained of not being well, and appeared ill. Witness assisted 
her along the passage, on her wishing to return home. 

The Coroner said, he had known the deceased from his youth. 

George Nicholls, in the employ of Mr. Wheatley, a Greenwich coach propri- 
etor, said, the deceased was sixty-one, as she informed him. After her brother's 
death, (who was buried in Greenwich church-yard), she walked down every 
Sunday to pray over his tomb. Latterlv, from her infirmities, she rode to 
Greenwich in his coach every Sunday. Upon this evidence the Jury returned 
a verdict of — " Hied by the visitation of God." 

WHITEHEAD, WILLIAM, Poet Laureat, born 1715; 

died April 17 1735 

WHITFIELD, REV. GEORGE, died 1770 

Preached in the fields, 1735; excluded the church, May 10, 1739. 

WHITTINGTON, SIR RICHARD, made Lord Mayor 

of London 1377 

Much has been recorded respecting this great man ; but little can be depended on 
till the reign of Edward III. when the Lords and Commons granted to the King 
a Poll-Tax, of fourpence a head, for every man and woman passing the age of 
fourteen years, beggars excepted. The King demanding of the city of London 
to advance him £4000. upon this Poll, and the Mayor, (Alderman Staple), 
being backward in complying, he was by the king turned out of that office, and 
Sir Richard Whittington appointed in his room, to finish the year ; and this is 
the first mention of his being knighted, and of his great importance in the city 
at that time. His second Mayoralty took place in 1406; his third, and last, in 
1419, in the reign of Henry V. 

The library of the famous church of the Grey Friars, near the spot where 
Christ Church, in Newgate-street, now stands, was founded by him in 1429. 
In three years it was filled with books to the value of £556. of which Sir 
Richard contributed £400. the rest being supplied by Dr. Thomas Winchelsey, 
a friar. This was about thirty years before the invention of printing. He also 
re-built Newgate, contributed generously to the repairs of Guildhall, and 
endowed Christ's Hospital with a considerable sum. 

How long he lived is uncertain, as his epitaph in the church of St. Michael 
Paternoster, in the Vintry, where he was buried, does not even give the date of 
his birth. His will is dated, December 21, 1423. In the before-mentioned 
church, Sir Richard Whittington was buried three times; the first, in the 
regular way, by his executors, under a handsome monument ; secondly, in the 
reign of Edward VI. owing to the Parson of the church, who, thinking to find great 
riches in his tomb, broke it open, and despoiled the body of its leaden sheet. In the 
reign of Queen Mary, she obliged the parishioners to take up the body, and 
restore the lead as before, when it was again buried, and remained so until the 
Great Fire of London disturbed its resting place. This church, of which he 
was the founder, and also of a College and Aims-Houses, near the spot, became 
a prey to the flames in in 1666. 

The house called Whittington College, with the garden, was sold to Armagill 
Wade, in the second year of Edward IV. The Alms-houses which he founded 



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WHITTINGTON, SIR RICHARD, (continued.) 

for 13 poor men, are still supported by the Mercer's Company, of which he was 
a Member, and in whose custody aje still extant the original ordinances of 
Sir Richard Whittington's Charity, made by his executors, Coventre, Carpenter, 
and Grove, the first page, curiously illuminated, represents Whittington lying 
on his death-bed, his body very lean and meagre, with his three executors, a 
priest, and some other persons, standing by his bedside. 

WHITWORTH, EARL, died 1825 

The title, in consequence, became extinct. 

WHYTT, ROBERT, physician and writer, died 1766 

W1CKHAM, WILLIAM OF, ARCHBISHOP OF CAN- 
TERBURY, born 1324; died 1404 

WICKLIFFE, JOHN, who denied the Pope's supremacy, 

died 1385 

WICQUEFOTT, ABRx<\HAM, Dutch writer, flourished in 
the 17th century. 

WILBERFORCE, WILLIAM, ESQ. died July 29 1833 

WILD, JONATHAN, executed, May 24 1725 

WILKES, JOHN, the Patriot, born 1727; died December 

20, (aged 70) 1797 

Expelled the House of Commons in 1769. 

WILKIE, WILLIAM, poet, born 1721 ; died 1772 

WILKIE, SIR DAVID, born 1785; died June 1 1841 

The deceased was son of the Rev. Mr. Wilkie, of Cults, Fifeshire. When at the 
age of twenty, he came to London from Scotland, and commenced his brilliant 
career. In 1806 he exhibited, for the first time at the Royal Academy, and 
such was the success of his early efforts, that in 1810 he was elected an Asso- 
ciate, and two years afterwards, a Royal Academician. Sir David was principal 
painter in ordinary to Queen Victoria. 

WILLIAM I. (surnamed THE CONQUERORJ born 

1027; died 1087 

Paid a visit to Edward the Confessor, in England, 1051; betrothed his daughter 
to Harold II. 1058; made a claim of the Crown of England, 1066; invaded 
England, and landed at Pevensey, in Sussex, the same year ; defeated the Eng- 
lish troops at Hastings, October 14, 1066, when Harold was slain, and William 
assumed the title of Conqueror. He was crowned at Westminster, December 
29, 1066- invaded Scotland, 1072; subverted the English constitution, 1074; 
refused to swear fealty to the Pope for the Crown of England; wounded by his 
son Robert, at Gerberot, in Normandy, 1079; invaded Fiance, 1086; soon after 
fell from his horse, and contracted a rupture; he died at Hermentrude, near 
Rouen, in Normandy, 1087; reigned 20 years, 10 months, and 26 days. He 
was buried at Caen, and succeeded in Normandy by his eldest son Robert, and 
in England by his second son, 



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WILLIAM II. bom 1057; accidentally killed, August 1100 

Crowned at Westminster, September 27, 1087; invaded Normandy with success, 
1090; accidentally killed whilst hunting in the New Forest, by Sir Walter 
Tyrrel, aged 43. Reigned 12 years, 10 months, and 24 days ; buried at Win- 
Chester, and succeeded by his brother, Henry I. 

WILLIAM III, PRINCE OF ORANGE, born Novem- 
ber 4, 1650; died March 8, (aged 51) „ 1702 

Created Stadtholder, July 3, 1672 ; married the Princess Mary, of England, No- 
vember 4, 1677; landed at Torbay, in England, with an army, 1688; declared 
Kiog of England, February 13, 1689; crowned, with his Queen, April 11, 
1689; landed at Carrickfergus, June 14, 1690, and defeated James II. at the 
Battle of the Boyne, July 1, following; a plot laid for assassinating him, Fe- 
bruary, 1696 ; fell from his horse, and broke his collar-bone, February 21, 
1702; died March 8, 1702; buried April 12, following, leaving his sister-in- 
law, Anne, successor to the crown. He reigned 13 years, and 23 days. 

WILLIAM IV. born August 21, 1765; died 1837 

Constituted Lord High Admiral* of England, 1828 ; ascended the throne June 26, 
1830; went in state to the House of Peers, (accompanied by Her Majesty,) to 
give the Royal Assent to the Queen's Dowry Bill. Her Majesty sat near the 
King, and having made her obeisance three times to the Lords and Commons, 
the Bill received the Royal Assent, August 2, 1831 ; coronation of, with Queen 
Adelaide, September 8, 1831. William IV. reigned 6 years, 11 months, and 
19 days. 

The following is the account of the expenses of that day, as laid before 
the House of Commons, viz.: — £. s. d. 

In the several Departments of their Majestie's Household 22,234 10 3 
By the Office of Arms for the King's Heralds, and Pur- } . ^„ „ 

suivants ) ' 

In the Office of Works, for fitting up the Abbey 12,085 14 5 

In the Mint, for Coronation Medals 4,326 4 6 

The amount expended for Fireworks, and for keeping"} 

open the Public Theatres on the night of the Coro- > 3,034 18 7 
nation j 

£.43,159 11 6 



The original vote for the Coronation of George IV: was £100,000. ; but exceeded 
£250,000. That of William IV. was voted at £50,000. and cost the country 
less by £7000. 



* The power of Lord High Admiral hath, since the reign of Queen Anne, been 
executed by Commissioners. The Statute of Charles II. ascertains his autho- 
rity in these words — " That the Lord High Admiral for the time being shall 
" have full power and authority to grant Commissions to inferior Vice-Admi- 
" rals or Commanders-in-Chief o( any squadron of ships; to call and assemble 
"Courts Martial, consisting of Commanders and Captains; and no Court 
" Martial, where pain of death shall be inflicted, shall consist of less than five 
" Captains at least — the Admiral's Lieutenant to be as to this purpose esti- 
" mated as a Captain. And in no case wherein sentence of death shall pass 
" by the Articles for regulating the government of His Majesty's ships of war, 
" or any of them, (except mutiny) there shall be examination of such sentence 
" without leave of the Lord High Admiral, if the offence be committed in 
" narrow seas; but, in case any of the offences aforesaid be committed in any 
" voyage beyond the narrow seas, then execution shall be done by order 
" of the Commander-in-Chief." He appoints Coroners, to view dead bodies 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WILLIAM IV. &c. (continued) 

found on the coasts, and Judges in the High Court of Admiralty. To him be- 
long all fines and forfeitures, of all transactions at sea, and at the sea-shore; 
and in ports from the first bridge on livers to the sea, goods of pirates, waifs, 
wrecks, &c. Since the Revolution, the maritime laws have undergone alter- 
ations and revisions, and the Office of Lord High Admiral has been consider- 
ably abridged of its perquisites. Of late years this high office has always been 
in Commission, and still remains an office of great honour, power, and emolu- 
ment. The First Commissioner of the Admiralty has a salary of £3000. per 
annum; and the six Commissioners £1000. a-year ; and all of them (the 
youngest Commissioner excepted) has a house in the Admiralty. 

First Lords of the Admiralty. Year. 

Earl of Halifax 1762 

George Grenville ' 

Earl of Sandwich 1763 

Viscount Howe ■ 

Earl of Eg-mont 1765 

Sir Charles Saunders, K. B 1766 

Sir Edward (Lord) Hawke , 

Earl of Sandwich 1771 

Viscount Keppel - 1/82 

Viscount (Earl) Howe . ,. 1783 

Viscount Keppel 

Viscount (Earl) Howe 1784 

Earl of Chatham 1788 

Earl Spencer . \ 1794 

Earl St. Vincent , 1801 

Lord Melville 1804 

Lord Barham 1805 

Honourable Charles Grey, (now Earl Grey) 1 806 

Right Honourable Thomas Grenville . . . „ 

Lord Mulgrave 1 808 

Right Honourable Charles P. Yorke 1810 

Viscount Melville, K.T 1812 

Lord Melville 1827 

Lord Auckland 1835 

LordMinto 1836 

Ditto 1838 

Ditto 1839 

Ditto • 1840 

Ditto 1841 

Lords of the Admiralty. 
Admiral Boscawen, Dr. Hay, Thomas Orby Hunter, Gilbert, 
(Sir Gilbert) Elliott, Admiral Forbes, Hans Stanley. 

Lord Villiers, vice Admiral Boscawen 1761 

Thomas Pelham, vice Gilbert Elliott 

Lord Carysfort, vice Lord Villiers 1763 

James Harris, vice Thomas Pelham 

Lord Howe, vice Thomas Orby Hunter 1763 

Lord Digby, vice James Harris, Hon. Thomas Pitt, vice Ad- 
miral Forbes 

Sir Charles Saunders, vice Lord Carysfort . 1765 

Admiral Keppel, (Viscount Keppel, April, 1781), mce Dr. Hay 

C. Townsend, vice Lord Howe • 

Sir William Meredith, vice Lord Digby 

John Buller, viee Right Honourable Hans Stanley 

Honourable John Yorke, vice Thomas Pitt , - 

No. 71- * c 



554 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY, 

WILLIAM IV. &c. (continued.) Year. 

Sir George Yonge, vice Sir C. Saunders 1766 

Lord Palmerston, vice Honourable John Yorke 

Sir Piercy Brett, vice Admiral Keppel 

Charles Jenkinson, (Earl of Liverpool), vice Sir W. Meredith. . =■ 

Lord Charles Spencer, vice Charles Jenkinson, «. 1768 

Admiral Holbourne, vice Sir George Yonge 1770 

Lord Lisburne, vice Charles Townshend — — 

August. — J. Harvey, (Earl of Bristol, March 20, 1775), vice Ad- 
miral Holbourne 1771 

Thomas Bradshaw, vice Charles James Eox 1772 

Henry Panton, vice Thomas Bradshaw 

Sir Hugh Palliser, Bart, vice Aug. John Harvey . . « 1775 

Lord Mulgrave, vice Lord Palmerston 1777 

Admiral Mann, vice Sir Hugh Palliser 1779 

C. P. Grenville, and G. Darby, vice J. Buller and R. Mann . . 1780 
Sir R. Harland, H. Pigot, Viscount Duncannon, H. J. Towns- 
hend, C. Brett, and R. Hopkins, vice Lord Lisburne, Lord 
Mulgrave, H. Peeton, B. Gascoyne, C. F. Greville, and G. 

Darby 1782 

J. Pratt and J. Aubrey, (now Sir J. Aubrey, Bart.) vice Lord 

Duncannon, and J. Townshend 17S2 

Hon John Levison Gower, vice Sir R. Harland 1783 

H. Pigot, Viscount Duncannon, Hon. J. Townshend, Sir J. 

Lindsay, W. Jolliffe, and W. Keene 

C. Brett, J. J. Pratt, J. L. Gower, Lord Apsley, (E. Bathurst), 

C. G. Percivul, and J. M. Heywood ■ 

R. Hopkins, vice J. M. Heywood 1784 

Lord (Viscount) Hood, vice Mr. Brett 1788 

Sir Francis Drake, Viscount Belgrave, Hon. John Townsend, 
vice Viscount Bayham (E. Camden), J. L. Gower, and Lord 

Apsley 1789 

R. Hopkins, Lord Arden, Lord Hood, Viscount Belgrave, Hon. 

J. T. Townshend, & Sir Alan Gardner (Baron, Dec. 9, 1809) 1790 
John Smyth and Charles Small Pybus, vice R. Hopkins and 

Viscount Belgrave 1791 

Lord Arden, Charles Small Pybus, Lord Hugh Seymour, Sir 
Philip Stevens, and James Gambier, (Lord Gambier, 1807) 1795 

William Young 1796 

Thomas Wallace, vice Charles Small Pybus 1797 

R. Mann, vice Lord Hugh Seymour 1798 

Hon. W. Elliott, vice Mr. Wallace 1799 

Sir Philip Stevens, Hon. W. Elliott, Sir Thomas Trowbridge, 

J. Adams, J. Markham, and W. Garthshore 1801 

Sir Philip Stevens, Bart. Sir Thomas Trowbridge, Bart. James 
Adams, John Markham, John Lemon, Sir Harry Burrard 
Neale, Bart. — May. — Sir Philip Stevens, Bart. Jas. Gambier, 
Sir John Colpoys, K.B., Sir H. B. Neale, Bt., Philip Patton, 
W T illiam Dickenson, Jun. — July. — Sir Philip Stevens, Bart. 
James Gambier, Sir John Colpoys, K. B., Philip Patton, 

William Dickenson, Jun., Sir Evan Nepean, Bart o 1804 

April. — Sir Philip Stevens, Bart., James Gambier, Sir John 
Colpoys, K. B. Philip Patton, William Dickenson, Jun., Sir 
Evan Nepean, Bart. — July. — Sir Philip Stevens, Bart,, James 
Gambier, Philip Patton, William Dickenson, Jun., Sir Evan 
Nepean, Bart., Sir Philip Stevens, Bart., James Gambier, 
Philip Patton, Jun., Sir E. Nepean, Bart., (Lord Garlies, 

now Earl of Galloway, K.T.) ..." 1805 

Sir Philip Stevens, Bart., John Markham, Sir Charles Maurice 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 555 

WILLIAM IV. (continued.) Year. 

Pole, Bart., Sir H. B. Neale, Bart., Lord W. Russell, Thomas 
Freemantle, (now Sir T. Freemantle, G. C. B.), Sir Philip 
Stephens, Bart., William Frankland, vice Sir Charles M. Pole, 
Bart „ 1 806 

April. — Lord Gambier, Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart., William 
Johnstone Hope, Robert Ward, Viscount Palmerston, James 
Buller 1807 

William Domett, vice Lord Gambier . .' 1808 

R. Moorsom, vice William Johnstone Hope, and Viscount 

Lowther, vice Viscount Palmerston 1809 

May. — Sir Richard Bickerton, Bart,, Robert Ward, James 
Buller, William Domett, Robert Moorsom, Viscount Lowther. 
June. — Sir G. Cockburn, Bart., Honourable Sir William 
Hotham, and Sir George Clerk, Bart 1810 

Sir W. J. Hope, K. C. B., Sir George Warrender, Bart., Sir John 
Osborn, Bart., Sir G. Cockburn, Bart., G. C. B., Honourable 
Sir Henry Hotham, K. C. B. Sir George Clerk, Bart 1820 

Sir William Johnstone Hope, Sir John Osborne, Bart., Sir 
George Cockburn, Sir George Clerk, Bart., 1824, Honour- 
able W. R. Douglas, vice Osborn ' 1 822 

WILLIAM OF MALMSBUJRY, historian, flourished 1140 

WILLIAMS, BISHOP, and MAY, trial of, on a Charge 

of murdering the Italian Boy, December 2 1831 

Such was the anxiety of the public to witness the trial of the above offenders, for 
the murder of Carlo Ferrari, that long before day-light, great numbers crowded 
the Old Bailey, and the avenues leading into the Court were completely 
thronged. The demands for admission into the Court were exorbitant, one 
guinea up to two guineas being asked for a seat in the galleries. Carlo Ferrari 
was inveigled to the premises of Bishop, where he was treated with rum, in 
which laudnum was mixed : and when he was entirely overcome by draughts of 
this kind, the wretches plunged the body into a well, where they left it till 
they supposed every spark of life was extinguished: this was called hocussing. 
He was then drawn out, for dissection. 

A few minutes after ten o'clock, on the 2nd of December, 1S31, the Lord 
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, who was specially commissioned to try this 
case entered the Court, with Mr. Baron Vaughan, and Mr. Justice Littledale. 

The prisoners, who were immediately put to the bar, seemed but little moved 
by the awful situation in which they were at that moment placed ; they 
encountered the inquisitive glance of the assembled crowd with a careless and 
indifferent air. 

The Clerk of tlie Arraigns, after reading the indictment charging them with 
the murder of the Italian bey, then asked — " John Bishop, are you guilty or 
not guilty ? " Bishop answered, without any emotion — ' Not guilty,' as did also 
the prisoners Williams and May. 

Mr. Adolphus stated the case to the Jury, in doing which, the learned gen- 
eleman took occasion to observe, — " that the indictment charged the prisoners 
with the wilful murder of Carlo Ferrari, otherwise Charles Ferrier, a poor Italian 
boy: and the appearance of the Court, and the extraordinary assemblage of 
persons in the vicinity, must convince everyone of the deep interest the inves- 
tigation excited in every class of the community; and you, Gentlemen of the 
Jurv, cannot be entirely free from a feeling on the question. It is, therefore, 
my duty to implore you not to let the slightest influence or impression remain 
on your minds from the communications that may have been made to you, or 
from sentiments or opinions imparted or expressed in your hearing; you will 
judge by the evidence alone, and decide on that evidence, on your oaths and 
consciences. If, after hearing the evidence I have to lay before you, you are of 
opinion that the prisoners are not guilty, you will of course feel pleasure in 



556 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WILLIAMS, &c. (continued.) 

acquitting them ; but if, on the contrary, you are convinced of their guilt, you 
■will firmly, although with regret, return such a verdict as will consign them to 
an ignominious and certain death." The learned gentleman then proceeded to 
detail the facts of the case, as he had been instructed the witnesses would be 
able to establish them. He, (Mr. Adolphus) said, he should prove that the 
prisoners at the bar had possession of the body of the deceased within less than 
twenty hours after the boy was seen alive near Bishop's house, and that Bishop 
and May treated the body as their joint property. He should show that a body 
had been taken away in a coach from Bishop's house on Friday morning, the 
4th of November, the murder having taken place during the previous night. A 
suit of clothes was found in Bishop's garden, bearing all the marks of iden- 
tity about them, which the witness could speak to who knew the boy when 
living; and, in fact, a witness would prove that they were the actual clothes the 
poor sufferer must have had on when he was murdered. The body of the de- 
ceased was offered for sale on Friday by May and Bishop ; and on Saturday it 
was in the possession of the prisoners, and sold at the King's College. The 
medical gentlemen would establish the fact beyond doubt, that the boy died 
from violence, and, in their opinion, from blows inflicted by some weapon on the 
back of the neck, which, injuring the spine and brain, produced sudden death. 
This was. confirmed by the unusual circumstance that the stomach contained a 
full meal, half digested, and the heart was entirely empty. It could be proved 
that some of the prisoners purchased a quantity of rum at twelve o'clock on 
Thursday night, about the period when the murder was supposed to have been 
committed ; and the surgeons could prove that, on examining the contents of 
the stomach, they discovered a smell of rum. There was another circumstance 
of very considerable importance, to show that the poor Italian boy had been in 
the house of the prisoner Bishop, in which Williams had also resided up to 
the time of the murder. The Italian boy was seen near Bishop's house on 
Thursday afternoon, with a revolving 1 cage before him, in which were two 
white mice, which the poor boy usually carried to exhibit in the street; and it 
would be proved, he understood, that one of Bishop's children had offered to 
sell two white mice to a neighbour's child, who would be produced. These 
were circumstances tending to show the guilt of the accused, and far more to 
be relied on than the positive testimony of eye witnesses in some cases, as they 
formed a rope, or chain, or band of circumstances leading to the irresistible 
conclusion of the guilt of the prisoners. There was one fact as regarded May, 
■which was important : he had sold the teeth of the boy to a dentist, and de- 
clared that he had taken them out of a boy whose body had not been buried. 
If the Jury should, after weighing all the evidence, have a doubt of the guilty 
participation of May in the murder, they would distinguish his case from the 
other two, and acquit him of the charge. The learned gentleman concluded his 
address, by repeating his confident expectation, that they would give to this 
important case the deep and serious attention which it deserved, and by expres- 
sing his complete reliance on the integrity and good sense of a British Jury, 
which a long life of practice had left him no room to doubt. 

The learned gentlemen who conducted the prosecution now proceeded to call 
their witnesses. 

Hill, the porter at the King's College, proved that the prisoners brought a 
body to the College on the afternoon of Saturday, November 5, 1831, and, after 
having seen the subject, his suspicions were aroused that the body was not 
fairly obtained, and he accordingly mentioned his suspicions to Mr. Partridge, 
the demonstrator of anatomy, who, after having inspected it, went for several 
' of the gentlemen who were connected with the College; and after a very atten- 
tive examination of the subject, their suspicions were also excited. Under a 
pretence of purchasing the body, Mr. Partridge contrived to detain the priso- 
ners while he sent for the Police, and the prisoners were all taken into custody. 
The body was then delivered by the witness to the Police, together with the 
hamper and the sack, which were finally placed in the hands of Mr. Thomas, 
the superintendent. 



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WILLIAMS, &c. (continued.) 

Richard Partridge, demonstrator of anatomy at the King's College, deposed 
nearly to the same effect as the preceding witness. 

The evidence for the prosecution being closed, the Lord Chief Justice called 
upon each of the prisoners for their defence, when each of them put in a written 
one, at the same time declaring their innocence. 

The learned Judge now summed up the evidence at great length, and com- 
mented most particularly on the testimony of the medical men which, he said, 
was of the highest importance, as it all tended to show that the Italian boy had 
died by a violent death, and that it was produced suddenly. His Lordship also 
passed a warm eulogium on the conduct of Mr Partridge, the demonstrator of 
anatomy at the King's College, for the prompt manner in which he had acted 
towards procuring the apprehension of the men the instant that any suspicions 
against them had arisen ; and he (the learned Judge) the rather spoke in this 
manner, because it was very generally known that many unfounded calumnies 
had gone abroad against the medical profession — a profession of the greatest 
service, and of the highest importance to the well-being of society. 

The learned Judge employed nearly three hours in summing up. 

At eight o'clock the Jury retired to consider their verdict, and the prisoners 
were removed from the bar, and taken out of Court. The interval between 
that and the return of the Jury, was a period of intense anxiety to every 
one in the Court; and, as is usual on such occasions, there were various con- 
jectures hazarded as to what would be the verdict on all the prisoners. That 
a verdict of guilty would be returned against two of the prisoners — namely, 
Bishop and Williams — none who heard the evidence and summing up could 
entertain a rational doubt ; but the same confident opinion by no means existed 
with respect to the fate of the prisoner May. At half-past eight, these specu- 
lations were put an end to, by the Jury returning into Court with a verdict of 
— ' guilty' against all the prisoners. 

The prisoners were then severally called upon to say why sentence of death 
and execution should not be pronounced against them ; but not one availed 
himself of the opportunity of making any defence. 

The Recorder, in a very feeling address, proceeded to pass the sentence of 
death upon the prisoners, ordering them for execution on the following 
Monday, and their bodies to be given to the surgeons for dissection. (For a 
further account of which, see page 268, ante.) On their being ordered to be 
removed from the bar, the prisoner May raised his voice, and in a firm tone 
said, — ' I am a murdered man, gentlemen; and that man (pointing to Bishop), 
knows it.' 

The prisoner Williams said, — ' we are all murdered men.' 

Bishop made no observation, but retired from the bar even more absorbed by 
his awful situation than he had appeared to have been before. 

On Friday evening, at the close of the trial, the Be v. Mr. Williams, Rector 
of Hendon, accompanied the three convicts back to prison. Bishop manifested 
a disposition to make a confession to the Reverend Gentleman ; but the latter, 
feeling that it would be better to allow the unhappy man time to compose his 
mind, after the great fatigue endured on his trial, advised him to reserve what 
he had to communicate till the following morning, when he would again visit 
him at ten o'clock, which he accordingly did, and remained in the cell two or 
three hours, when Williams and Bishop made a confession of their guilt. 

During the Saturday, the Sheriffs and under-sheriffs, together with several 
other official persons, were decidedly opposed to any mitigation of the punish- 
ment of May, and indeed to any delay of his execution ; and it was expected 
that the applications that were being made in his behalf, would be frustrated 
by the positive opinions and predilections of some influential individuals. But 
on Sunday morning the Sheriffs visited all the cells of the prisoners in succes- 
sion, and the under-sheriffs were engaged between three and four hours in 
taking down the statements of the convicts. The consequence was, that the 
opinions of both Sheriffs and under-sheriffs underwent a decided change, as to 



558 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WILLIAMS, &c. (continued.) 

May being implicated in the crime of murder; they were, therefore, now de- 
sirous that his punishment should be mitigated; and in the afternoon, at half- 
past four o'clock, a respite during his Majesty's pleasure arrived at Newgate 
for May, whose sentence was commuted to transportation for life. 

During the whole of Sunday crowds of persons assembled in the Old Bailey, 
commenting upon the crimes of the convicts and the likelihood of May being 
respited : the variety of opinions expressed on the various shades of guilt of 
the parties, and the warmth of argument between some of the spectators, ren- 
dered the scene of a most interesting description. Towards the evening - the 
crowds increased, and many persons actually remained all night on the spot, in 
order to secure places near the scaffold on the following morning. The occu- 
piers of the houses, from the windows of which a view could be obtained of the 
execution, exhibited placards announcing various prices for seats, according to 
their proximity to the spot, and the owners generally, stipulated that they 
could not undertake to preserve seats after six o'clock on the morning of the 
execution. 

In the course of the day barriers were erected in the Old Bailey, at the ends 
of Newgate-street, Giltspur-street, and Skinner-street, in order to break the 
pressure of the crowd, at the place of execution. In the Old Bailey, eight of 
these barriers were placed at convenient distances from Ludgate-hill to 
Skinner-street. Soon after midnight the workmen commenced erecting the 
scaffold in presence of a great concourse of persons. Long before the morning's 
dawn of Monday, all the streets leading to the Old Bailey were thronged with 
people, chiefly of the working classes, hastening towards the fatal spot. Con- 
stant crowds of people were pouring into the Old Bailey till they formed around 
the scaffold, and at the corner of every street from whence a distant or faint 
view could be obtained, was seen a vast ocean of life. Long before the hour 
arrived at which the culprits are usually turned off, the Old Bailey was com- 
pletely filled from end to end; and crowds of persons who had been disap- 
pointed in their hopes of getting near enough to witness the execution, were 
congregated in all the neighbouring streets. Among all these crowds, a vast 
number of females were to be seen, whom curiosity had drawn to a scene that 
better feelings should have taught them to avoid. Up to the moment of exe- 
cution, young men and boys were seen running at the top of their, speed, hoping 
to obtain a last look of these savage Burlcers, the name they had obtained from 
the notorious character of that name at Edinburgh; (for the account of whom, 
see page 423, ante). The pressure in the immediate neighbourhood of the 
scaffold was tremendous, in spite of the barriers; and many persons, exhausted 
with fatigue, as early as seven o'clock, having rescued themselves with difficulty 
from the throng 1 , were heard to exclaim as they passed the outskirts of the 
mob, thank ' God! I have got away.' 

At length all the preparations having been completed, Bishop was conducted 
to the scaffold, and the moment he made his appearance, the most dreadful 
yells and hootings were heard among the crowd. The executioner proceeded 
at once to the performance of his duty, and having put the rope round his neck, 
and affixed it to the chain, placed him under the fatal beam. Williams was 
then taken out, and the groans and hisses were renewed. In less than five 
minutes after the wretched men appeared on the scaffold, the signal was given, 
the drop fell, and they were launched into eternity. The moment the drop fell, 
the mob, who had continued yelling and shouting, gave several tremendous 
cheers: on no occasion, excepting the execution of Governor Wall, was recol- 
lected so much exultation at the death of any person whose crimes had brought 
them to a fatal end. 

WILLIAMS, JOHN, an attorney, transported for forgery, 1829 

WILLIAMS. SIR CHARLES HANBURY, poet, died... 1759 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 559 

WILLIS, , executed for the murder of Serjeant- Major 

Shepherd, July 1 1839 

WILLIS, THOMAS, physician, died 1675 

WILLOUGHBY, FRANCIS, natural historian, died 1672 

WILSON, , the ornithologist, died 1813 

WILSON, SAMUEL, died 1771 

This gentleman bequeathed the sum of £20,000. to be-lent out in small sums to 
industrious tradesmen. 

WINCHESTER, WILLIAM POWLETT, FIRST MAR T 

QUIS OF, died 1572 

It is related of this eminent person, that being questioned by an intimate friend 
" how he stood up for thirty years together amidst the changes and reigns of so 
many Chancellors and great personages," replied, " I. was made of the pliable 
willow not of the stubborn oak." This noble Peer flourished throughout the 
reigns of Henry VIII. Edward VI., Mary, and Elizabeth, and died at the great 
age of ninety-seven. 

WINCHESTER, JOHN POWLETT, FIFTH MAR- 
QUIS OF, died 1674 

The narrative of this nobleman, whose sufferings in the cause of Charles, and his 
heroic defence of Basing House, obtained him the distinguished title of " The 
Great Loyalist, " will be found at large in Lord Clarendon's History of those 
times : — of all the sufferings in the royal cause, perhaps the Marquis of Win- 
chester's were the most severe. 

WINCKLEMANN, JOHN, antiquarian, murdered 1768 

WINDHAM, WILLIAM, Statesman, born May 14, 1750; 

died June 4 1810 

WINSLOW, JAMES BENIGNUS, physician, born 1669; 

died 1760 

WINSLOW, COL. THOMAS, born 1620; died... 1766 

Colonel Winslow, Newman, and Mrs Clum, lived 436 years, whereof they were in 
existence for 382 years, without any interruption. 

WITT, JOHN DE; see " De Witt." 

WODE HOUSE, LORD, died May 29, (aged 94) 1834 

WOFFINGTON, MARGARET, actress, died 1761 

WOLASTON, WILLIAM, mathematician, born 1652 ; died 1724 

WOLFE, GENERAL JAMES, killed before Quebec, Sep- 
tember 18 1759 

General Wolfe having stationed himself where the attack was most warm; and as 
he stood conspicuous in the front of the line, he was aimed at by the enemy's 
marksmen, and received a shot in the wrist, which however did not oblige him 



560 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WOLFE, GENERAL JAMES, (continued.) 

to quit the field. Having wrapped a handkerchief round his hand, he conti- 
nued giving orders without the least emotion ; and advanced at the head of the 
grenadiers, with their bayonets fixed, when another ball unfortunately pierced 
the breast of this young hero, who fell in the arms of victory, just as the enemy 
gave way: for, at this very instant, every separate regiment of the British army 
seemed to exert itself for the honour of its own peculiar character. 

While the right pressed on with their bayonets, brigadier Murray briskly 
advanced with the troops under his command, and soon broke the centre of the 
enemy ; then the Highlanders drawing their broadswords, fell in among them 
with irresistible impetuosity, and drove them with great slaughter into the 
town, and the works they had raised at the bridge of the river St. Charles. On 
the left and rear of the English, the action was not so violent. The French 
general (Montcalm) was mortally wounded in the battle, as was his second in 
command, who died on the following day. About one thousand of the enemy 
were made prisoners, including a great number of officers; and about five 
hundred were slain. The killed on the part of the English was fifty-six, in- 
cluding nine officers; and of five hundred and six r»en wounded. On General 
Wolfe receiving his mortal wound, he was carried to a small distance, in the 
rear, where, rouzed from fainting in the last agonies by the sound of they run, . 
he eagerly asked, " Who run?" and being told, the French, and that they 
were defeated, he said, — Then I thank God, I die contented;" and almost in- 
stantly expired. 

Immediately after the battle of Quebec, Admiral Saunders sent up all the 
boats of the fleet, with artillery and ammunition; and on the seventeenth day 
of the month, sailed up, with all the ships of war, in a disposition to attack the 
lower town ; while the upper part should be assaulted by General Townsend, 
who had employed the time from the day of action, in fortifying- the camp with 
redoubts: in forming a military road for the cannon: in drawing up the artil- 
lery: preparing batteries : and cutting off the enemy's communication with the 
country. But on the seventeenth, before any battery could be erected, a flag 
of truce was sent from the town, with proposals of capitulation : which, being 
maturely considered, by the general and admiral, were accepted and signed at 
eight nevt morning. The capitulation being signed, the British took possession 
of Quebec. 

WOLFF, J. CHRISTIERN DE, German writer, born 

1679; died 1754 

WOLKOT, FEDOR, Russian player, flourished in 1755 

WOLSEY, CARDINAL, born 1471; died 1580 

In the early part of the reign of Henry VIII. Cardinal Wolsey proved a most 
munificent patron of the University of Oxford. He founded Seven Lectures 
for Theology, Civil Law, Physic, Philosophy, Mathematics, Greek, and Rhetoric, 
to each department of which he appointed men of high learning, as Lecturers. 
The College of Christ Church, was at first called Cardinal College, and upon the 
wane of the favourite's power with Henry, it became altered to King's, after- 
wards Christ Church*, which it retains at this time. 



• Amougst the Colleges at Cambridge, King's has a hall of exquisite beauty, 
copied from Crosby Hall. The following account of the dimensions of the halls 
here enumerated, may not be unacceptable: — FEET. feet. 

The hall of King's College, Cambridge is 102 by 36, and 46 high. 

The hall of Trinity College, ditto ,. 102 by 40, and 56 high. 

The hall of the Middle Temple, London 109 by 40. 

The hall of Christ Church, Cambridge 115 by 40, and 50 high. 

The Guildhall, London 153 by 48, and 55 high. 



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WOLLASTON, W. H. died 1828 

WOLSTONCROFT, MARY, English writer, born April, 

1753 ; died September 10 1797 

WOOD, SIR ANDREW, Scots Admiral, flourished 1490 

WOOD, ANTHONY, antiquarian, born 1632 ; died in ... 1695 

WOOD, WILLIAM ; see Swift," page 520. 

WOOD, ALEXANDER, surgeon, died 1807 

WOODD, REV. BASIL, born 1760; died April 12 1831 

Ordained Deacon at the Temple church, London, March 10, 1783, by Dr. Thur- 
low, Bishop of Lincoln, and September 19, 1784, was ordained priest, at West- 
minster Abbey, by Dr. Thomas Bishop of Rochester; at which time he 
frequently officiated at St. Paul's Deptford ; but was shortly afterwards chosen 
Lecturer of St. Peter's, Cornhill, which situation he filled twenty-four years; 
received the appointment of Morning Preacher at Bentinck Chapel, February, 
1785; of which he purchased the lease in 1793, where he continued his labours 
with diligence and success up to the time of his death ; presented to the Rec- 
tory of Drayton Beauchamp, by Lady Robert Manners, 1808; introduced public 
worship on Sunday evenings, at Bentinck Chapel, 1785, in which he met with 
great opposition; but persevering, that opposition was succeeded by imitation; 
Evening Lectures having been successively established at the Parish Church, 
and other Chapels. Mr. Woodd was interred in Paddington church-yard, 
where a splendid monument by Rossi, has been erected to his memory. 

WOODS, ALEXANDER, who introduced the linen manu- 
facture into the West of Ireland died 1766 

WOODFALL, WILLIAM, died August 1 1803 

WOODFORD, PRISCILLA, tried for arson, March 10 ... 1832 

Priscilla Woodford, (aged 16) was tried at the Lincoln Assizes for setting fire to 
her master's hay-stack, was found guilty, and received sentence of death. 

WOODWARD, DR. JOHN, English writer and physician, 

born 1665 ; died 1728 

WOODWARD, HENRY, English Comedian, died 1777 

WOOLLASTON, WILLIAM, deist, born 1659; died 1720 

WOOLLETT, WILLIAM, celebrated engraver, born 1735 ; 

died 1785 



FEET. FEET. 

The hall of Lambeth Palace 93 by 38, and 50 high. 

Westminster Hall, (according to Stowe) 270 by 74. 

St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich 124 by 70. 

Crosby Hall 54 by 27, and 40 high. 

Greenwich Hospital 106 by 56, and 50 high. 

Haddon 42 by 29. 

The Great Hall at Hampton Court 104 by 40. 

No. 72 4 D 



582 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WOOLSTON, THOMAS, English writer, born 1660 ; died 1733 
WOOTTON, JOHN, died 1765 

Wootton was an excellent master of that branch of his profession to which he 
principally devoted himself — viz. the painting of horses and dogs, which he 
hoth drew and coloured with great skill and truth. He was first distinguished 
by frequenting Newmarket, and drawing race horses. The prints from his 
hunting pieces are well known. He afterwards applied himself to landscape, 
approached towards Gaspar Poussin, and sometimes imitated Claude Lorrain. 
He died as above, at his house in Cavendish-square, which he built, and had 
painted with much taste and judgment. 

WORCESTER, HENRY SOMERSET, FIRST MAR- 
QUIS OF, died 1646 

The Marquis of Worcester forms a splendid example of steady devotion to his un- 
fortunate master, (Charles I.) and his sufferings and privations in the service 
of his sovereign, were exceeded only by his loyalty. After a gallant defence 
of his castle of Ragland, he was compelled to submit to the superior force of 
Fairfax: his estates were confiscated, and his losses during the Rebellion ex- 
ceeded the enormous sum of a million sterling, which he expended in the 
maintenance of troops, and in presents of money and jewels to the king. 

WORCESTER, EDWARD SOMERSET, SECOND 

. MARQUIS OF, died 1667 

This nobleman is memorable for having possessed the most inventive and mecha- 
nical genius of any man, either of his own, or of a later period. He was the 
Author of — " A Century of the names and Scantlings of Inventions," which 
has led to many discoveries in later times; among others to that most impor- 
tant one of the application of steam to the purposes of mechanical power. 

WORDE, WYNKYN DE, second Printer in England, 

died 1534 

WORLIDGE, THOMAS, engraver, died 1783 

WORONZOW, SIMON COUNT, born 1744 ; died June 

21 1832 

Retired to Italy, after an active service during- the war between Russia and the 
Ottoman Porte in 1770-1-2-3, where he remained till 1781 ; appointed Russian 
Minister at Venice in 1782, and was sent on a special mission to the Court of 
London, in 1789, where he soon after became resident Minister and Ambas- 
sador; but retired from the service of the Emperor Paul,, when that monarch 
formed an alliance with the First Consul (Buonaparte.) Re-appointed Ambas- 
sador to the Court of St. James', on the accession of Alexander; visited Russia 
in 1802, but soon returned to England, and after the marriage of his daughter to 
the Eavl of Pembroke in 1808, he never quitted this country, except for short 
excursions to France in 1815, and 1819, which he undertook to visit his son 
Count Michael, who was Commander in Chief of the Russian corps forming 
pirt of the European army of Observation. 

His Excellency was highly esteemed in the elevated circle in which he moved. 
He died at his house in Mansfield-street, in the 88th year of his age, and his 
remains were deposited in a vault underneath the parish church of St. Mary-le- 
bone. By his death numerous charitable Institutions of this country, have lost 
a liberal benefactor. He distributed in charity more than £4,700, a-year. 

WOTTON, SIR HENRY, born 156S; died........ 1639 

WOUVERMANS, PHILIP, painter, born 1620; died ... 1668 



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WREN", SIR CHRISTOPHER, architect, born 1632; died 1723 

He was born at East Knoule, in Wiltshire, of which place his father was rector. 
He gave proofs of great ingenuity, by having, as early as his thirteenth year, 
invented a new astronomical instrument; and soon after, various other mathe- 
matical contrivances. When at the age of fourteen, he was sent to Wadham 
College. Oxford, and here his great proficiency was displayed, which soon ren- 
dered him known to several individuals of great influence. Although so 
young in years, he was one of the original Members of the Club which was 
formed at that place in 164S for the purpose of Philosophical discussion, &c. 
which, in the end, gave rise to the Royal Society. In 1657 he was chosen Pro- 
fessor of Astronomy at Gresham College; and, at the Restoration, appointed to 
the Savilian Professorship of Astronomy at Oxford. Not long after this he was 
called upon to exercise his genius in Architecture, (a science which had pre- 
viously occupied a great portion of his time and attention) by being appointed 
assistant to Sir J. Denham, at that time Surveyor-General, but who knew little 
of the duties of the office he held. This led to the employment of Sir C. Wren 
in that celebrated work on which his fame to this day rests, the re-building of 
St. Paul's Cathedral, after the Great Fire of London. The erection of this vast 
structure occupied him thirty-five years ; but it did not prevent him, during 
that long period, from applying his study to the erection of various other 
splendid edifices. In 1661, he was created L.L.D. by the University of Oxford; 
and in 1674, he was knighted; elected to the Presidency of the Royal Society 
in 1680; entered Parliament as the representative for the Borough of Plymp- 
tom, in 168.*); dismissed from his place of Surveyor of Public Works, in 1718, 
then in the 86th year of his age. He died at Hampton Court, February 25, 
1723, in the 9lst year of his age; and his remains were interred under that 
monument which his genius had raised. Over his grave was fixed a tablet, 
with the following inscription, in Latin, (which has since been placed in front 
of the organ) : — " Beneath is laid the builder of this Church and City, CHRIS- 
" TOPHER Wren, who lived above ninety years, not for himself, but for the publie 
"good. Reader, if thou seekest for his monument, look around." Another of this 
great architect's designs, is the interior of St. Stephen's, Walbrook. 

WRIGHT, JOSEPH, painter, born 1734; died 1797 

WRIOTHESLEY, THOMAS, EARL OF SOUTH- 
AMPTON, died 1667 

This great man was the firm friend and constant counsellor of his unfortunate 
sovereign, Charles I. throughout the whole of his reign, and was one of the 
four Peers whom the Parliament permitted to pay the last duties to their royal 
master's remains, at their interment at Windsor. 

WRIOTHESLEY, HENRY, EARL OF SOUTHAMP- 
TON, died 1624 

The friend and patron of Shakspeare. 

WYAT, SIR THOMAS, poet, born 1504; died 1541 

WYATT, JAMES, architect, born about 1743 ; died Oct. . 1813 

WYATT, SIR THOMAS, beheaded 1555 

WYATT, MR. tho brewer of Gray's Inn-lane, died 1826 

Mr, Wyatt left property to the amount of £100,000. 



564 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WYCHERLY, WILLIAM, Dramatic writer and poet, born 

1640; died 1716 

WYNANTS, JAN, painter, born 1600; died 1670 

WYNTONE, ANDREW, poet and historian, flourished in 1400 



XIMENES, CARDINAL DE, died, (aged 80) 1517 

This extraordinary man was selected hy Ferdinand, king of Spain, as regent 
during the minority and absence of Charles V. He was a Franciscan monk of 
the genuine primitive sort, and is the most notable instance of patriotism, dis- 
interestedness, simplicity, energy, and political wisdom, which the pages of 
history have transmitted for our admiration. 'Without approving of the monkish 
austerity of his personal morals and manners, an expression of admiration of 
the dignity and sincerity of his principles, against which the breath of scandal 
cannot whisper a suspicion, is due. Robertson gives the following account of 
him : — 

" He was descended of an honourable, not of a wealthy, family, and the cir- 
cumstances of his parents, as well as his own inclinations, having determined 
him to enter into the church, he early obtained benefices of great value, and 
which placed him in the way of the greatest preferment. All these, however, 
he renounced at once, and after undergoing a very severe noviciate, assumed the 
habit of St. Francis in a monastery of Observantine Friars, one of the most 
rigid Orders in the Romish Church. There he soon became eminent for his 
uncommon austerity of manners, and for those excesses of superstitious devo- 
tion which are the proper characteristics of the monastic life. His reputation 
for sanctity soon procured him the office of Father Confessor to Queen Isabella, 
which he accepted with the utmost reluctance. He preserved in a court the 
same austerity of manners which had distinguished him in the cloister. He 
made all his journeys on foot; and subsisted only upon alms. Isabella, pleased 
with her choice, soon after confened on him the Archbishopric of Toledo, 
which, next to the Papacy, is the richest dignity in the Church of Rome. This 
honour he declined with a firmness which nothing but the authorotative injunc- 
tion of the Pope was able to overcome. This promotion did not change his 
manners : for though obliged to display in public that magnificence which be- 
came his station, he himself retained his monastic severity. Under his ponti- 
fical robes he constantly wore the coarse frock of St. Francis, the rents in which 
he used to patch himself. He at no time used linen, but was commonly clad in 
hair-cloth. He slept in his habit, most frequently on the ground, or on boards, 
rarely in a bed. He did not taste any of the delicacies which appeared at his 
table, but satisfied himself with that simple diet which the rules of his Order 
prescribed. Notwithstanding these peculiarities, he possessed a thorough 
knowledge of the affairs of the world ; for no sooner was he called by his station, 
and by the high opinion which Ferdinand and Isabella entertained of him, to 
take a principal share in the administration, than he displayed talents which 
rendered the fame of his wisdom equal to that of his sanctity. His political 
conduct, remarkable for the boldness and originality of all his plans, flowed 
from his real character, and partook both of its virtues and its defects. His 
great genius suggested to him schemes vast and magnificent; conscious of the 
integrity of his intentions, he pursued these with unremitting and undaunted 
firmness. In early youth he mortified his passion, and showed little indul- 
gence to those of other men. Though free from any suspicion of cruelty, he 
discovered in all his commerce with the world a severe inflexibility of mind 
and austerity of character, peculiar to the monastic profession, and which can 
hardly be conceived in a country where that is unknown. During his regency, 
and notwithstanding his extreme old age, he had abated in no degree the rigour 
of his mortifications, and to which may be added his laborious assiduity in 



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XIMENES, CARDINAL DE, (continued.) 

business, as would have worn out the most youthful and vigorous constitution: 
every moment of his time was filled up with some serious employment. The 
variety, the grandeur, and the success of his schemes during a regency of only 
twenty months, leave it doubtful whether his sagacity in council, his prudence 
in conduct, or his boldness in executing, deserve the greatest praise. His repu- 
tation is still high in Spain, not only for wisdom, but for sanctity, and he is the 
only Prime Minister mentioned in history whom his contemporaries reverence 
as a saint, and to whom the people, under his government, asciibed the power 
of working miracles." 



YORK, ELIZABETH OF, wife to King HENRY VII. 

died 1502 

Elizabeth Plantagenet was the passive instrument in terminating the mighty con- 
test between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Courted by the tyrant 
Richard III. who is suspected to have poisoned his wife to make way for his 
views upon Elizabeth, who fled to a sanctuary ; a negotiation was opened by her 
friends to espouse her to the Earl of Richmond, then resident in Bretagne ; he 
immediately asserted his claim at once to the crown of England, and to the 
band of Elizabeth. The decisive battle of Bosworth, in which his enemy fell, 
obtained him both, and restored peace to the country, which had been so long 
devastated by the pretensions of the rival houses. 

YORK, H. R. H. THE DUKE OF;' see page 455, ante. 
YORK, ANN HYDE, DUCHESS OF, died 1671 

Lady Ann Hyde was the daughter of the Chancellor Clarendon, and married to 
King James II. when Duke of York. 

YORKE, SIR JOSEPH, drowned, May 4 1831 

Sir Joseph Yorke, Captain Bradby, R.N. and Captain Young, R.N. were unfor- 
tunately drowned by the upsetting of a boat in Southampton river, on a party 
of pleasure. 

YOUNG, DR. EDWARD, poet and writer, born 1684; 

died, (aged 81) 1765 

YOUNG, ARTHUR, the agriculturist, died April 16 1820 

YOUNG, TOM, died November 9 1837 

This individual, whose fame had extended over all Scotland, died at his 
house, within the precincts of the jail, at Glasgow, from his advanced age. At 
the last execution which took place in Glasgow, (that of Campbell, for murder,) 
he was unable, from weakness, to perform his unpleasant duty, and the autho- 
rities were under the necessity of employing another, (from Edinburgh), in his 
stead. He was appointed to the office, December 10, 1814; and it seems that 
an indenture was regularly drawn up betwixt him and the Magistrates, and 
signed. By the conditions of this indenture, he bound himself to perform the 
office of public executioner, whenever called upon, during- the period of his 
natural life; to inflict corporeal punishment, and work as a labourer about the 
jail, and not to absent himself from duty; for this he was to receive a yearly 
salary of £52. and one guinea for every capital execution ; a pair of new shoes 
twice a year; a free house, coal and candle, and both parties to be held liable to 
a penalty of £50. in case of any deviation from the foregoing agreement. He 
held the situation for twenty-three years ; and during that period had deprived 
above seventy unfortunate beings of their existence ; fifty-six of whom were 



566 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

YOUNG, TOM, (continued.) 

executed in Glasgow; and the remainder in Greenock, Paisley, Ayr, Sterling, 
&c In 1820, he performed his duty on Hardie and Band, (the Radicals), in 
Stirling: also of Wilson, at Glasgow. When solicited to perform his unplea- 
sant task in any of the surrounding districts, he is said to have been exorbitant 
in his demand of remuneration for the same: and on these occasions not so 
strict an economist in his charge, when travelling at another's expense, being 
very extravagant in his diet. Yet, after all, he died poor, leaving his widow 
and three children in very destitute circumstances. 

ZAMET, SEBASTIAN, financier, born 1552; died 1614 

ZARATE, AUGUSTIN, Spanish historian, flourished in ■ 1543 

ZENO, APOSTOLO, Italian dramatic writer, born 1669; 

died H50 

ZIMMERMAN, , born 1728; died .. 1795 



OMISSIONS OF REMARKABLE PERSONS. 

ADAMS, , and OLDFIELD, executed with 

Eliza Fenning, July 26 1815 

ARDEN, LORD, died July 5 1840 

Lord Arden was brother to the Right Honourable Spencer Percival, who was 
assassinated by Bellingham. 

ASHCROFTS, (The), WILLIAM HOLDEN, &c. tried for 

murder, 1817 

At the Lancaster Assizes, September 5, James Ashcroft, (the elder, aged 53), 
David Ashcroft, (his brother, aged 48,) James Ashcroft, (the younger, aged 
32) William Holder], (aged -47), and John Robinson, (aged 53,) were charged 
with the murder of Margaret Marsden and Hannah Partington, in the dwelling 
house of Thomas Littlen ood, at Pendleton, near Manchester, on the 26th clay 
of April previous. They pleaded — Not Guilty. 

This dreadful murder stands unparalelled even by that of the family of the 
Maris, of Ratcliffe-highway, (see page 484), and was committed in the open 
day (two o'clock in the afternoon.) The Court was crowded as early as seven 
o'clock in the morning ; and within the bar, the Counsel could with the greatest 
difficulty find room to sit or stand. Without the bar, all was one entire mass, 
that stood and moved a.s if inseparable. At eight o'clock precisely, the trial 
commenced. The challenges of the Jury were many ; but when at length 
sworn, the elder Ashcroft, with a theatrical air, and flinging his hand upwards, 
exclaimed — Not guilty; his brother followed his example, as did his son, and 
likewise Holden. Robinson scarcely raised his hand to young Ashcroft's 
shoulder. 

From the evidence of the prosecutor, Mr. Littlewood, it appeared that his 
family consisted of himself, his wife, a Mrs. Marsden, (in her 75th year,) and 
Hannah Partington. That he went on the 25th day of April preceding, about 
nine in the morning to market, and returned at eight in the evening. Had left 
in the house, on his depaiture therefrom, £160.; £140. in notes, nineteen 
guineas in gold, half a guinea, and a seven shilling piefte. The money was in a 



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ASHCROFTS, (THE) &c. (continued.) 

drawer, which was never locked. Saw the money there at seven o'clock of the 
morning of that clay. On his arrival at home in the evening, he tried the door, 
and found it locked, as also the yard door, the key being in the the inside. At 
length having obtained an entrance by an upper window, he proceeded to the 
kitchen, when a most appaling spectacle was presented ; Mrs. Marsden was 
sitting in the chair she always occupied, her forehead fractured, and driven 
into the brain; Hannah Partington was lying- under the dresser, her knees bent 
towards her head, which was in the same state as Mrs. Marsden's, and both 
quite cold; the kitchen was covered with blood ; the poker was bent, and very 
bloody; the cleaver, which was always hung in the kitchen, was found in their 
bed-room, with a little blood on it, and the money was all gone. 

Mr. Cross, in a speech of grpat force aud pathos, now detailed the particulars 
of the case to the Jury. The witnesses for the prosecution, (twenty- six in 
number) having given their evidence, 

The Chief Baron summed up in a very luminous address, of more than an 
hour and a half; when the Jury retired to consider of their verdict, and in two 
minutes returned with a verdict of guilty against James Ashcroft, the elder, 
David Ashcroft, James Ashcroft, the younger, and William Holden, John Robin- 
son, — Not Gruilty. 

On the 8th of September, 1817, they were led to the fatal scaffold, and exe- 
cuted. They denied their guilt to the last. 

AVERSHAW, JEREMIAH LEWIS, tried for murder . 1794 

This daring and atrocious highwayman was one of the most ferocious culprits ever 
known. Early in life he associated himself with gangs of notorious thieves, 
over whom he soon obtained great command. A wan ant having been issued 
for his arrest by the Magistrates of Southwark, D. Price and B. Turner, officers 
belonging to Union Hall, were entrusted with the execution of the same. Being 
informed that he was regaling himself at a public house in Southwark, called 
The Three Brewers, a house famed as the resort for thieves, they repaired 
thither, and found their information correct; and, at the same time, that the 
object of their search was fully prepared to put in execution his dreadful 
threats. On their approaching him, he placed himself at the entrance to the 
parlour, with a loaded pistol in each hand, and swore he would shoot the first 
person who should attempt to take him. The officers now rushed forward to 
seize him 5 when the villain discharged both pistols at the same moment, by 
one of which Turner was severely wounded in the head, whilst the fatal con- 
tents of the other lodged in the body of Price. He lingered for a short time, 
and died in great agony. 

He took his trial for the murder at the following Surry Sessions, at Croydon, 
when he was found guilty; but a flaw being discovered in the indictment, an 
objection was taken by the prisoner's counsel : and although the learned Judge, 
(Baron Perryn) who presided at the trial, intimated a wish to take the opinion 
of the Twelve Judges, the Counsel for the prosecution waved the question, and 
insisted upon Avershaw being tried on an indictment for one of his former 
offences, (shooting at one Barnaby Windsor), he was on that charge found — 
guilty, and received sentence of death. 

The Judge having put on the black cap, the emblem assumed at the time of 
passing sentence of death, Avershaw behaved with the most insolent effrontery 
by placing his hat on his head, and staring the Judge full in the face, which he 
accompanied with a most malicious sneer, and affected contempt, which conduct 
he continued till he was taken, bound hand and foot from the dock, venting 
curses and insults on the Judge and Jury for having consigned him to murder. 

This brutal conduct continued to the last. In the interval between receiv- 
ing sentence of death and the execution, having got some black cherries, he 
amused himself with painting on the white walls of the cell in which he was 
confined, sketches of various robberies whieh he had committed. He was exe- 
cuted on Kennington Common, August 3, 1795, and died as he had lived, a 



56S THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

AVERSHAW, JEREMrAH, (continued.) 

ruffian and a brute. He was afterwards hung in chains, and (painful as is the 
record,) whilst the disgusting carcase of this malefactor, devoured by the birds 
and withered by the elements gradually disappeared, the spot on which he had 
been gibbeted was converted into a temple of infamy, to which the thieves of 
London resorted in a kind of pilgrimage; and procuring from his decaying and 
piece-meal carcase the bones of his fingers and toes to convert into stoppers for 
their tobacco pipes. 

BAKER, SIR ROBERT, the Magistrate, died in July ... 1840 

BARTHOLOMAN, ALEXANDER, Editor of the < York 

Herald,' died \ 1810 

BATTEUX, CHARLES, French writer, born 1713; died 1780 

BATHIEUX, M. painter, born 1701 ; died 1792 

BAUHIN, GASPAR, botanist, died 1623 

BAXTER, RICHARD, born 1615; died 1691 

BAXTER, WILLIAM, born 1651; died 1723 

BAYARD, LE CHEVALIER, French warrior, died 1524 

BAYER, , astronomer, died 1637 

BAYLE, PIERRE, French writer, born 1647; died 1706 

BEAL, MARY, painter, born 1632; died 1697 

BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, died July 1 1818 

Sir Thomas was son of Sir Francis Bernard, Bart. Governor of New Jersey, who 
was created a Baronet in 17S0, and was born at Lincoln, Apiil 27, 1750. Ap- 
pointed to the official situation of Commissary of Musters; he also studied the 
Law; and was called to the Bar in 1780, by the Honourable Society of the 
Middle Temple; he however selected the more retired business of Convey- 
ancing, in which he rapidly rose to a high degree of reputation and practice. 

Mr. Bernard had taken an active part on the Committee of the Foundling 
Hospital for some years before he retired from business, and he was elected 
Treasurer to the Hospital in 1795, which opened a new field for his benevo- 
lent exertions. In conjunction with Count Rumford, he introduced a system 
of economy in cooking and fuel, on the Count's principle, which effected a 
saving of twenty-five chaldrons of coals in the fiist year. 

This success of the experiment led to the formation of a scheme in 1796, for 
introducing the same system of economy into the Mary-le-bone Workhouse. 
For this object a subscription of £100. each from Mr. Bernard, the Bishop of 
Durham, Mr. Eliott, Mr. Wilberforce, and some others, was raised in order to 
commence operations, but the proposal was not acceded to by the Vestry. 

He was one of the founders of the School for the Indigent Blind, in the year 
1800. He also fitted up at an expense of £1000. a large chapel in West-street, 
Seven Dials, the whole body of the chapel being free for the Poor. This 
chapel was opened May 25, the sermon being preached by Dr. Porteus, Bishop 
of London. 

He was one of the founders of the Royal Institution, in 1799, and in 1805, 
furnished the outline of the Plan for forming The British Institution for Pro- 



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BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, (continued) 

moting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom, which was established June 4, in 
that year; and on the 29th, Mr. Bernard agreed, on behalf of the Committee, 
for the purchase of the Shakspeare Gallery ; which Gallery was opened for the 
exhibition and sale of the productions of British Artists, in the following 
spring. 

In the year 1804, Mr. Bernard purchased a house in Wimpole-street, on 
account of ill-health, and resigned his office of Treasurer to the Foundling Hos- 
pital. 

He founded the Alfred Club in Albemarle-street, which was opened January 
I, 1809. In 1810, he succeeded to the Baronetage on the death of Sir John 
Bernard, in the West Indies. In 1811, he raised a subscription of 3000 
guineas for the purchase of Mr. West's picture of — Christ healing the Sick, 
which the artist had intended to present to his native city Philadelphia. This 
picture was exhibited in the Gallery of the British Institution, and has since 
been presented by the Directors to the National Gallery. 

In 1813, he arranged The Political Life of Lord Harrington, which was pub- 
lished in 1814. 

In 1816, and 1817, he exerted himself to obtain a repeal of the Salt Duties ; 
and in December, 1817, published The Case of the Salt Duties, with proof s and 
illustrations. In the next Session of Parliament a Committee was appointed to 
enquire into the Salt Laws. The increased exertion be now used in procuring 
evidence for the Committee brought on a severe illness, and he was induced to 
leave London at the earliest possible time; and from medical advice, proceeded 
to Leamington Spa, where he arrived in the middle of June; from this moment 
he gradually grew weaker, until the morning of the 1st of July, when his valu- 
able life terminated without a struggle. 

Leaving no issue, he was succeeded in the Baronetage by his only surviving 
brother, the late Sir Scrope Bernard Morland, of Nether Winchendon, Bucks, 
and Pall-Mali, London, who died in April, 1830. 

BONAPARTE, LUCIEN, died January 6 1840 

BOTTING, JAMES, the Old Bailey Executioner, died Oc- 
tober 1 1837 

The above event was communicated to the Officials of Guildhall, by a letter from 
his landlady. He retired from the situation about seventeeen years ago, on 
which occasion he petitioned the Court of Aldermen for a pension, at the same 
time representing the services he had performed to the country, and the disa- 
greeable task connected therewith. The result was, the settlement of a pension 
of 5s. per week for life. 

It was with this individual that the first commencement of paying the execu- 
tioner his guinea per week over the door of the prison, in conformity with the 
feelings of the turnkeys. Some time since, a retiring executioner called upon 
Botting to ask his advice as to the terms in which to address the Court of 
Aldermen, in the matter of giving up or improving the business. " I dont 
" know," said Botting, " that as you can say any thing better than that His Ma- 
" jesty's got so gallows merciful, you've got ashamed to work for nothing, and beg 
" the Court to give him a hint to begin to do a bit of justice again." 

He was a good deal excited about Greenacre; and on the day appointed for 
the execution of that individual, he called aloud from his bed, at the moment 
of the clock striking the hour of eight, — " That's the time o'day — I'm blest if 
he an't a coming out to nap it." 

BYRON, LORD, tried for Murder 1765 

Lord Byron, grandfather to Lord Byron the Poet, tried on a charge of murder, in 
killing Mr. Chaworth in a duel. 

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570 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

CATALINI, MADAME, died 1841 

COLLIER, SIR GEORGE, died in April 1795 

Sir George was made a Post Captain in 1762, and was employed chiefly on the 
coast of America during the American war. Brought out, (at Drury-lane 
Theatre,) a Dramatic Romance, taken from the French, called, Selima and 
Azor, in 1775. 

DENMARK, KING OF, Decembers 1839 

DRUMMOND, MR. died January 4 1832 

Mr. Drummond was formerly a Lottery Office kepper in Holborn, but falling into 
misfortune, he died in Lambeth Workhouse, aged 74. 

HANOVER, THE QUEEN OF, died 1841 

HARRIS, KIDDY, executed at the Old Bailey for a 

robbery 1 824 

HEIDEGGER, JOHN JAMES, bom 1659; died 1749 

He was born at Zurich, and came to England in 1708, where, by his address, he 
obtained the chief direction of the Opera House and Masquerades, in which situ- 
ation he acquired a fortune of £5000. per annum. From his retentive memory, 
heacquired great facility in the writing of Operas. Though tall, and well-made, 
he was uncommonly disagreeable in his features, so much so, that he bet a 
wager with the Earl of Chesterfield, that, within a certain time, he could not 
produce so hideous a face as Heidegger's, in all London. The bet was accepted 
by the Earl. After a strict search, a woman was found, whose features were, 
at first sight, supposed to be stronger than those of the Count, as he was gene- 
rally called; but upon putting her head-dress upon him, he was declared to be 
the ugliest. 

The following humourous circumstance is likewise related of him: — 
That facetious individual, the Duke of Montague, (the author of the Bottle- 
Conjuror at the Haymarket) gave an entertainment at the Devil Tavern, to 
several of the nobility, (amongst whom were some hard drinkers,) who were 
in the plot. Heidegger was also invited, and, in a few hours after dinner got 
so drunk, as to be carried out of the room, and put to bed. During the period 
of his insensibility, the daughter of Mrs. Salmon, the then celebrated maker of 
wax figures, was introduced, who took a mould from his face in plaster of 
Paris; and from this a mask was made. A few days previous to the ensuing 
masquerade, the King had promised to be present, and also the Countess of 
Yarmouth. The Duke had in the mean time applied to Heidegger's valet-de- 
chambre, in order to ascertain in what sort of dress his master was likely to 
appear ; and then procuring a similar one, and also a person of the same stature, 
he gave him his instructions accordingly. On the evening of the masquerade, 
His Majesty being seated, Heidegger, as usual, ordered the mnsic to play — 
God save the King; but no sooner was his back turned, than the disguised 
Heidegger ordered them to play — Over the Water to Charley. Upon this the 
company was lost in amazement ; and those about the Court, who were not in 
the plot, were in great consternation. Heidegger, in a rage, rushed to the 
music gallery, swore and stamped, and accused the musicians of either being 
drunk, or combined to ruin him. The king and the Countess laughed to such 
an extent, as almost to hazard a discovery of the joke. During Heidegger's 
presence in the gallery, — God save the King continued to be played; but on the 
instant of his departure from thence to superintend the dancing-rooms, the 
pretended Heidegger again plaeed himself before the music gallery, calling out, 



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HEIDEGGER, JOHN JAMES, (continued.) 

in an audible voice, (at the same time imitating Heidegger) — ' blockheads, 
have I not told you to play — Charley over the Water ? The musicians now 
thought him either drunk, or mad; but continuing his vociferations, Charley 
was played again. Some of the officers of the guards were now for going to the 
gallery, to turn the musicians out ; the then Duke of Cumberland could con- 
tain himself ho longer; the company were thrown into the greatest disorder, 
and shame! — shame! resounded from all parts of the house. Heidegger once 
more flew, burning with rage, to the musician's gallery. Here the Duke of 
Montague artfully addressed himself to him, telling him the king was in a vio- 
lent passion ; that his best way was to go instantly and make an apology — that 
the musicians were mad — and lo afterwards discharge them; almost at the 
same instant he ordered the false Heidegger to, do the same. The scene was 
now truly ludicrous before the King. Heidegger had no sooner made an 
apology for the conduct of his musicians, but the impostor advanced, crying 
out — ' Indeed, Sire, it was not my fault, but that devil's, in my likeness.' 
Heidegger having now turned round, stared, staggered, grew pale, and could 
not utter a word. The Duke now communicated to Heidegger his plot, and 
the counterfeit was ordered to take off his mask. Here ended this frolic; but 
Heidegger swore he would never again attend any public amusement, if the 
wax-work woman did not break the mould, and melt down the mask before his 
face. He died at the advanced age of ninety. 

HENRICH, ARABELLA, died in May 1829 

This penurious and eccentric individual died in Blandford-street, Portman-squarc. 
She occupied a small room in the house of a green-grocer, who was generally 
induced by her to supply two pennyworth of meat from his family joint, upon 
which she dined. When visited by her friends she always lamented her great 
poverty, and the many privations she was forced to undergo in consequence, 
which appeal was generally successful. At her death, however, money, 
amounting to £5000. was discovered in a cellar and cupboard which was appro- 
priated to her use, and of which she kept the key. A quantity of guineas and 
sovereigns were found in tea-kettles ; and in the cupboard a large roll of Bank- 
notes. Various articles of value were also discovered ; and between the bed 
and sacking a will was found, by which the greatest part of her property was left 
to individuals residing in the city; but, strange as it may appear, although ad- 
vertised, they never claimed the property. 

HOBHOUSE, SIR BENJAMIN, died 1831 

HUNT, (JOHN and LEIGH), tried for a libel on HIS R. 

H. THE PRINCE REGENT, 1813 

On the 3rd of February they were brought up to receive Judgment, before Lord 
Eilenborough, Mr. Justice Le Blanc, and Mr. Justice Bailey, when the Court 
passed the following sentence, viz. : — to pay the King a fine of £500. each, and 
to be severally imprisoned for the space of two years ; John Hunt, in the prison 
of Coldbath-fields, and Leigh Hunt, in the New Jail for the county of Surrey, 
in Horsemonger-lane; that at the expiration of that time, each to give secu- 
rity in £500. and two sufficient sureties in £250. for their good behaviour 
during five years, and to be severally imprisoned until such fine be paid, and 

such security given. 

» 

JEFFERSON, THOMAS, American President, died July 4 1826 
JOAN OF ARC, or (JEAN D'ARC,) burnt May 30 1431 

She was the daughter of a peasant, in the village of Dompre, near the border of 
Lorraine. Having eloped from her father, she hired herself to a female inn- 



572 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

JOAN OF ARC, (continued.) 

keeper, where she acted in the capacity of a servant, in which situation she re- 
mained five years. She had from her childhood been of an imaginative turn of 
mind; and, previous to her leaving her native village, most of her leisure hours 
were spent in the forest near the neighbourhood. Here, in imagination, she 
conversed not only with her own spirit, but also with the saints and the angels, 
until her fancy had assumed reality. She believed that she heard voices from 
heaven — of the archangel Michael, the angel Gabriel, with the rest of the 
saints, who seemed to address her audibly. 

Some time after another sentiment was added to her religion — that of patri- 
otism. The state of France, with which Lorraine, though not incorporated, 
was intimately connected, was at this period in a deplorable state. England, 
who claimed the sovereignty of the kingdom, was in actual possession of the 
greater part of it, and had garrisons estahlished in nearly all the great towns. 
The Duke of Bedford, uncle of Henry VI. the king of England, resided in 
Paris, and there governed as regent in the name of his nephew. The Duke of 
Burgundy, the most powerful vassal of the crown, had become the ally of this 
foreign domination. Charles VII. the legitimate heir to the throne, to whom 
the nation was attached, was a fugitive, and confined to a narrow corner of the 
kingdom, and losing daily some portion of his remaining resources. These 
events made a great impression upon Jeanne. In her eyes it was the cause of 
heaven as well as of France. When residing at Neufchateau, martial feelings 
hegan to mix with those of religion. Her sex, which had hitherto excluded her 
from the profession of arms, she now disregarded, and applied herself to manly 
exercises. These greatly invigorated her frame, and added a glow of anima- 
tion to her beauty. She had at this time also acquired great skill in managing 
her horse. 

On the 24th of February, 1429, she presented herself before King Charles at 
Chinon, a town lying at a great distance below Orleans on the south side of the 
Loire, dressed in male attire, and armed from head to foot. In this disguise 
she had travelled with a few individuals whom she had persuaded to accompany 
her, though through a country then in the possession of the enemy. She told 
the King that she was commissioned by heaven to restore him to a throne from 
which he was so unjustly deprived. 

At this period the town of Orleans, the place which still held out for Charles, 
and the key to that portion of the kingdom where he was acknowledged, was 
pressed by the forces of the besiegers, and reduced to a state the most hopeless. 
Some weeks had been spent in proceedings intended to give the enterprise of 
the Maid of Orleans some colour of Divine protection and also the requisite ef- 
fect of her appearance. Accordingly, on the 29th of April, mounted on a white 
steed, and with her standard carried before her, she dashed forward at the head 
of a convoy with provisions, and in spite of all the opposition of the enemy 
forced her way into the besieged city. The rapid succession of exploits which 
followed bore very much the appearance of miracles. In a few sallies the be- 
siegers were drove from every post. Nothing could withstand her gallant 
band: and her followers really believed that the irresistible success which 
attended her endeavours was by the sanction of heaven. On the Sth of May, 
the enemy (who had possessed the place from the 12th of October preceding,) 
raised the siege, and retired in the greatest disorder. From this period the 
English were no longer feared; and in a few days after followed the battle of 
Patay, when a great victory was obtained by the French under the command of 
this celebrated leader, and the English, by the brave and able Lord Talbot. In 
this encounter two thousand five hundred of the English were left dead on the 
field of battle; and twelvehundred were taken prisoners, among whom was the 
General. Town after town now opened its gates to the conqueror, the garrison 
of the English retiring without a blow. On the 16th of July, the surrender of 
Bheims took place; and on the following day Charles was solemnly crowned in 
the cathedral there. Having, as she said, fulfilled her mission, Jeanne now 
petitioned the king to allow her to return in quiet to that obscurity she had for 



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JOAN OF ARC, (continued.) 

a time left. But the entreaties of her Royal Master prevented her from expe- 
riencing the wished-for indulgence. Honours were now heaped upon her; a 
medal was ordered to be struck in commemoration of her heroic deeds; and 
letters of nobility were granted to herself and also to every member of her 
family. 

The record of her end is truly lamentable, — for ever disgraceful to England, 
and scarcely less so to France. On the 24th of May, 1430, whilst heroically 
combating against the army of the Duke of Burgundy under the walls of Com- 
peigne, she was treacherously shut out from the city she was defending, through 
the contrivance of the Governor: and being left almost alone, was, after per- 
forming various acts of great valour, compelled to surrender to the enemy. 
John of Luxembourg, into whose hands she fell, some time after sold her for 
ten thousand livres to the Duke of Bedford. Soon after she was brought to 
Rouen, and tried on a charge of sorcery. The contrivances resorted to for esta- 
blishing 1 the charge, were at once cruel and degrading; and on the 30th of May, 
1431, she was sentenced to be burned at the stake. No attempt was made on 
the part of Charles in the mean time to rescue the innocent victim from the de- 
struction that awaited her. She pleaded hard to live; but her intreaties were 
in vain, for on the following day the inhuman sentence was carried into execution 
in the market-place at Rouen, and she died as courageously as she had lived. 

JONES, HENRY, (alias OWEN), FRANCIS PHOE- 
NIX, (alias FINNIKIN), & CHARLES BURTON, 
executed in December „ 1771 

The above robbery was committed in the house of Sir R. Ladbroke, Alderman 
and Banker, of London ; and it is not a little singular, that it was effected 
without in the least disturbing the family, together with five servants, who 
were in the house at the time. The articles stolen, were £. s. d. 

Sir Robert's gold chain, the insignia of his office, worth .. 100 

A gold chain 80 

Several pieces of plate 100 

A Coronation medal, a broad 25s. piece, a guinea of the 1 

time of Oliver Cromwell, a ditto of George I., and va- > 40 

rious other pieces j 

Old Crown pieces 15 

Two gold snuff boxes 20 

Brilliant breast buckler 25 

Diamond hoop-ring 20 

A pair of valuable Moco studs 10 

A Pair of cluster stone buttons 10 

With other articles of small value , 30 



£.450 



This booty being in the first apartment they broke open, seems to have 
satisfied them ; having searched no other part of the dwelling, although a silver- 
hilted sword hung up in the apartment. 

The robbers having melted the gold articles, a dispute arose on their trial, 
between Sir R. Ladbroke, the loser of the gold, which had been cast into an 
ingot, and Mr. Cox, the purchaser. The latter urged, that he had bought it in 
open day, in an open shop, and at a fair price ; Sir Robert insisted, on the other 
hand, of a prior claim, of which he had been violently deprived. 

The Court was inclined in favour of Sir Robert ; and he on perceiving this, 
offered it as a favour to Mr. Cox, who disclaimed all notion of favour, and still 
demanding his right to the ingot, which he put into his pocket. 



574 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

KING CHARLES I. beheaded 1649 

The Regicide Bradshaw, one of the Judges of this unfortunate monarch, was born 
in 1586. His patrimony was very small, but he did not want for parts: which 
supported by impudence, and ambition, acquired him a fortune in the practice 
of the law, in which he was brought up in Gray's Inn, where he was much 
visited by the factious, and more admired in his chambers than at Westminster 
Hall. Two Terms before the perpetration of the King's murder, this Chamber 
Council took the oath of allegiance, being called to the dignity of a Serjeant- at- 
Law by the powers then in being, to prepare him for that detestable office, for 
which he was thought to be so well qualified. When first nominated to be Pre- 
sident of the pretended Court of Justice, for the trial of Charles, he appeared 
much surprised, and resolutely refused it. But, when pressed with more im- 
portunity, he required time to consider it, when he would give e final answer, 
which he did on the following day, when he accepted the office, which he admi- 
nistered with all the pride and impudence imaginable. He was quickly in- 
vested in great state; a guard was assigned for the security of his person, being 
now declared President of the Council of State; and for the maintaining of so 
hiyh a dignity, his creators gave him Lord Cottington's estate, anrl the Duchy 
of Lancaster, with £5000. in money, to supply the present exigencies: and 
made him a present of the Dean's house at Westminster for ever, for his resi- 
dence and habitation. The King was now brought before the pretended High 
Court, on a charge of high treason, which, being read, Bradshaw behaved in a 
most insolent manner to His Majesty, who although menaced, would not ac- 
knowledge any authority in that Court to call him into judgment, and concluded 
with " Sir, your sins are of so laige a dimension, that, if you do but seriously 
think of them, they will drive you to a sad consideration, they may improve in 
you a sad and serious repentance. And the Court doth heartily wish that you 
may be so penitent for what you have done amiss, that God may have mercy at 
least on your better part. Truly, Sir, for the other it is our parts and duties 
to do that which the law prescribes. We cannot be unmindful of what the 
Scripture tells us; for to ' acquit the guilty is of equal abomination as to con- 
demn the innocent; we may not acquit the guilty.' What sentence the law 
affirms to a traitor, tyrant, and murderer, and a public enemy to the country, 
that sentence you are now to hear read to you, and that is the sentence of the 
Court." Pursuant to which His Majesty was put to death, Bradshaw being the 
first that signed the warrant for his beheading 1649. After this, Bradshaw 
was employed in the trial of the Duke of Hamilton, the Earl of Holland, the 
Earl of Norwich, Lord Capel, and Sir John Owen, against whom he likewise 
pronounced sentence of death. And in all his actions he proved himself to be 
the most flagitious of the long robe, and the most active in the destruction of 
monarchy in this nation ; but had the good fortune to escape corporeal punish- 
ment; for he died a natural death in 1659, as it is supposed with grief at the 
prospect of an approaching restoration. However, his body, by order of Par- 
liament, with some others, his accomplices, at Tyburn, were thrown under the 
gallows. (See further, at page 137.) Thus ended the worldly career of this 
despicable wretch. 

KING, PETER, eccentric character, died 1806 



LABLACHE, LOUIS, born in 1794 

Made his debut on the Italian boards at Paris, in November, 1830, in the part of 
Geronimo in the Matrimonii) Segreto. 

LABOURERS, riot of the, on the Chester Railway, Octo- 
ber 12 1839 

LEE, , High Constable of Westminster, died 1838 



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LE BLANC, SIR SIMON, (Judge), died.. 1816 

MACAULAY, GRAHAM CATHARINE, historian, died 1791 

MACCLESFIELD, COUNTESS OF; see Savage. 

MACDONALD, JAMES, an Irishman, died at the age 

of 117 1760 

He was seven feet six inches high, and eat four pounds of solid meat at a meal. 

MACLAURIN, COLIN, mathematician, born 1698 ; died 1746 

METCALF, JOHN, (otherwise Blind Jack, of Knares- 
borough), born 1717; died 1810 

He was born at Knaresborough, in Yorkshire ; and at the age of four years he was 
seized with the small pox, which deprived him of his sight, in spite of all the 
means tliat were employed for its preservation. 

At the age of thirteen he was taught music, in which he made great profi- 
ciency, though the cry of a hound or a harrier was more suited to his taste than 
the sound of an instrument. He kept hounds of his own, frequently hunting 
with Mr Woodburn, of Knaresborough, who kept a pack, and was always very 
desirous of Metcalf's company in the chace. 

In 1732, he was invited to Harrogate, to play at the Assembly, as successor 
to a poor old man, who, borne down by the weight of a hundred years, became 
too slow for country dances. Here he was well received by the visiting nobi- 
lity and gentry. In this employment he passed his evenings, and the mornings 
he spent in cocking, hunting, and coursing. About this period, also, he 
bought a horse, and often ran him for small plates ; and his engagements in- 
creasing, he took a partner, who was likewise a good performer. 

Having once matched one of his horses to run three miles for a considerable 
wager, and the parties agreeing each to ride his own horse, they set up posts at 
certain distances on the Forest Moor, describing a circle of one mile: having, 
consequently, to go three times round the course. Under the idea that Met- 
calf would be unable to keep the course, great odds were laid against him. His 
ingenuity furnished him with an expedient in this dilemma. He procured 
some bells, and placing a man with one of them at each post, was enabled by 
the ringing to judge when to turn. By this contrivance, and the superior 
speed of his horse, he came in winner, amidst the applause of all present, ex- 
cepting those who had betted against him. 

During his leisure hours he had studied mensuration in a way peculiar to 
himself; and when certain of the girth and length of any piece of timber, he 
was able accurately to reduce its contents to feet and inches, and could bring 
the dimensions of any building into yards and feet. 

The first piece of road he made was about three miles of that between 
Fearnsby and Minskip. The materials for the whole were to be procured from 
one gravel-pit ; he therefore provided deal boards, and erected a temporary 
house at the pit, took a dozen horses to the place, fixed racks and mangers, and 
hired a house for his men at Minskip. He often walked from Knaresborough 
in the morning with four or five stone of meat on his shoulders, and joined his 
men by six o'clock. He completed the road much sooner than was expected, 
to the entire satisfaction of the Surveyor and Trustees. 

Soon after this he contracted for building a bridge at Boroughbridge, which 
he completed with great credit to his abilities. The business of making roads, 
and building and repairing bridges in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and 
Cheshire, he continued with great success till the year 1792, when he returned 
to his native county. 
These brief particulars cone erning this extraordinary man, and useful member 



576 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

METCALF, JOHN, (continued.) 

of society, are taken from a narrative publisher] by himself, after his return to 
his native county. He fixed his residence at Spofforth, near Wetherby, with a 
daughter and son-in-law. He died in the year 1810, at the advanced age of 
ninety-four. 

MINSHULL, MR. (the Magistrate), died July 7 1840 

MONTAGUE, MRS. ELIZABETH, died August 25 1800 

This learned and ingenious lady was the daughter of Matthew Robinson, Esq. of 
West Layton, in Yorkshire. She was born at York, October 2, 1720. In 
1742, she was married to Edward Montague, Esq. of Denton Hall, in North- 
umberland, and Sandleford priory, in Berkshire, who died without issue in 
177-5, and left her in great opulence. She died in her 80th year, at her house 
in Portman-square. She was the intimate friend of Pulteney and Lyttleton ; 
and she survived to entertain Johnson, Goldsmith, Burke, and Reynolds, till 
their respective deaths. 

MOUNTAIN, MRS. the Actress, died July 1841 

MOODY, TOM, celebrated huntsman, died in December 1796 

NELSON, THE RT. HON. FRANCES, died May 4 ... 1831 

The Bight Honourable Frances, Dowager Viscountess Nelson, Duchess of Bronte, 
was the widow of Josiah Nisbet, M. D. 

NORTHCOTE, , celebrated painter, died 1831 

PAGININI, , violin player, appearance of at the 

Opera House, June 3 1831 

PLANC, , (the Officer,) died in May 1840 

It was this officer, to whom Fauntleroy offered £20,000. to suffer him to escape. 
Retired on a pension. (See Arrangements of Magistrates; page 107, ante.) 

POPE, BENJAMIN, Miser, died in July 1794 

This individual was nearly as remarkable as Old Elvves for his penurious habits. 
He was originally a tanner in Southwark, and so extensive were his dealings, 
that his stock in trade was, for several years, supposed to be worth sixtv or 
seventy thousand pounds. He at length became a money-lender, and discount- 
ed and bought annuities, mortgages, and such like transactions, In this he was 
not so successful as in his former business ; for the name of Pope, the usurer, 
frequently appears in the proceedings of our courts of law, where those on the 
bench thought very differently from Mr. Pope, with respect to his practices in 
this way of business The most remarkable, and last instance of this sort was, 
his being cast in £10,000. damages for some illegal practices, in the course of 
his money transactions with Sir Alexander Leith. This was continually com- 
plained of by Pope, who, to be even with his adversary, retired to France. His 
monev, in consequence, lying idle, he resolved to return, preferring aresidence 
in prison, to the payment of the fine, and actually suffered confinement for 
eleven years and a quarter, during the whole of which time he never had a 
joint of meat on his table; his greatest luxury being a fourpenny plate of meat 
from a cook-shop. 

He died in the Fleet prison, in July, 1794, aged 66 years. 



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PRUSSIA, FREDERICK I. KING OF, died 1713 

PRUSSIA, FREDERICK WILLIAM I. KING OF, died 1742 

PRUSSIA, FREDERICK II. (surnamed the GREAT,) 

died -. 1786 

PRUSSIA, FREDERICK WILLIAM III. KING OF, 

born August 3, 1770; died June 7 1840 

Married December 24, 1793; succeeded his father 1797; Visited London, June 
7, 1814; invested with the Order of the Garter, June 9, 1814; left England, 
July 27, 1814. 

PRUSSIA, FREDERICK WILLIAM, (son), born Oc- 
tober 15, 1795 

Ascended the throne on the death of his father, June, 1840. 

RUMMING, ELEANOR, (the celebrated Ale-wife,) died 

July 4 1563 

She lived in the reign of Henry VIII. and resided near the bridge at Leatherhead, 
in Surry; her house was lately standing; it was of timber, built with overhang- 
ing chambers, the roof covered with Sussex slate, which was the covering for- 
merly used in this country, when the builders had plenty of timber to support 
it. Skelton, the Poet-Laureat to King Henry VIII. has rendered her cele- 
brated, in his poem called, — " The Tunning of Elynor Humming" and others, 
from, very probably, using her house when the King went to Nonsuch Palace. 
Her descendants appear from the Parish books to have continued at Leatherhead 
for more than a century: — " July 4, 1563, Goody Rumming buried." " Robert 
Rumming buried, 4th April, 1669." 

Public houses were formerly kept by women, who were called Ale-wives; 
and amongst these celebrated characters were Mother Louse, of Louse Hall, 
near Oxford, near the lane leading to Marston, and which is now called 
Harpsichord Row, or Harpsichord Gardens. How the house came by the appel- 
lation of house Hall, does not appear; but the ale-wife was christened Mother 
Louse, after the above title , by the gentlemen of the University, who frequently 
visited it. She is supposed to have been the last woman in England who wore 
a ruff. 

Mother George, of Oxford, who lived to the great age of one hundred and twenty 
years, was contemporary with Mother Louse. This extraordinary woman, to 
convince her visitants of the goodness of her eye-sight at so advanced an age, 
used to thread a fine needle before them. 

Jane Rouse was the hostess of the celebrated Boar's Head in Eastcheap, 
where Fallstaff and Prince Henry cracked their jokes, and made the best of life 
while it lasted. This worthy woman was accused of witchcraft, and was 
taken from her own bar to the bar of the Old Bailey, condemned, and executed 
accordingly. 

Mother Damnable, the origin of the sign of the Mother Red Cap, Kentish Town, 
(where she resided), was another ale-wife. There is a caricature portrait of 
this woman, who was, doubtless, a most remarkable creature. She used to 
attend the armies, and after a battle pillage the bodies. Most probably she was 
the original of that similar character in Smollett's novel of Count Fathom. As 
she grew old, she assumed an outward show of religious sanctity. Randolph, in 
his Muses' 1 Looking Glass, says — 

" I have seen in Mother Red-Cap's Hall, 
In painted cloth, the story of the Prodigal. " 
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578 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

SCALES, MR. rejection of for the Ward of Portsoken, 

Januarys 1832 

Hugh Hughes, Esq. M. P. sworn in Alderman of Portsoken Ward, the Court 
having rejected Mr. Scales, who had nevertheless a majority of votes at the 
Election. Sir J. Scarlett obtained a Rule in the Court of King's Bench, to show 
cause why a Mandamus should not be issued to the Court of Aldermen, to 
swear in Mr. Scales as Alderman for the Ward of Portsoken, he having polled 
at the Election the greatest number of votes, January 14, 1832. 

STEVENSON, WILLIAM, died July 17 1817 

This extraordinary man was born at Dunlop, Ayrshire ; and during the latter 
years of his life, he wandered about as a common beggar. In 1788, he sepa- 
rated from his wife upon these strange conditions — that the first that proposed 
an agreement should forfeit £100. They never met again, nor is it known what 
became of the female. 

Stevenson had been for some months very much afflicted with the stone ; and 
feeling the disease increase, he became fully aware of his approaching dissolu- 
tion, for which he made the following' extraordinary preparation ; having sent 
for the baker, he ordered twelve dozen of burial cakes, together with a corres- 
ponding quantity of wine and spirituous liquors. After tbis he sent for the 
joiner, ordered a coffin decently mounted, that the wood should be quite dry, 
and the join made so as to resist the water. The grave-digger was next sent 
for, whom he enjoined to make his grave with plenty of room, at the same time 
assuring him that he would be recompensed for his trouble. Having completed 
his arrangements, he ordered the old woman who attended him to go to a certain 
place, and bring out nine pounds, to defray his funeral expenses. In a few 
hours afterwards he died, in the 87th year of his age. 

A neighbour was sent for, to examine and seal up his effects. The first thing 
found was a bag, containing large silver pieces, — crowns, half-crowns, and 
dollars to a large amount; also, amongst some dirty rags, a, great number of 
guineas and seven shilling pieces. In a trunk was found a bond for £300. to- 
gether with other bonds and securities to a great amount ; in all to £900. His 
will was found amongst some loose papers, which specified a bequest of £20. to 
his housekeeper, and the rest of his property to be divided amongst his rela- 
tions; and as a little time was necessary for so so doing, he lay in state four 
days. The invitations to his funeral were truly singular, whole families being 
asked, so that, his remains were followed by tradesmen in their working clothes, 
bare-footed boys and girls, and an immense crowd of beggars, to the aged of 
whom he left sixpence, and to the younger threepence. After his funeral, they 
retired to a large barn fitted up for the purpose, where was exhibited a scene of 
disgusting dissipation and riot. 

TATTERS ALL, MR. sportsman, died 1810 

TUSSER, THOMAS, died about 1533 

He had the felicity to merit the notice of Mr. Warton, in his History of English 
Poetry, from his having published his Poem of — A Hundredth good Pointes of 
Husbandrie, imprinted at London, in Flete-strete, within Temple barre, at the 
syne of the Hand and Starre, by Richard Totell, An. 1577- A copy of this 
first edition is preserved in the British Museum. A re-print of this singular 
literary rarity is given in Mr. Hazlewood's British Bibliographer. The subse- 
quent editions of this curious book are interestingly enumerated by Mr. Mavor, 
in his edition of Tusser. Tusser died at the age of sixty-five, and was buried 
in St. Mildred's church, in the Poultry. His epitaph is preserved in Stowe's 
Survey of London; and (as Mr. Mavor observes) it is perfectly in character with 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 579 

TUSSER, THOMAS, (continued.) 

the man and his writings ; and if conjecture may be allowed, was penned by 
himself;-— 

Here Thomas Tusser, clad in earth doth lie, 
Who sometimes made the Points of Husbandry. 
Byhim then learn thou may'st. Here learn we must, 
When all is done, we sleep and turn to-dust. 
And yet, through Christ, to heaven we hope to go: 
Who reads his books, shall find his faith was so. 

His book exhibits an authentic picture of the state of Horticulture during the 
time of Mary and Elizabeth ; and, as Mr. Warton observes, his work is " valuable 
" as a genuine picture of the agriculture, — the rural arts, — and the domestic 
ceconomy and customs of our industrious ancestors." 

WHITTY, REV. ARCHDEACON, murder of 1832 

The Archdeacon had for some time been in treaty with his parishioners for a 
commutation of his tithes. He had claimed £1,200. ; but the majority of the 
tithe-payers, Protestant, as well as Catholic, had resisted the demand. He 
was found savagely murdered in a field near Clounoulty. When first discover- 
ed, he was insensible, but life was not extinct. He was conveyed to a neigh- 
bouring house, where he lingered till death ended his sufferings. 

WILLIAMS, RENWICK, tried on a charge of stabbing, 

July 8 1790 

This individual, commonly known as the ' Monster, ' had acquired an unnatural 
and unaccountable propensity in maliciously cutting and stabbing females, 
wherever he met them unprotected, and by his revolting conduct, had at this 
period become a terror to the Metropolis. In consequence, it was proposed, 
that public associations should be formed, for the more effectually bringing 
him to punishment. For twelve months he carried on this villainous practice, 
in spite of the extraordinary exertions made for his detection in the same. On 
the 5th of May, 1789, he stabbed Elizabeth Davies in the hip; and assaulted a 
Miss Foster in the same manner, as she was coming from the Theatre. On the 
18th of January, 1790) he stabbed Miss Ann Porter, as she was coming- from 
the Queen's Palace ; for which he was publicly advertised. He was described as 
a dark-looking man, 5 feet 7 inches high, long nose and face; generally wear- 
ing a cocked hat ; his hair dressed ; and his appearance altogether genteel. He 
•was supposed to have accomplices, as from the many assaults that had been 
committed, it was considered almost impossible they could have been inflicted 
by a single individual. 

At length, by the perseverance of a Mr. Coleman, (an acquaintance of Miss 
Porter's), he was apprehended on the 30th of June, 1790; and the next day 
brought up for examination; at which time many females appeared to identify 
him, some of whom, who had been wounded, could not swear to his person; 
but the two Miss Porters, the Miss Baughams, Miss Anne Frost, Miss Anne 
West, and Elizabeth Davies, fully identified him as the individual who had 
committed these savage attacks; upon which be was committed to Newgate to 
take his trial. So great was the detestation in which he was held, that it was 
with the greatest difficulty that the officers could prevent the mob from inflict- 
ing instant punishment upon him. 

He was soon after indicted under the Act of 6th George II. sec. 11. for 
felony; and fortunate, indeed, was it for him that the late Lord Ellenborough's 
Act did not then exist, for had it, the affair might have taken a different turn 
from what it did. 

On Thursday, July 8, 1790, he was arraigned at the Sessions House, in the 
Old Bailey, upon seven indictments, for cutting and maiming. On the first, 
Miss Porter deposed, that on her coming through St. James's Park, on the 18th 



580 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

WILLIAMS, RENWICK, (continued.) 

of January, 1790, she met the prisoner, who followed her till she arrived at her 
father's house in St. James's-street, when, as she was ascending the steps, she 
received a violent cut on the right hip ; the blow was so great that she was 
stunned. This was corroborated by her sister; and a Mr. Tompkins, surgeon, 
deposed, that the cut Miss Porter received was nine or ten inches long, and 
about three inches deep. 

The prisoner being called upon for his defence, begged the indulgence of the 
Court, in supplying the deficiency of his memory, upon what he wished to state, 
from a written paper. He accordingly read as follows: — 

" He stood an object equally demanding the attention and compassion of the 
Court. That, conscious of his innocence, he was ready to admit the justice of 
whatever sufferings he had hitherto undergone arising from suspicion. He had 
the greatest confidence in the justice and liberality of an English Jury, and 
hoped they would not suffer his fate to be decided by the popular prejudice 
raised against him. The hope of proving his innocence had hitherto sustained 
him. 

" He professed himself the warm friend and admirer of that sex whose 
cause was now asserted; and concluded with solemnly declaring that the whole 
prosecution was founded on a dreadful mistake, which he had no doubt but that 
the evidence he was about to call, would clear up, to the satisfaction of the 
Court." 

Several witnesses came, who stated, that Williams was at work the whole of 
the evening of the 18th of January ; they also gave the prisoner the character 
of a quiet, harmless man. 

Judge Buller then charged the Jury, who immediately returned a verdict of 
— Guiltij. 

He was next tried on two indictments for assaulting Elizabeth Davies and 
Elizabeth Baugham; and found guilty. He was then sentenced to two years' 
imprisonment in Newgate for the assault on Miss Porter, two years for Eliza- 
beth Davies, and two years for Miss Baugham; and to find sureties, himself in 
£200. and two in £100. each. What time he paid the debt of Nature is 
uncertain. 



ADDITIONS TO THE GENERAL EVENTS, &c. 

Section I. 

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE, total destruction of by 

Fire, June 8, 1841 

This fire was discovered about half-past three in the morning ; and the timbers of 
the Theatre, originally purchased by the late celebrated Philip Astley, being 
composed of spars of ships, masts, &c. which he at various periods bought pre- 
vious to forming a theatre, will readily account for the entire destruction of the 
building in so short a time. 

Elizabeth Briten, (the housemaid,) an old servant was, it appears, the first 
who escaped. After gaining the street, she remembered that her ' Saving's 
Bank ' book, containing the amount of her earnings, with some birds, that 
were especial favourites of Madame Ducrow, were left behind, returned into 
the house, heedless of the remonstrance of that lady, and consequently perished. 
Four of the valuable stud, with two other horses, a pony, and a donkey, fell a 
prey to the destructive element. 

This is the third fire which has taken place since the erection of the Theatre 
by the original proprietor, John Philip Astley, Esq. The first occurred on the 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 581 

ASTLEY'S THEATRE, (continued.) 

17th of August, 1795, when property to the value of nearly £30,000. was de- 
stroyed, with nineteen dwelling' houses; at this fire also there was loss of life, 
that of Mrs. Smith, the mother of Mrs. Astley. It is a singular fact, that she met 
her death in a similar manner to the ill-fated female on the present occasion, 
by returning t.o the house for the purpose of possessing herself of a large sum 
of money kept in her bed-room. The second occurred on the 2nd of Sep- 
tember, 1803, when forty houses were burnt. 

BEER BILL, (THE NEW), came into operation, Au- 
gust 7 ., 1840 

BICKNELL, MR. leaped his horse over Hyde-Park wall, 

7 feet High, in 1792 

BLOOD SYSTEM, the discovery of, 1816 

The active exertions of Alderman Wood, discovered in the first year of his Mayor- 
alty a conspiracy of the most atrocious nature, an organized plan to the com- 
mission of crime, and of traffic in human blood. The designs of the conspirators 
were chiefly executed in the neighbourhood of Tower-hill, where several of 
these victims were met at different times in great distress, by certain persons, 
who, under the mask of pity, furnished them with base shillings, and Bank 
tokens for 3s. and Is. 6cZ. The unfortunate creatures, nearly famishing, hastily 
rushed into a baker's or chandler's shop, but being previously placed under the 
eye of a lurking villain, who assumed the character of an officer, thus were 
seized and searched, and the money just before given them being found upon 
them, was considered full proof of their guilt. 

The blood-money system originated in the mischievous principles of a law 
which provided that, upon a conviction of a criminally-accused individual, a 
certain bonus should be paid to the party or parties bringing such accused indi- 
vidual to the bar of justice, which amounted generally to about £40. This had 
the effect of producing- a number of false accusations or condemning compa- 
ratively innocent men of some crime, into the commission of which they had 
been purposely entrapped, for the sake of the prize held out: hence the appro- 
priate name of blood-money. 

Several cases of this kind were brought to light. One of which was that 
of Thomas Brock, John Pelham, and Michael Power, charged with feloniously 
counterfeiting and colouring base coin, so as to make it resemble the current 
coin of the realm ; and also with having aided and abetted Dennis Riorton, 
James Quin, and Thomas Connolly, 

CANTON taken by storm, by the British 1841 

CHUNEY, (the elephant) at Exeter Change shot, ] 826 

DEVENPORT, dreadful incendiary Fire at the Dock-yard, 

September 27 1840 

DIORAMA, THE BRITISH, Oxford-street, burnt 1829 

EXETER MAIL, furious attack on one of the horses of 

the, by a Lioness, October 20 1816 

This occurrence took place at Winterslow-hut, seven miles from Salisbury. At 



582 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

EXETER MAIL, attack on, (continued.) 

the moment of the coachman's pulling up to deliver his bags, one of the leaders 
was suddenly seized by a ferocious animal, which produced great confusion and 
alarm: two passengers who were inside the mail got out, ran into the house, 
and locked themselves up in a room above stairs : the horses kicked and plunged 
violently, and it was with great difficulty the coachman could prevent the coach 
from being overturned. It was soon perceived by the coachman and guard, by 
the light of the lamps, that the animal which had seized the horse was a huge 
lioness. A large mastive dog came up and attacked her fiercely, on which she 
quitted the horse and turned upon him. The dog fled, but was pursued and 
killed by the lioness. The beast had escaped from a caravan that was standing 
on the road side, belonging to the proprietors of a menagerie, on their way to 
Salisbury fair. An alarm being given, the keepers pursued and hunted the 
lioness into a hovel under a granary, where they secured her, by barricading 
the place. The horse, when attacked, fought with great spirit, and had it been 
at liberty would probably have beaten down his antagonist with his fore-feet, 
but in plunging he embarrassed himself in the harness. The lioness attacked 
him in the front, and springing at his throat, fastened the talons of her fore- 
feet on each side of the neck, close to the head, while the talons of her hind 
feet were forced into the chest. In this situation she hung, whilst the blood 
was streaming around. Although the lioness had missed the jugular vein, the 
horse was so dreadfully torn, as to leave no hopes of life. A fresh horse was 
procured, and the mail drove on after having been detained three quarters of an 
hour by this extraordinary obstruction. 

It was not ascertained when the mail-coach drove off from Winterslow, 
whether the lioness had carried off with her the dead dog as her prey, as she 
continued growling and howling in so loud a tone that they could hear her for 
nearly a mile. Nothing could exceed the anxiety of all present to have the 
animal killed, and calling out loudly to the guard to dispatch it with his blun- 
derbuss, which he was disposed to do; but the owner cried out to him " not to 
kill her, she having cost him £500. a short time before, and that she would be 
as quiet as a lamb if not irritated. This arrested his hand, and he did not fire, 
although strongly urged by the passengers. 

The lioness was a very fine animal, then only five years old ; and the manner 
in which she was secured after her attack upon the horse affords a proof of the 
extreme state of tameness to which such creatures are brought by the manage- 
ment of their keepers. When she had had retired under the granary, her 
owner and assistant followed her upon their hands and knees with lighted 
candles, and having placed a sack on the ground near her, they made her lie 
down upon it, then tied her four legs, and passed a cord round her mouth, 
which they secured : in this state they drew her out upon the sack, and she 
was then carried by six men into her den in the caravan. To the astonishment 
of every one who beheld this part of the transaction, which lasted about a 
quarter of an hour, the lioness lay as quiet as a lamb during her removal to the 
caravan; but when she became sensible of the restraint, her rage was excessive 
till the cords were loosed. 

GHIZNEE stormed by the British army, July 22 1839 

The British troops, with their wonted spirit, carried Ghiznee and Khelat by 
storm, and replaced the deposed sovereign on the throne of Afghanistan. 

HULL and SELBY RAILWAY, dreadful loss of life on, 

August? 1840 

INSURRECTION at Lisbon, August 11 1840 

KHELAT taken by storm, November 3 1839 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 583 

LEA, (The River), 11 persons drowned iu, August 30 1840 

LOUIS PHILIPPE, attacked by a mad woman, October 

18 ! 1839 

LUDDITES, Execution of the, -. 1813 

A Special Commission was issued, and opened at York, by Mr. Baron Thompson, 
January 4, 1813 ; and on the 5th, the following prisoners were tried, viz.: — 
John Swallow, John Bathy, Joseph Fletcher, and John Lamb, for a burglary 
and felony in the house of Mr. Samuel Moxton, at Witley Upper. They were 
found guilty. 

On the following day, were tried George Mellor, William Thorp, and Thos. 
Smith, on a charge of murdering Mr. William Horsfall. They were found 
guilty. 

On Friday the prisoners were brought to the place of execution behind York 
Castle. Every precaution had been taken to render a rescue impracticable. 
Two troops of cavalry were drawn up near the front of the platform, and the 
avenues to the Castle were guarded by infantry. 

On the 8th, John Baines, (the Elder), John Baines, (the Younger), Zechary 
Baines, of the same family, (the elder near 70, and the latter scarce 16,) John 
Eadon, Charles Milnes, William Blakeborough, and George Duckworth, were 
tried for administering an unlawful oath; when all were found guilty, except 
the boy. 

On the 9th, James Haigh, Jonathan Deane, John Ogden, James Brook, 
Thomas Brook, John Walker, and John Hirst, were tried for an attack on the 
mill of Mr. William Cartwrig-ht, at R.awfold's ; when Haigh, Dean, Ogden, 
Brook, and Walker, were found — guilty ; and James Brook, John Brook, and 
J . Hirst — not guilty. 

On the 11th, the trial of J. Hay, John Hill, and William Hartley took place 
for a burglary, and found — not guilty. 

On the 12th, James Hay, Joseph Crowther, and N. Hayle, were found g-uilty 
of stealing from J. Brook, a promissory note of £1. and some silver. 

The Judge then passed sentence on the prisoners— fifteen were sentenced to 
death: — six to be transported for seven years: — sixteen were discharged on 
bail : — and sixteen without. 

On Saturday the following malefactors were brought to the same place of 
execution, at different times, viz.: — at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, John 
Hill, Joseph Crowther, N. Hayle, Jonathan Dean, John Ogden, Thomas 
Brook, and John Walker ; after hanging till twelve, they were cut down. 

At half-past one on the same day, John Swallow, John Batley, Joseph 
Fisher, William Hartley, James Haigh, James Hay, and Job Hay, were also 
executed on the same drop. 

NERO, (the lion), baited by six bull-dogs, 1825 

NEW ORLEANS, tremendous conflagration at, Feb. 11... 1840 
NEW ZEALAND, sovereignty of assumed, May 21 1840 

PARIS, strike of the workmen of, September 1 1840 

This strike was followed by the landing of Prince Louis Napoleon, at Boulogne, 
with fifty men. He, as might have been anticipated, was routed and taken 
prisoner, with his companions. He was tried for the same, on the 28th of Sep- 
tember, 1840. 



584 THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 

PORTUGUESE revolters surrendered, September 29 1837 

PRESIDENT STEAMER, THE, mysterious absence of 

in 1841 

The President Steamer sailed for America in the month of January, 1841, and 
had on board several persons of distinction; but up to the present moment, 
(July 20, 1841), and after various reports as to her having been seen in 
different places, the real fate of this unfortunate vessel is still veiled in ob- 
scurity. 

REBEL CHARTISTS, trial of the, commenced at Mon- 
mouth, December 31 1 1839 

■ , disturbances of at Sheffield, Ja- 
nuary 11 1840 

, at Bethnal Green, January 16 1840 

ROYALTY THEATRE, THE, fell down, February, 1828 

A new building, near Wellclose-square, fell to the ground during a rehearsal, 
when twelve persons were killed, and many wounded. 

RUSSIA declared War against Khiva, December 18 1839 

The Russian Expedition against Khiva, undertaken to liberate Russian slaves and 
avenge insults, but meant in reality, as a first step towards India, was obliged 
to fall back, with diminished numbers and great suffering. The Khivans had 
no need to draw a sword; their work was done by the elements. 



SHREENESS, attempt to Fire the Dock-Yard at, Octo- 
ber 2 1840 

SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, The, opened throughout, 

May 11 1840 

STEAM COACH, The, of Messrs. Ogle and Summers, 

started from Oxford, September 4 1832 

It had at the time of starting twenty-two passengers, and a quantity of luggage, 
for Woodstock : travelling at times at the rate of thirteen miles an hour. 

STORM, a terrible one, at Limoges, in France, October 7 . 1839 

TRAFALGAR, launch of the, June 21 1841 

TRIBUNE, THE, shipwrecked off Tarragona, November 

28 1839 

WALLACE, the celebrated lion, died 1838 

WAPPING, dreadful fire at, June 16 1840 

This dreadful fire broke out at five o'clock in the morning, and was attended with 
loss of life, and a vast destruction of property. 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORV. .585 

WILMINGTON, (in America), dreadful conflagration at, 

December 16 1889 

ZANTE, earthquake at, September 3 1837 

ZORNDORF, battle of fought September, 1758 

The battle of Zorndorf was fought between the Russians and Prussians, when 
the Russians were defeated, after a most dreadful conflict, under the generals 
Fermor and Brown. 



CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE KINGS 
OF IRELAND. 

Ireland was, without doubt, inhabited very early; most likely from the nearest 
shores of Britain, as the first Britons came from the nearest coasts of Gaul ; for 
so the world was at first planted by degrees after the Deluge. It is certain, the 
ancient Britons and Irish were much alike in their language and customs, and 
they might have had many petty King's, like the Britons, before the Christian, 
sera: but Camden justly says, that if what the Irish writers relate of their anti- 
quities be true, those of all other nations, compared with them, are but of yes- 
terday: for they say, that Cain's three daughters, before the Flood, took posses- 
sion of Ireland; if, however, before the general submersion of the globe by that 
catastrophe, any country like Ireland existed. The poor ladies, or their pos- 
terity, were of course drowned with the other inhabitants of the earth. But, to 
repair that loss, the Irish writers have ready at hand a new genealogy, which 
begins with no other than Noah himself, to whose grandson, Magog, was born 
Baahlh, the ancestor of Milesius, who landed in Ireland, A. M. 2704, b. c. 1300; 
and from his three sons, Heber, Ir, and Heremon, as well as from his uncle Ith, 
proceeded all the kings that reigned in Ireland, down to the end of the monarchy, 
A. D. 1172: so that the dynasty of the Kings of that country lasted no less than 
2472 years. Such, however, is the obscurity and uncertainty which prevails 
during so long a period, that without entering into any further observation, we 
shall begin at the period when Christianity was planted in that island by St. 
Patrick, about which epocha the history of Ireland begins to offer a kind of 
certainty.. 

Year. 

1 . Laoghaire succeeded his cousin Dathy, after an interregnum of five or 

six years. According to Sir James Ware, he was the first King of 
Ireland. In his time, St. Patrick was sent to Ireland by the Pope, 
in 430, and founded 355 churches, consecrated 355 bishops, and re- 
mained in Ireland 61 years. He was killed by a thunderbolt 427 

2. Oilioll-Molt was slain in the battle of Ocha 453 

3. Lughaidh, despising the preaching of St. Patrick, was killed by a thun- 

derbolt , .* 473 

4. Mortough, fought five battles in one year 493 

5. Tuathal-Maoldgarbh was slain by Maolmor, son of Niathair, at the insti- 

gation of Diarmuidh „ 515 

6. Diarmuidh saw his kingdom laid waste by a terrible Plague; and was 

slain by Hugh Du'oh Mac Swyny 528 

7. Feargus recovered the kingdom of his father, and reigned jointly with 

his brother Daniel ; but they both died the next year 550 

Wo. 75 * G 



586 THE NEWT TABLET OF MEMORY. 

KINGS OF IRELAND, {continued.) Year. 

8. Eochaidh reigned jointly with his uncle, Baodan; they were slain three 

years after „ 551 

9. Ainmereach was slain by Feargus Mac Nail 554 

10. Baodan wss slain by the two Cuimins 557 

11. Aodh, or Hugh Uairiodhanach, summoned the Parliament of Dromceal, 

to expel the Poets out of the island; but their banishment was hin- 
dered by St. Cullum Cill, his cousin. He was. at last slain in the 
battle of Beallach Dunbolg, by Brandubh, King of Leinster 558 

12. Hugh Slaine admitted Colman Rimidh, son of King Mortough, to a 

share in the government. He was slain by Conull Guthbhin 587 

13. Aodh Uaireodhnach was much disturbed byAongus, son of Colman. He 

was slain at Dafearta 591 

14. Maolchoba was slain by his successor, in the battle of Bealgadin 618 

15. Suibhne Meain was slain bj Conal Claon, King of Ulster, son of 

Sganlan Sgeath * 622 

16. Daniel defeated Conal Claon, King of Ulster 635 

17. Conal Claon and his brother Ceallach, succeeded their uncle Daniel. 

Conal was slain by Diarmuid, son of King Hugh Slaine; and Ceal- 
lach was drowned in the Boyne 648 

18. Blaithmac reigned jointly with his brother Diarmuid, until they both 

died of the Plague 661 

19. Seachnusach was slain by Dubh Duin, of Cineol Cairbre 668 

20. Cionfaola succeeded his brother, and brought a number of horned cattle 

out of Scotland : he was slain by his successor 674 

21. Fionnachta Feadhach succeeded Cionfaola. In his reign, the Welsh and 

English invaded Ireland, and did considerable damage. He was 

slain at Greallach, by Hugh, son of Dubhthaigh 678 

22. Loingseach was slain in the battle of Cormin, by Ceallach, son of King 

Hugh Slaine . .- 685 

23. Congal Cionnmaghair was a cruel persecutor of the Irish church, and 

burned the regular and secular Clergy at Kildare, without mercy or 
distinction. He died suddenly, and unlamented 693 

24. Feargall was routed and slain in the battle of Almbuine .„ 702 

25. Forgartach was slain in the battle of Beilge, by his successor 719 

26. Cionnaoth was defeated and slain in the battle of Drom Curvan 720 

27. Flaithbheartagh did nothing 1 worthy of notice 724 

28. Hugh Allan was wounded in the battle of Athseanuigh, and slain in 

that of Seiridhmidh 731 

29. Daniel died a natural death ; nothing recorded of him 740 

30. Nial Freasach : in his reign the kingdom was afflicted with earth- 

quakes, famine, and other calamities. He died in Scotland 782 

31. Donchada died a natural death ; nothing recorded of him 786 

32. Hugh, or Aodh Dorndighe, succeeded Donchada ; soon after which, the 

Danes landed in the West of Munster, but were driven back to their 
ships by Aitre, King of that province. Six years after, they made a 
second attempt, but with as little success; though they greatly ha- 
rassed and plundered the kingdom, burning cities wherever they 
went: at the same time Ireland was rent by civil dissensions, and 
Hugh was slain in the battle of Dafeaita, by Muolcanaigh 815 



THE NEW TABLET OF MEMORY. 587 

KINGS OF IRELAND, (continued.) Year. 

33. Conchabhar, or Connor, was troubled, during his whole reign, by the 

Danes, who began to settle in the island, committed great barbarities, 
and destroyed four celebrated Universities. The King, unable to 
resist them, died of grief 837 

34. Kiulle Caillie had also to oppose the Danes; and while they persisted in 

their depredations, the Normans also landed, and destroyed what 
little the Danes had left; the latjer, however, soon expelled them, 
and continued their devastations. King Niall Caillie was drowned 
in the river Caillie „ 851 

35. Turgesius (the Dane) usurped the throne, and forced the natives to 

submit to him. He new-modelled the state, imposed exorbitant 
taxes, on the Irish, burned all their books, and expelled their histo- 
rians. He was at length seized by Maolceachlin, King of Meath, 
and thrown into Loch Ainnin 866 

36. Maolceachlin, King of Meath, having destroyed the tyrant Turgesius, 

and expelled (he Danes, was elected King. The Danes, however, 
landed again, under the conduct of three brothers, Arnelan, Cyrac, 
and Imor; at first, they pretended merely to re-claim their settle- 
ments in a peaceable manner, but when able to cope with the natives, 
they forced them to pass under the yoke. Maolceachlin defeated 
them in the battle of Dromda Moighe, and died soon after 879 

37. Hugh Fionnliath defeated the Danes at Loch Feabhail ; but they after- 

wards reduced the Irish to the last extiemities, and enlarged their 
conquests among the Picts and Britons 897 

38. Flann Sionna invaded the province of Munster, and oppressed the in- 

habitants, though the Danes still carried on their hostilities 913 

39. Nial Glandabh defeated the Danes in the battle of Loch da Chaocht; 

but was afterwards slain by them in battle 951 

40. Donnogh succeeded Nial Glandabh. In his reign, Sitiic, General of 

the Danes, took Ceallachan, King of Munster, prisoner ; but he was 

soon recovered by his own troops 954 

41. Congal defeated the Danes in the battle of Maine Breogain ; and the 

renowned Brien Borom, who took upon himself the government of 
Munster in 978, began to signalise himself against the Danes. 
Congal was slain by the Danes at Ardmach 974 

42. Daniel was much disturbed by the Danes, who still continued their 

hostilities, notwithstanding the heavy losses they now sustained 

from the natives 984 

43. Maolseachluin succeeded Daniel, and during his reign the Danes began 

to decline, and they were expelled by him from Dublin. In 1027 

he resigned his crown 1004 

44. Brien Borom the great, reigned 30 years as King of Munster, and 12 

as Monarch of all Ireland. He first introduced surnames and coats 
of arms, as marks of distinction for his relations ; and displayed his 
hospitality by entertaining 3000 persons every day at his house at 
Cincora. He defeated and slew Mac Bruin, a petty King of Munster, 
under King Mahoun, who, to please the Danes, had murdered his 
master. With a small number of his relations he routed the Danes 
in five battles. This success animated the Eugenians, from whom 
the Mac Carthys descended, to join him against the common enemy, 
and in the course of eleven years he conquered the Danes in twenty 
battles, and drove them from Munster, except a few who were con- 
tent to acknowledge him for their King, and paid him tribute. 
Having thus established himself in Minister, he next deelared war 



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KINGS OF IRELAND, {continued.) Year. 

against all the Danes throughout the island, routed them in twenty- 
five battles, and banished all but such as agreed to pay him tribute. 
Brien Borom had now become so considerable and popular, that, 
upon the resignation of Maolseachluin, in 1027, the nobility elected 
him Monarch of all Ireland. He then re-established the princes and 
noblemen in their several territories, and enlarged their privileges. 
He brought the kingdom to such a state of general tranquility, and 
caused the laws to be so rigidly observed, that, to put the integrity 
of his subjects to the test, he sent a young virgin from the north of 
Ireland to the south, adorned with costly ornaments, and a large gold 
.» ring on the top of a silver wand ; and she returned without any one 
offering in the least to molest her. After Brien Borom hal thus 
settled the kingdom, the Danes, who had submitted, were privately 
ordered by Maolmordha Mac Murchadha, King of Leinster, who had 
been affronted by Morough O'Brien, son of Brien Borom, to repair 
to Dublin, where they were reinforced by a great body of their 
countrymen, who had been invited over by the King of Leinster, 
amounting altogether to about 30,000 men. Brien Borom gave them 
battle with an army of 12,000 men, on Good Friday, 1039; and after 
a terrible conflict, wherein the King of Leinster was slain, and the 
Danes totally routed, Brien Borom was carried mortally wounded to 
Kilmainham, where, he died the same night, aged 88 years 1027 

45. Maolseachluin resumed his crown on the death of Brien Borom, sacked 

the city of Dublin, and conquered the provinces of Ulster and Ossory. 

In his latter days, he became a prince of exemplary piety 1039 

46. Donough, or Denis O'Brien, succeeded Maolseachluin as King of Leath 

Mogh, and ultimately of the greater part of Ireland. He was deposed 
for the share he had taken in the murder of his brother Trig, in 
1098, and went on a pilgrimage to Rome, where he died 1048 

47. Turlogh O'Brien furnished William Rufus, King of England, with wood 

to build the roof of Westminster Hall 1098 

48. Moriough O'Brien, the last monarch in the line of Heber, held three 

general councils ; in the second of which he partitioned the kingdom 
into bishoprics, and obliged each bishop to take care of his own Dio- 
cese. Some say, he voluntarily resigned, and turned monk; others, 
that he died of a lingering disease 1110 

49. Furlogh O'Connor reigned over the greatest part of the island, and 

reduced the provinces of Connaught and Munster. 

50. Murtough Mac Niel Mac Lachluin held a general convention of the 

Clergy in 1157, who appointed the four Archbishoprics of Ireland .. 1150 

51. Hoderic, or Roger. In his reign, Trighernan O'Rourke, King of Breifne, 

had married Drachfhorguill, daughter of Murtough MacFloin, King 
of Meath; but she, resolving to leave her husband, sent a private 
message to Diarmuid, or Dermot Mac Morough, King of Leinster, 
with whom she had carried on an intrigue, entreating him to rescue 
her from a husband whom she hated. Diarmuid accordingly repair- 
wkh a party of horse to the lady's palace, and carried her away, 
while her feigned outcries deceived her attendants : when her hus- 
band, the King of Breifne, returned from a pilgrimage, he requested 
Roderic to assist him against Diarmuid, which was granted, and the 
ravisber was routed and expelled the country. Diarmuid went to 
France, to implore the aid of Henry II. King of England, who per- 
mitted him to raise men in England, and transport them to Ireland. 
Diarmuid then sailed for England, and at Bristol met with Richard 
Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke, to whom he promised his daughter 
Era in marriage, and by her a right to the crown of Leinster, if he 



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KINGS OF IRELAND, (concluded.) Year. 

would espouse his cause. Strongbow and Diarmuid then went into 
Wales, where they obtained the assistance of Robert Fitz- Stephen, 
governor of the castle of Cardigan, to whom, and his heirs, Diarmuid 
confirmed the town of Wexford. Diarmuid then went privately to 
Ireland, and lay concealed at Fearna, till Fitz-Stephen landed with 
thirty knights, sixty esquires, and 30O footmen, whom he joined at 
the head of 500 horse, and forced several towns to surrender, Soon 
after, Strongbow also landed, with 200 valiant knights and 1000 
bowmen ; and having joined this force to Diarmuid's, Strongbow took 
Waterford, married Diarmuid's daughter, and ravaged the country 
of the King of Breifne. This success exciting the jealousy of Henry 
II. Strongbow, to elude its effects, assured him that all theconquests 
had been made in his name, and that the strong places should be put 
into his hands. In 1172, Henry went in person to Ii eland, and on 
his arrival at Dublin, all the petty Kings, and even Roderic himself, 
submitted, and swore allegiance to him : and from this period lie- 
land has been subject to the crown of England. 1168 



FINIS. 



ERRATA. 



Page 4, Amphion Frigate, — for blown up at Portsmouth, read Plymouth. 
■ 7, Bands for Lawers first used, — for 1652, read 1615. 

14, In Calendar, line 5, for 365 days, — read 355 days. 

35, Duel,— Mr. Wilks and Mr. Martin, for 1673,— '-read 1763. 

92, Killicrankie, the pass of, for 1789,— read 1689. 

355, Paul's, St. Cathedral, for, cost £100,000,000— read £1,000,000. 

340, Hall, Crosby, line 4, for, he died 1745,— read 1475. 

341, Dele line, Henry VIII. th's chapel. 

396, Section IV. Battle of Toulouse, for 1811,— read 1814. 

410, Mary Ashford's Murder, for 1812,— read 1817. 

437, For Dance, Mrs. read Donatti, Mrs. 

i 455, Princess Sophia Augusta, for died 1841, read died September 22, 1840. 

455, Princess Elizabeth, add, — she died January 10, 1840. 

541, Wall, Governor, for executed 1812, read 1802. 

i 549, line 14, for himself, read him. 



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